Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

But impulse buying – whether at home or in business – can result in waste, so think carefully about areas of your bank or credit union that could benefit next year from a small investment as 2021 draws to a close. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 Asset/Liability.

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

FinCEN Releases 8 AML/CFT Priorities These priorities were published June 30, 2021, highlighting several areas of heightened risk for the U.S. Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. financial system. financial system. How to prepare.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

You have a bank that was born out of COVID and could have gone the other direction but ended up thriving.”. Lexicon Bank didn’t wait long to make a splash, sponsoring the 2021 World Series of Poker. But as a community bank that is there to serve the gaming hub of Las Vegas, Lexicon Bank welcomes these players with open arms.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. Name: Locality Bank. Keith Costello, Locality Bank. “We

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

Analysts, regulators, legislators, and bankers have been attributing the root cause of SVB’s failure in the past month. Some blame the dilution of the Dodd-Frank provisions, others the lack of oversight by regulators, and others still blame social media for exacerbating the deposit run.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. He has served as president and CEO of $365 million-asset Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga.,

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 14, 2022

So much so that the acting Comptroller of the Currency of the prior administration, Brian Brooks, proposed a rule in November 2020 that would forbid banks to blacklist legal industries. But in January 2021, the new OCC announced it would pause the "Fair Access" rule that was intended to prevent another Operation Choke Point.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Early adopters are earning prestige while investors and a hoard of community banks explore the opportunity to tap into this new source of revenue. While customer relationships are being redefined by fintechs, there will always be a place for community banking. Now is the time to create a BaaS strategy.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

And, according to some EDP students that are lenders, are turning to the shadow banking market that do not have deposit demands. Such as direct lending funds, and insurance companies. Shadow Banking refers to banking-like operations that take place outside of the mainstream banking industry.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Experts say the move will not go unnoticed when the accounting standards begin to take effect for public companies in 2021. ” Small Businesses, Banks Affected. According to Cherry Bekaert LLP , Bank of America has allocated a 50-person team to prepare for adjusted credit loss standards.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As a point of reference, the S&P US BMI Bank Total Return Index for the five years ended December 9, 2022 was -1.21%. Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2021: #1. Each employee has an ownership stake in the bank through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2022

Banks have ceased using LIBOR to price assets and liabilities after 2021. However, some community banks are still deciding on the correct term lending index to adopt. Many banks are uncertain that they have chosen the best term index for their products and markets. Robustness/Volume. Representative.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. I want to read to you the FDIC’s conclusion from their An Examination of the Banking Crisis of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s. In this regard, the bank regulatory agencies need to remain politically independent. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources.

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Abrigo

MARCH 17, 2022

The Stress Test Scenarios for Big Banks Are Useful for Smaller Institutions' Own Tests Banking regulators recently released the 2022 scenarios for upcoming stress tests by the biggest banks. But small banks and credit unions can benefit from the stress test scenarios, too. Related Subhead.

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Not having any knowledge of the bank’s actual practices or internal discussions, I am relegated to supposition. But we do know that this bank had a unique business practice. Banks in rural America are not going to have the same kind of lending activities, or depositor relationships as this bank seemingly had.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. Since COVID-19, profitability planning for community banks has mainly hinged on how the government was coping with the pandemic and the key role financial institutions played in keeping the economy afloat. By Elizabeth Judd.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Financial institutions, fintech companies, and other small business lenders will need to begin collecting a wide array of small business lending data under the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s (CFPB) proposed small business lending data collection rule. Those implementing regulations were coming. Points of Note.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

We have poured through the recent 2Q earnings releases, spoken with a rash of institutional bank investors, traded thoughts with analysts, and compiled the following list of concerns that bank stakeholders (employees, shareholders, vendors, and regulators) now have. Top Line Revenue & Lending. Real Estate Lending.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Many hotels and other hospitality businesses haven’t fully bounced back from COVID-19 travel and safety restrictions, but community banks have been by their side through the challenges. billion-asset MainStreet Bank in Fairfax, Va. Source: 2021 forecast from STR and Tourism Economics. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. The Bank Regulator Working for Merchants Award!

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 5, 2022

In response to a request from three Democratic House members, the GAO recently issued a report on its review of fair lending oversight conducted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The GAO conducted the performance audit from January 2021 to June 2022.

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