Listen to this articleLast month, we heard from Peter Dontas, the now-outgoing New Jersey market executive at Wells Fargo, one of the country’s largest bank. Dontas offered his perspective on such issues as the attitudes and outlook of business leaders, the biggest challenges ahead, and how the Federal Reserve is likely to respond to changing conditions.
This month, we turn our attention to community banks, specifically, Hamilton-based First Bank and CEO Patrick Ryan in a return engagement. Ryan not only runs a growing financial services institution, he also serves as the 2024–2025 chair of NJ Bankers. He is one of the state’s top community bankers and among the most knowledgeable.
In this edition of NJBIZ Conversations, Ryan offers his assessment of the economy and interest rate environment and discusses what’s ahead for First Bank.
