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Partner for Life: Guiding Clients Through Financial Milestones

Through our Institutional Banking business, The Bancorp works with financial professionals to offer clients unique banking solutions that help provide financial flexibility and keep their wealth management goals on track.

D&I at The Bancorp:
Instituting Inclusion Through Employee Resource Groups

From fostering leadership to promoting environmental friendliness and supporting working families, the vibrant ERGs at The Bancorp create an environment where diversity thrives, and inclusion ignites innovation! Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) help drive our inclusive culture by empowering employees to connect, collaborate, and grow professionally.

Create Your Own Story
Expanding a Medical Practice with an IBLOC

What happens when a medical practice is ready to set the stage for its next chapter? As we travel further into our Create Your Own Story series, our Institutional Banking team shares how an Insurance-Backed Line of Credit can help owners of medical facilities expand their practice.

Unlocking Career Opportunities through
Veteran Values

Military service instills values that many veterans carry with them throughout their lives. In this blog, Kaylie Churchsapp, Navy Veteran and FCRM Investigations and Reporting Analyst at The Bancorp, shared her experience and the most important values she applies in her career today.

D&I Excellence Awards: Celebrating Leadership and Innovation in D&I

Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) programs are a critical component of every corporate culture to help assure all employees feel heard, respected, and valued. But even the most detailed D&I program can only succeed with the support of employees

Create Your Own Story
Homebuying with an IBLOC

Home purchases can be significant plot points in a client’s life. Using an Insurance-Backed Line of Credit, financial professionals can offer a unique solution that helps change the setting of their story.

Introducing IBLOC for Universal Life & Indexed Universal Life Insurance

An Insurance-Backed Line of Credit (IBLOC) offers an innovative lending solution to clients with eligible permanent life insurance policies, which now includes universal life and indexed universal life insurance in addition to whole life insurance. By expanding its product offerings, The Bancorp’s Institutional Banking can provide financial professionals and their clients greater access to tap into their policy’s cash value.

Reinvigorating Commercial Real Estate Lending through SBA 504 Loans

Redefining lending and leasing drives The Bancorp Commercial Lending to continuously evolve how it fulfills the needs and expectations of business owners. To help accomplish this, Small Business Lending welcomes Debbie Petrell to expand its SBA 504 Lending opportunities. In this blog, she shares her background and how Commercial Lending offers unique lending solutions that help lay the foundation companies can build upon.

Tackle Tax Payments With an Insurance or Securities-Backed Line of Credit

A large tax bill can catch anyone off guard, and the best way to handle this unpredictable situation is to start conversations early on. As financial professionals meet with clients to proactively plan for the 2023 tax season.

Create Your Own Story
Paying off Policy Loans
with an IBLOC

When life presents unexpected opportunities, clients often need access to liquidity fast, which can include taking out loans from a whole life insurance policy. In this part of our Create Your Own Story series, our Institutional Banking team shares how clients can rewrite their future using an Insurance-Backed Line of Credit to pay off older policy loans while still having the freedom to access funds.

Broadening Diversity at The Bancorp through Education and Service

At the core of culture at The Bancorp, we believe every person offers a unique and valuable perspective that helps establish an environment where everyone can develop and thrive.

How an IBLOC Lender Values a Life Insurance Policy

The most inherent benefit of life insurance is providing peace of mind and financial protection for your loved ones with a funded estate plan. But some life insurance policies offer additional financial advantages that can be leveraged beyond the death benefit — including loans.

Top Three Tips for Rising Financial Professionals

Building and maintaining a book of business as a rising financial professional can feel like a mountain to climb, particularly in a crowded environment.

The IBLOC: A New Avenue to Manage Wealth

The Insurance-Backed Line of Credit (IBLOC) offers financial professionals and their clients a way to create liquidity while preserving wealth. In ThinkAdvisor webinar, The Bancorp experts Abdbullah Rajput, Director, IBLOC Lead and John Protlich, Director, Regional Business Development Officer, take a deep dive into the IBLOC.

The Bancorp IBLOC Leadership Roundtable: IBLOC 101

Abdullah Rajput, Director, IBLOC Lead and John Profitlich, Director, Regional Business Development Officer, offer insight and suggestions to help financial professionals and their clients better understand the uses and benefits of an IBLOC so they can make better financial decisions.

Take on Tax Season with an Insurance or Securities-Backed Line of Credit

While some may be eager to continue building their investment portfolio or venture to pursue new investments, there is one major financial obligation important to plan for: 2021 taxes.

Understanding the IBLOC: How to Access Liquidity with an Insurance-Backed Line of Credit

Managing long-term financial goals can be a difficult task for both individuals and the financial professionals managing their portfolios, especially when access to liquidity is needed fast.

How to Make the Most of 2021 Annual Reviews

As we close out 2021, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our social and economic outlook. Now more than ever, clients will benefit from proactive wealth management strategies, especially with lessons learned from the past year.

Reaffirming Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Through Growth

At The Bancorp, diversity, inclusion, and collaboration are the core principles that guide our work and promote a fair and equitable culture. As our Diversity & Inclusion program continues to grow with the addition of our new Program Coordinator, we recommit ourselves to these values to help drive innovation while fostering a sense of belonging.

Business Expansion in a Post-COVID World: Spotlight on Veterinarians

With millions of animals in new homes throughout the pandemic, the past year has shed a spotlight on the transformation the veterinary care industry will need to undergo, and the potential business extensions necessary — such as fleet vehicles — to meet increased (and ongoing) demand, as well as the subsequent financial considerations.

How to Find the Right Partner for Holistic Wealth Management

The Bancorp banking products and services create opportunity for holistic wealth management. With our white-label lending and deposit products, financial professionals can directly offer clients’ the financial flexibility to meet their individual needs, while strategically managing assets and liabilities to preserve wealth.

ERG Spotlight: Employees That Serve

At The Bancorp, Employee Resource Groups bring employees together under a common unifying thread. David Mulrooney shares his experience as a founding member and co-chair of one of our ERGs, Employees That Serve.

Homebuying Made Easy with The Bancorp SBLOC or IBLOC

The short supply in the real estate market has resulted in the need for fast down payments or cash purchases. When your clients need fast access to funds, The Bancorp Securities-Backed or Insurance-Backed Line of Credit (SBLOC and IBLOC, respectively) can be the answer.

Start Your Career at
The Bancorp Confidently

If you’re considering a career change but apprehensive of starting your next venture remotely, it’s not as scary as you may think. Believe me, I went through the process myself.

Pay your taxes and stay in the market with a securities-backed line of credit

As we turn the page on a tumultuous year, many of us are looking ahead to a better and brighter 2021. And while the pandemic will hopefully fade into memory, one thing is still unavoidable: taxes.

Diversity & Inclusion – It Starts from the Top

At The Bancorp, we champion a diverse and inclusive culture that rests on the fundamental belief that everyone deserves dignity and respect. We recognize that each person has unique perspectives and skills and because of this, we strive to create an environment in which everyone is valued and has the opportunity to thrive.

How to Make the Most of 2020 Annual Reviews

There is no doubt that this year’s client annual reviews will be different. With the COVID-19 pandemic still causing both social and economic uncertainty, it will change the way we interact with our clients.

SBA Construction Financing: A Blueprint for Success

Construction financing secured through the Small Business Administration (SBA) can hold its share of challenges for the small business owner, regardless of the project size.

SBA Loan Closing: 8 Top Things You Can Do to Be Prepared

Getting your Small Business Administration (SBA) loan approved is an important first step, but getting your money in hand requires a successful loan closing.