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Abstract
Two-thirds of rural counties in the United
States lost population from 2000 to 2010.
At the same time, consumers are changing
the way they like to receive bank products
and services. With many in the younger
generation having smart phones, the need
to step inside a bank facility is almost
nonexistent. When those two trends are
combined with additional costs associated
with recently passed bank regulations,
there will initially be a negative impact on
the profitability of agricultural banks and
ultimately on the ability of those banks to
continue to serve those counties.