Profile: Kent Puchbauer

Kent Puchbauer

Montgomery Bank

TITLE: Cape Community Bank president

AGE: 55

NATIVE OF: Lifelong resident of rural Jackson

NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI: Seven

NUMBER OF ATMs: Ten Montgomery Bank ATMs with access to over 10,000 Fee Free Money Pass ATMs nationwide.

HOW HE GOT HIS START IN BANKING: I started in 1976 as an ag lender for the old Cape County Bank.

WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU WISH YOU'D KNOWN WHEN YOU STARTED: Dealing with good people makes all the difference, it is better to have a weak loan with a strong borrower then it is to have a strong loan with a weak borrower.

WHAT'S THE FASTEST GROWING ASPECT OF YOUR BANK? Commercial lending area