South State Correspondent

JANUARY 22, 2023

In a previous article ( here ), we discussed why commercial loan prepayment protection would be a critical return on asset (ROA) driver for community banks in 2023. We believe any prepayment provision is better than none, but we acknowledge that banks are challenged in the market to obtain borrower acceptance of some of these provisions.

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FICO

MARCH 21, 2023

Like in years past, we also surveyed SFVegas 2023 attendees on the overall economic climate and how they use credit scores to support securitization risk management. Like in years past, we also surveyed SFVegas 2023 attendees on the overall economic climate and how they use credit scores to support securitization risk management.

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BankInovation

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Capital One’s technological advances allowed the bank to expand underwriting, modeling and marketing in the third quarter of 2023. “Our Our modern technology capabilities are generating an expanding set of opportunities across our businesses,” Chief Executive Richard Fairbank said during the bank’s Q3 earnings call Thursday.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2023

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance more than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. The Bancorp, Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

N26 , a German FinTech, is looking to do at least one more funding round before going public in 2023 at the earliest, and eyeing breaking even on an operating level in 2021, Reuters reported. During the pandemic, N26 didn't see any major setbacks, although it put on hold its efforts to branch into new markets, Reuters reported.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. One of the biggest challenges is simply navigating market uncertainty related to Federal Reserve policy and the direction of the economy. We’re cautiously optimistic about 2023. Anita Drentlaw, New Market Bank.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The catalyst was likely a panel led by the CEO of Taktile (AI Underwriting), a Partner from Bain Capital, a partner for Andreessen Horowitz, the chief data scientist from Branch International (digital banking fintech for India and Africa), and a tech correspondent for CNBC. You have never heard so many intelligent people sound not so smart.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last week, the American Banking Association (ABA) held its annual Bank Marketing Conference in Denver, receiving rave reviews. The theme was – developing your marketing superpowers. Amid the brewery networking, superhero costumes, and fun, some fantastic bank marketing lessons were had, and not just for bank marketers.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You might also like this podcast, "How to sleep easier at night about your capital and risk levels." LISTEN Takeaway 1 Effective CRE risk management involves adapting to changing market fundamentals to avoid excessive loan losses. The tightening of CRE credit could potentially impact liquidity within the CRE market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The market intelligence firm said the worldwide “earwear” market is forecasted to reach 139.4 million units in 2023. The wearables global market is on track to ship 305.2 million units worldwide by 2023. Apple is dominating the earwear space as a market leader, and putting new pricing pressures on its rivals.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 24, 2023

High interest rates have forced many banks to pay more to retain deposits (often via brokered deposits), while many institutions have seen deposits flee to higher-yielding money market funds. The crisis the WSJ is alluding to is the short-term “crisis of 2023.” Bond losses. Ron Shevlin is chief research officer at Cornerstone Advisors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital said there’s an overlooked part of Amazon ’s ecosphere of services that’s being casually overlooked but will be extremely profitable for the company in the coming years, according to a report by CNBC. By 2023, RBC estimates the business will see $31 billion in revenue on $52 billion in sales.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2024

As the risk of a recession gets pushed out by the market, so does the risk of credit. Three essential credit metrics – probabilities of default (POD), POD rate of change, and POD volatility- materially increased from 2023. This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing.

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Abrigo

APRIL 25, 2024

Recent data and trends of the small business lending market SMB Lending Insights is a snapshot of current financial trends and metrics that impact small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending and financial institutions. Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Rising-rate environment Planning ALM strategies After decades of accommodative monetary policy and near 0% interest rates, financial institutions find themselves in 2023 with a question on where rates are headed and how to structure their strategies given rate movements. Markets move in unpredictable ways when least expected.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Meet Our 2023 FICO Decisions Awards Judges. FICO has announced its panel of independent judges for the 2023 FICO® Decisions Awards , which honor businesses achieving outstanding results using analytics and decision management technology to grow their business, manage risk and reduce costs. Saxon Shirley. Thu, 05/12/2022 - 10:29.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Describe a typical day in the life. Perficient, though not new to insurance, is consistently realigning to capitalize on the industry’s digital transformation potential. How have you seen priorities shift as the insurance market becomes more competitive and new risks emerge for insurers?

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The most-read lending & credit blogs in 2023 Probability of default, CECL model validation, and stress testing were among Abrigo's top blogs on ALM, CECL, and portfolio risk this year. download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023.

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BankUnderground

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Yuliya Baranova, Eleanor Holbrook, David MacDonald, William Rawstorne, Nicholas Vause and Georgia Waddington The functioning of major government bond and related repo markets has deteriorated on several occasions in recent years as trading demand has overwhelmed dealers’ intermediation capacity.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

The graph below shows the quarterly ROE for all community banks from 1984 to Q1/2023. There are various models investors may use to assess return and risk, but the most widely used is a risk premium model called CAPM (capital asset pricing model). These intangible factors can also lower the bank’s cost of capital.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

On September 20, 2023, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left its benchmark rate unchanged, but it would be a mistake to conclude that the committee did not send a strong message about the projected path of future interest rates. in 2023 and slightly higher in 2024.

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Perficient

MARCH 3, 2022

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently released the economic and financial market scenarios that will be used in the upcoming stress tests for covered institutions. Equity market volatility, as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX), declines in 2022 by about 6.5 to hover around 2.50

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2023

private and public lending markets are the world’s envy, with a wide availability of financing options for many capital seekers across the entire capital stack. We believe any change to the FDIC insurance coverage should aim to maintain and advance our credit markets.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 12, 2023

The post Podcast: Analyzing first-quarter earnings and 2023 annual meetings appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. First quarter earnings reports are done, and bank shareholder meetings are currently going on, and rarely have these activities been in the public spotlight as now in the wake of three significant bank failures.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2024

Marketing and technology (IT) are two budgets that have taken the most significant hit. For perspective, 2023 and what we expect for 2024 can be characterized as keeping up with revenue. Benchmarking can help banks better optimize capital as it gives bank management a sense of what the average is for the industry.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

Download now Takeaway 1 Under current federal law, banks and credit unions face federal prosecution and penalties if they provide services to legal marijuana-related businesses. Takeaway 2 Considering the urgent need for a legislative solution, the SAFE Banking Act of 2023 could bridge the gap between state and federal marijuana laws.

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BankUnderground

JULY 27, 2023

Understanding AT1 prices and yield movements The recent rescue of Credit Suisse included a write-off of its entire US$17 billion AT1 capital (CoCo bonds). Chart 1: AT1 price movement, January 2015–March 2023 Source: Refinitiv Eikon. Chart 2: Yield to worst of AT1 versus subordinated bonds Source: Refinitiv Eikon.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 11, 2023

One of the biggest mistakes bank make when pricing deposits is advertising an above-market rate, thereby shortening deposit duration and increasing negative convexity for that one account and the whole product offering. Consider a money market account at a bank. That 1.75% money market account likely has a duration of 0.18.

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Bussman Advisory

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This week’s must-know stories: Metro Bank’s Financial Struggles: Will Metro Bank in the UK be 2023’s next banking collapse? This decline was exacerbated when UK regulators denied its request to modify capital requirements calculations for its residential mortgages. Tokenizing funds can enhance liquidity and market access.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 2 Advisors recommend that financial institutions look behind some of the headlines and examine their own markets before ruling out CRE altogether.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 7, 2024

However, that faster growth was not unusual and reflects the bank’s higher growth markets. In fact, until 2023, the bank’s interest expense to average assets was at par with peers. Those higher interest rate wholesale borrowings ($1.4B, nearly 24% of all liabilities) were repricing at higher market rates as interest rates rose.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 24, 2024

Julian Reynolds Policymakers and market participants consistently cite geopolitical developments as a key risk to the global economy and financial system. This impact appears much larger in emerging market economies (EMEs) than advanced economies (AEs). But how can one quantify the potential macroeconomic effects of these developments?

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 8, 2023

Using that measure, they found that when risk perceptions are high, the cost of capital of risky firms is high and subsequently real investment and employment decline in the United States. The PVS in the UK We expand the analysis to the UK, up to and including 2023 Q1. To calculate the PVS in the UK, we follow four steps.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Last month, N26 said it was looking to close another funding round before going public in 2023. Cloud-based solutions could provide the digital-first tools customers want without dealing with outdated systems.

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Abrigo

APRIL 26, 2023

1, 2020, its capital would be lower, and it would have higher interest income than if it had done the deal Jan. The exposure draft would be issued in Q2 2023. Our best guess on the timing for the release of the final standard is that it would be in the third or fourth quarters of 2023. 29, 2019, and adopted CECL on Jan.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Higher capitalization rates driven by higher expected future rates (fewer rates are priced in the forward curve) dropped the future value of properties across the United States and hurt expected loss given default (LGD) by 1.5% While delinquencies ticked up in most major sectors, the probability of a recession decreased.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 22, 2024

Late in 2023, Warsaw Federal — a $71 million mutual savings and loan in Cincinnati — was officially designated as a minority depository institution. The move to MDI status is part of the 130-year-old bank’s pivot to serving its community more deeply while building its capital base to support growth.

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