Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The variables that banks typically test are amortization periods, interest rates, vacancy rates, and lease rates. However, in the last 25 years, we have yet to see a community bank perform sensitivity analysis on inflation rates – for obvious reasons. History Lesson.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Don’t Cut Your Marketing Budget Next Year There will also be a tendency to believe that because your margins will be less next year, you need to save operating expenses, which means budget cuts across the board. Look for news events such as government shutdowns, tax law changes, or disaster preparedness to amplify your marketing.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 30, 2022

Me: Commercial Real Estate loans are the most profitable product in a community bank's arsenal and have been through various interest rate environments. Bank Senior Lender: Not when you consider the whole relationship. The much sought after "operating account." The pre-tax ROA might not look great. CRE still wins.

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Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

The transition from compliance to consulting makes sense: tax season is just that, a “season,” and nearly 60 percent of respondents to a Sageworks survey indicated they saw an increase in total revenue by adding financial services to their accounting practice. The advantage of working capital is obvious to some degree.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 5, 2022

In a stagflation environment, as interest rates rise and cash flow (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), or net operating income (NOI)) decreases, the borrower’s capacity to service debt as measured by the debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) decreases rapidly.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. How Banks Can Leverage: Niche markets abound in banking, and community banks are in the perfect position to create a following on a national level should they desire.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Fifty-two percent of SMBs predict business payments will be digital within the next five years , said Bank of America, while mobile phones are used by nearly all small business owners today – 89 percent say they use smartphones and other mobile devices to manage their business and operations like basic tasks, digital banking and digital payments.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 10, 2022

Anton Schutz, President and Chief Investment Officer, Mendon Capital Advisors. Anton formed and has led Mendon Capital for over 25 years. He is a regular contributor to CNBC and other respected news outlets on bank stock investing. So for the bank, the one important thing is A WAY TO MAKE THE COMPANY MORE PROFITABLE EVERY YEAR.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 16, 2022

One element that many commercial banks attempt to differentiate with borrowers is the prepayment provision (or sometimes the lack of one). Many community banks will market their fixed rate loans based on the simplicity of the prepayment provision, and this starts by understanding the value that each provision creates.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Job seekers are in the driver’s seat across most industries, including community banking,” says Lindsay LaNore, group executive vice president and chief learning and experience officer for ICBA. However, community banks have a big opportunity to stand out from the crowd of potential employers.”. Put people first.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

article , former Small Business Administration administrator Karen Mills said community banks with strong small business customer bases that don’t find new ways to serve them digitally are going to face a “reckoning.” Source: DeBanked ) Square Capital lent about $1.6 In a recent American Banker. Source: DeBanked ).

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

In the last two months, the messaging points for banks have shifted from one of prosperity to one of cautious growth and optimism layered with some contingency planning. Providing a narrative around your “fortress balance sheet,” ever-more-efficient operations, and defensive vision is now critical. General Performance.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2021

A bank trade association CEO asked me a couple of questions while he was researching an op-ed piece. Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? The edited Q&A is below.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2015

I don't think de novo banks are key players to business startup capital formation. Sure, if you cite studies that say these banks' loan books are predominantly small, as the FDIC measures them. But that is because de novo's are limited to making a loan to one borrower of 15% of their capital position. How do I know this?

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 13, 2018

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 than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Welcome to the list! #2.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2022

After adjusting for mitigating factors, the residual risk falls on a spectrum, and banks need to ensure they are not taking too much or too little risk, given the reward. Banks that take too much risk fail, and banks that take too little risk produce returns below their cost of capital and either get acquired or driven out of business.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Many community bankers expect a recession will start by at least mid-2021, according to the most recent Community Bank Sentiment Index. I’m surprised at how inefficient and poorly automated things are,” said David O’Connell, Senior Analyst with research firm Aite Group , after reviewing the survey results.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

Despite that increase in profitability, banks need to be mindful of how they manage their branch and customer base to increase profitability further. The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch? Branching is expensive – banks need to use the asset wisely.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

Some need working capital to grow; others are bracing for working capital fluctuations or economic uncertainty. Working capital fluctuations and the need to grow as a result of increasing demand were also top motivators behind seeking external financing, researchers said. Adding to the evidence that the U.S.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. Commercial Real Estate.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Takeaway 2 Several small business lending processes can tax both borrowers and staff. Role of business loans The market and impact of small business lending Small business lending is a large and growing market, and many banks and credit unions want more of it. At the same time, 59% pursued credit to meet operating expenses.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 27, 2015

We have a very successful junior college, school district and hospital—the typical things that you would expect to see in a community. IB: Along with its banking operations, Community National Bank manages about $250 million in personal and institutional assets through its trust and investment management department.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

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 than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Positive operating leverage!

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 27, 2015

Perhaps the financial crisis, which credit unions survived surprisingly well with the exception of corporate credit unions (similar to bankers'' banks), woke up credit union leadership to scrutinize operating expense to increase profits. Where do you think credit unions get their capital? And the taxes.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Credit Union Merger of the Year – Goes to Lake Michigan Credit Union and its CEO Sandy Jelinski for acquiring Florida-based community bank Encore.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. You tell us.

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2017

In its latest “Supervisory Insights” publication, the FDIC reiterated the importance of sound credit risk management practices in light of rapid growth in CRE portfolios at some institutions and in light of some institutions operating with a generally higher risk profile.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Bankjoy offers developers a banking API for a modern, real-time, holistic interface for credit unions and community banks. It leverages 45+ years of franchise operations experience to help retail investors finance franchises, helping to bring them to market quicker.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

Avalara will detail the Weird and Wacky World of Sales Tax. Did you know that sales-tax in the U.S. There are over 12,000 taxing jurisdictions covering millions of taxability rule combinations. Fidor Bank introduced community banking five years ago. is handled unlike any other place on the planet?

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