South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

Despite reaching the highest profitability in over a decade in 2022, US banks overall trade at a discount to other sectors as measured by P/E or P/Book, and approximately 53% of US banks have earned less than their cost of equity over the last five years. Operating Leverage – Scale matters.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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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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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

A potential economic slowdown, slower rate rises, an inverted yield curve, and deposit stress likely make 2023 a trying year compared to 2022. Banks will need to balance these short-term challenges with longer-term strategic goals. That said, smart banks will make growth a byproduct and ensure they have all their other processes right.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 3, 2023

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137Bn at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14Bn in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137B at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14B in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137B at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14B in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. Those operations manage and own 50 percent of [U.S. Deposit Trends.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We asked community banks how they’re dealing with the resulting shifts in their employment models. Before remote work was an emergency measure to keep employees safe from a devastating virus, it was a perk some community banks offered to retain and attract talent. One bank that is not turning back. WesBanco, Inc.

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Cisco

JANUARY 10, 2023

As a change agent serving the financial services industry for over 20 years, it is a great privilege to collaborate with Bank, Insurance, and Wealth Management institutions to devise and execute digital transformation strategy, solve complex business problems, and leverage technology to strengthen business results.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. COVID may have accelerated things, but talk of booster shots and workplace policies wasn’t the most striking contrast at AOBA 2022.

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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. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 6, 2022

If your bank doesn’t have a relationship pricing model or at least a loan pricing model that handles cost and risk – you should. Making loans is central to your bank’s operations, and lending has a compounding effect on profitability. It is the single biggest thing you can do to improve profitability.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Then right back to the impossible in 2022. Bank Deal of the Year. Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created.

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