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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

Economy , supervisory and risk specialists from the Federal Reserve of Kansas outline top challenges and opportunities regarding the future of community banking. Community banks are critical to ag lending and small business lending. In the recent publication, Community Banks’ Ongoing Role in the U.S. In fact, one in five U.S.

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How to stress test your ag portfolio

Abrigo

The report, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , stated that demand could remain high since futures markets for fall crops show prices are likely to remain low because of the potential for another record harvest. The challenge is that market conditions in this type of lending tend to be volatile.

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Onward Financial’s Employer-Backed Payday Loan Alternative

PYMNTS

I think it is pretty obvious when you read stories about the payday lending industry – and how it goes wrong for customers – that consumers need a better alternative,” Onward Financial Founder Ronnie Washington said. In an effort to innovate a solution to these cash flow challenges, Washington founded Onward Financial.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

According to the CFPB, the new members “include experts in consumer protection, financial services, community development, fair lending, civil rights, consumer financial products or services, representatives of community banks and credit unions, and scholars with relevant methodological and subject matter experience.”

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Loan Pricing: Must It Be So Complicated?

Jeff For Banks

Some are free, such as the one recently mentioned by my friend Dallas Wells of Asset Management Group, an ALCO consulting firm based in Kansas City. But I''m a student of the lending function, and listen intently to senior managers discuss loan pricing in profitability improvement meetings that I moderate.

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For Ag Lenders, Farm Outlook Warrants Watching

Abrigo

farmers is even more unpredictable than in recent years, so financial institutions will want to keep a close eye on the agricultural sector -- both to protect ag lending portfolios and tap into ag loan growth opportunities. Stay up to date on the farm outlook and ag lending best practices. The economic and financial outlook for U.S.

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. However, capital isn’t the only or even primary need of startups, various business incubator experts agree. Some entrepreneurs have never raised capital.

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