Business View Magazine | April/May 2022

160 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4 AT A GLANCE HERITAGE BANK WHAT: A progressive and caring community bank WHERE: Head branch in Aurora, Nebraska WEBSITE: www.bankonheritage.com O n July 1, 1952, Charles E. “Chick” Moyer, a man born and raised in steel country on the East Coast, bought a bank in Wood River, Nebraska and entered the banking business with his wife, Donna. It came with just $348,000 in assets, $811,000 in liabilities, and a total of three employees but, since then, it’s put down big and mighty roots as an active partner to Hall County, and an important social and economic driver in the region. Today, as then, the name Heritage Bank resonates with accomplishment. The diligence and ingenuity of the Moyer family, braced by their dedicated team of officers and employees, has grown the institution from a single seed planted in Wood River to branches in 13 Nebraska communities. Currently, the bank has assets in excess of $500 million, and the holding company has over $75 million in capital backing the bank, with no debt. What Chick built on the healthy premise that ‘a deal has to be fair to all parties in order to make sense’, has become the Gold Standard for relationship banking in the Midwest. Heritage Bank’s current CEO, Cam Moyer, looks Relationship banking at its heart