PACB Associate Membership
The Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers offers select opportunities for organizations to engage directly with PACB members and a broader audience of industry professionals who follow the issues shaping community banking across Pennsylvania.
Through PACB's communications platforms, partners gain access to a highly engaged network of decision-makers within the community banking and financial services sectors.
Through PACB's communications platforms, partners gain access to a highly engaged network of decision-makers within the community banking and financial services sectors.
Strengthening Your Bank
Solutions Built Around Community Banking
Community banks need strong partners to remain competitive, profitable and independent.
PACB Services, Inc. is the wholly owned subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers, created to connect community banks with trusted products, services and expertise that can help them operate more effectively, manage risk, reduce costs, generate revenue and compete in a rapidly changing financial marketplace.
But PACB Services is about more than finding vendors.
We bring community bankers and industry partners together to solve real problems.
Solutions Driven by Community Bankers
PACB Services is governed by a board of community bank executives who understand the challenges facing the industry because they face them every day.
That matters.
We listen to our banks, identify common needs and seek out partners with the expertise and solutions to address them. We look for relationships that can help community banks:
- Improve profitability and manage expenses
- Strengthen operations and manage risk
- Access technology, expertise and specialized resources
- Create new sources of revenue
- Compete more effectively while remaining independent
Our goal is to build the right relationships for community banks.
More Than a Vendor. A Community Banking Partner.
PACB Services Preferred Providers are selected because they bring expertise, solutions and a commitment to the community banking industry.
Through PACB, these partners gain opportunities to listen directly to bankers, understand their challenges and build relationships with the institutions they serve.
And community bankers gain something equally important: access to trusted resources backed by an association that understands their business.
That is why PACB Services creates opportunities such as the Solutions Summit, bringing bankers and providers together for focused conversations about profitability, technology, compliance, employee benefits, balance-sheet management and other challenges affecting community banks.
When You Work With a Preferred Provider, the Value Comes Back to Community Banking
There is another important reason to consider a PACB Services Preferred Provider.
The relationship helps support your association.
Revenue generated through PACB Services helps PACB invest in the advocacy, professional development, networking and member resources that strengthen community banking across Pennsylvania.
That creates a powerful cycle:
Your bank finds a solution. Our partner earns your business. PACB becomes stronger.
And those resources are reinvested in the community banking industry.
That is why working with a PACB Services Preferred Provider benefits your bank, your association and your industry.
Solutions That Help Community Banks Compete
PACB Services seeks partnerships and solutions in areas that directly affect the performance of community banks, including profitability and balance-sheet management, technology, compliance and risk management, employee benefits, operational efficiency, revenue generation and other specialized services.
Our standard is straightforward:
Does this relationship help community banks become stronger, more profitable and better positioned to serve their customers and communities?
If the answer is yes, we want to explore it.
Interested in Becoming a PACB Services Preferred Provider?
We are looking for more than companies that want access to community banks.
We are looking for partners who want to invest in their success.
Organizations interested in becoming a PACB Services Preferred Provider can contact PACB at 717-231-7447.
Preferred Providers
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PACB Services works closely with a select group of Preferred Providers to deliver meaningful value to member institutions.
Each provider relationship is built through a formal vetting process and structured to deliver:
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Becoming a Associate Member or Preferred Provider
Download, complete and return your completed membership application here.
Simply return by email to [email protected] or mail your application to PACB at the following address:
PACB
800 North Third Street, Suite 304
Harrisburg, PA 17102
Attention: Membership
(Please allow 7-10 business days to process your request and get your information into our systems. You will be contacted immediately after your application has been processed and approved).
Simply return by email to [email protected] or mail your application to PACB at the following address:
PACB
800 North Third Street, Suite 304
Harrisburg, PA 17102
Attention: Membership
(Please allow 7-10 business days to process your request and get your information into our systems. You will be contacted immediately after your application has been processed and approved).
Ten Benefits of Associate Membership
1. Favorable pricing at all PACB events!
Member pricing typically pays for itself fast — the savings from just one exhibit booth and one convention registration, or six educational programs, can cover your full dues investment. Associate Member pricing is also available on exhibitions and corporate sponsorships.
2. Free Subscription to PACB Publications
You'll receive PACB's news magazine, Hometown Banker, along with our Hometown Banker e-newsletter, keeping you current on community banking news across Pennsylvania.
3. A Role in PACB's Leadership and Future
Associate Members bring valuable industry expertise to PACB's committees, task forces, and strategy forums, and often serve as speakers at PACB educational events — helping shape the direction of the association itself.
4. Increased Awareness and Exposure for Your
PACB looks to its Associate Members first when developing educational offerings, speaking opportunities, and other programs — a direct way to support the organizations that invest in community banking and its association.
5. Convention and Exhibition Opportunities to Highlight Your Organization
PACB's Convention draws more than 300 attendees and offers a high-quality networking environment for sponsors, exhibitors, and Associate Members. You'll have the chance to connect directly with Pennsylvania's community bankers.
6. Timely Legislative and Regulatory Updates
You'll receive PACB's legislative alerts and regulatory notices, keeping you informed of changes that affect community banking as they happen.
7. Listing in the Associate Member Directory
You'll be included in PACB's online Member Directory, with a free listing organized alphabetically and by service line.
8. Opportunity to Contribute to Hometown Banker
Space is available each month for articles from Associate Members. Authoring an article or purchasing advertising is a great way to increase your visibility among PACB members.
9. Increased Business Opportunity
PACB members regularly turn to Associate Members first when making purchasing decisions about products and services.
10. Networking and Relationships
From the convention to committee meetings, educational programs, and networking events, you'll build relationships with the leaders and decision-makers shaping community banking in Pennsylvania.
PACB Education & Conference Presenter Requests
We thank you for your interest in being a presenter at one of our upcoming sessions.
PACB receives numerous presenter/topic requests throughout the year. Due to the volume of requests received, PACB is unable to select each request. Should your topic be selected for an upcoming event, PACB will contact you directly.
Please click here for our conference/event presenter request form. Please note which topic/topics you would be interested in presenting, and email [email protected]. In the email, please also include a headshot photo (.jpeg or .jpg format please).
To stay current on future planned educational events, please visit our education and events calendar by clicking here!
PACB receives numerous presenter/topic requests throughout the year. Due to the volume of requests received, PACB is unable to select each request. Should your topic be selected for an upcoming event, PACB will contact you directly.
Please click here for our conference/event presenter request form. Please note which topic/topics you would be interested in presenting, and email [email protected]. In the email, please also include a headshot photo (.jpeg or .jpg format please).
To stay current on future planned educational events, please visit our education and events calendar by clicking here!
