Business View Magazine l November 2022

136 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 “We encourage our employees to volunteer. We’re really fortunate, all of us are, to have good jobs and a great place to work, and I really feel that it is our responsibility to give back to our communities. So much so that we started a program where if you volunteer so many hours, you get a free half-day off. An extra vacation day.” Looking ahead, Haley Prescott, Chief Auditing and Accounting Officer for Albany, see continued focus on the true ethos of community banking, maintaining, “It’s a continuation of growth in the communities that we are in, we don’t want to leave them behind as we are growing elsewhere. I like where we are at. I like that we can do these things for our community, and that’s what I’m excited about.” As for her vision for the future, Beeley suggests that there is the possibility of further expansion in the next few years, sharing, “That kind of plays into our interactive banking terminals being finally integrated and complete, because what I envision for that location is maybe just a loan officer and an ITM, not having a traditional teller line.” With that in mind, she asserts, “I’m most excited about expanding our retail presence, but in a totally new and different way. I think it’s the future of banking, and I’m just excited to see where that goes, and to continue to reach out to our communities and be present.” PREFERRED VENDORS/PARTNERS n Blough Tech www.bloughtech.com