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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Many existing community bank customers and prospects are also national bank customers. There are now many online, nationally-focused lenders that are capable of an entire virtual relationship. Debt yield is an essential underwriting criterion in a low or declining capitalization environment.

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A Checklist For Any Bank Considering a Payment Strategy

South State Correspondent

Payment Innovation When it comes to long-range strategic planning in banking, what to do about payments, should be in the top five considerations up there with treasury management, capital allocation, risk tolerance, and human capital.

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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. What does matter is strategy. As such, the duration of capital will be long.

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CRE focus 'unsustainable,' Valley National CEO says in strategy shift

American Banker

The New York-based bank says it will push its concentration of commercial real estate loans below 400% of risk-based capital over the next two years and focus more on C&I.

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Inside Citigroup’s Digital-First Strategy

Bank Innovation

Citigroup has a digital-heavy, branch-light business approach that extends beyond its National Digital Bank platform (announced in March and currently in testing phase), according to Stephen Bird, CEO of Citi’s Global Consumer Banking.

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National Bank of Canada invests in technology, talent in Q4

BankInovation

National Bank of Canada (NBC) is set to continue its digital innovation strategy through hiring technology-focused talent. “We

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JPMorgan’s Dimon Talks COVID-19 Strategies In Annual Shareholders’ Letter

PYMNTS

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase , sent out his annual letter to shareholders on Monday (April 6), outlining strategies amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. . “We America is still the most prosperous nation the world has ever seen.”. trillion a year.

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