– USA, CA – Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (OTC: FMCB), the parent company of Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California, announced the appointment of Debbie Skinner to its Board of Directors effective January 15, 2025.
About Deborah Skinner
Debbie Skinner brings to the Board of Directors the skills honed over her 40-year banking career culminating in her 24 years as EVP and CAO at Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California. In this role, Ms. Skinner oversaw Information Technology, Loan and Deposit Operations, Call Center, Electronic Banking, Compliance, BSA/Fraud, and Treasury Management Operations. During her long career in financial services, she also made significant contributions to the banking industry, having served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the California/Western Bankers Association for many years. She also completed a one-year term as Chairman of this organization.
Debbie Skinner has been a long-term member of the American Bankers Association Cyber and Information Security Working Group. Throughout her career, she has actively supported local communities by raising funds for United Way, and other local charities, and providing financial literacy training.
Before joining F&M Bank, Debbie Skinner held the position of EVP and COO of Union Safe Deposit Bank in Stockton, California, as well as key roles at Stockton Savings Bank, Fannie Mae, and American Savings and Loan.
Debbie Skinner earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington.
About Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is the parent company of Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California, also known as F&M Bank. Founded in 1916, F&M Bank is a locally owned and operated community bank, which proudly serves California through 33 convenient locations. F&M Bank is financially strong, with $5.4 billion in assets, and is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s safest banks by national bank rating firms. The Bank has maintained a 55-star rating from BauerFinancial for 34 consecutive years, longer than any other commercial bank in the State of California.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has paid dividends for 89 consecutive years and has increased dividends for 59 consecutive years. As a result, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is a member of a select group of only 56 publicly traded companies referred to as “Dividend Kings,” and is ranked 17th in that group based on consecutive years of dividend increases. A “Dividend King” is a stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increase.
In August 2024, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp was named by Bank Director’s Magazine as the #2 best-performing bank in the nation across all asset categories in their annual “Ranking Banking” study of the top-performing banks for 2023. Last year the Bank was named by Bank Director’s Magazine as the #1 best-performing bank in the nation across all asset categories in their annual “Ranking Banking” study of the top-performing banks for 2022.
In April 2024, F&M Bank was ranked 6th on Forbes Magazine’s list of “America’s Best Banks” in 2023. Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Banks” list looks at ten metrics measuring growth, credit quality, profitability, and capital for the 2023 calendar year, as well as stock performance in the 12 months through March 18, 2024.
In December 2023, F&M Bank was ranked 4th on S&P Global Market Intelligence’s “Top 50 List of Best-Performing Community Banks” in the US with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion for 2023. S&P Global Market Intelligence ranks financial institutions based on several key factors including financial returns, growth, and balance sheet risk profile.
In October 2021, F&M Bank was named the “Best Community Bank in California” by Newsweek magazine. Newsweek’s ranking recognizes those financial institutions that best serve their customers’ needs in each state. This recognition speaks to the superior customer service the F&M Bank team members provide to its clients.
F&M Bank is the 15th largest bank lender to agriculture in the United States. F&M Bank operates in the mid-Central Valley of California, including Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, and Merced counties, and the east region of the San Francisco Bay Area, including Napa, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties.
F&M Bank was inducted into the National Agriculture Science Center’s “Ag Hall of Fame” at the end of 2021 for providing resources, financial advice, guidance, and support to the agribusiness communities as well as to students in the next generation of agribusiness workforce. F&M Bank is dedicated to helping California remain the premier agricultural region in the world and will continue to work with the next generation of farmers, ranchers, and processors. F&M Bank remains committed to servicing the needs of agribusiness in California as has been the case since its founding over 108 years ago.
F&M Bank offers a full complement of loan, deposit, equipment leasing, ng, and treasury management products to businesses, as well as a full suite of consumer banking products. The FDIC awarded F&M Bank the highest possible rating of “Outstanding” in their last Community Reinvestment Act evaluation.
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