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Popular with Employees: Employees can submit prayer requests via the company's "Happy Hub" intranet.

Popular with employees: More than half of the employees serve on at least one committee focused on strategic initiatives, allowing them to share ideas and take action.

The Best Banks to Work For study is a collaboration between American Banker and the Best Companies Group, which conducts extensive employee surveys and reviews employer reports on benefits and policies.

Most banks encourage employees to be active with local charities, but the parent of First Tennessee Bank takes its support to a higher level by awarding cash grants to nonprofits at which its employees are board members.

From birthdays to volunteer work to losing weight, these institutions from our annual Best Banks to Work For list have given their employees inventive ways to earn extra time off.

Tri-Valley Bank in San Ramon, Calif., plans to raise $1.35 million in a private placement of its common stock.

FirstMerit in Akron, Ohio, has reached an agreement with Paychex to provide payroll-processing services.

Poage Bankshares in Ashland, Ky., has promoted its bank president to chief executive, following the resignation of Ralph "Gene" Coffman.

The Federal Housing Administration has resolved a long-standing conflict with municipalities and private companies that back "green energy" loans that is expected to benefit banks and other mortgage lenders. The next question is whether the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages will do the same.

WASHINGTON — The number of complaints about the credit reporting industry rose sharply in July, surging by 56% from a month earlier, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday.