South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

of digital banking customers said they switched to digital banking because of the pandemic. Source: 2021 Provident Bank survey. These days, there’s a lot to contend with as a community bank, from changing consumer behaviors due to the pandemic to uncertainty surrounding the economy and inflation. Quick stat.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists?

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Community banks have a choice about addressing the problem: Remain vulnerable or be vigilant. Fraud and cybercrimes continue to increase, causing challenges for community banks. But there’s plenty community banks can do to meet this challenge. Focus on vendor management for purchasing hardware and software.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 14, 2021

In June of 2008 I gave a speech titled "The Death of the Community Bank" and in that speech I made predictions. Prediction: The General Bank will become extinct. Much like competitors nip at community banks' customers. Eighteen percent of that group opened an account at a digital bank. Result: Mixed.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The loan leverage ratio is 10.83 (total debt divided by net operating income (NOI)). While the loan underwriting is squarely in most banks’ policy guidelines, the loan is highly leveraged, and any increase in expenses or decrease in revenue will create credit stress for the lender and default risk for the borrower.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. Julieann Thurlow, CEO of $730 million-asset Reading Cooperative Bank in Reading, Mass.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. A Consolidating Industry. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 3, 2020

Covid-19 has changed many aspects of banking from branch operations to credit underwriting and remote supervision of employees. Many community bank managers are physically distanced from their teams because of the pandemic.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

billion-asset First State Community Bank in Farmington, Mo. The dos and don’ts of data analysis can make the difference in a bank’s payments strategy (see sidebar below). Applying data Data can support community banks in helping their customers better manage their finances. The results? Giorgio says. “If

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As community banks grow, their vendor partnerships usually also do, which can lead to challenges with organization, data security and more. To address these issues, some community banks have turned to artificial intelligence. Data science can make an impact in every industry segment, including vendor management.”.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Community bankers are largely positive about the future, based on the first results of a new index gauging business sentiment among the financial professionals who serve a critical role in local economies. How do you expect the regulatory burden on your bank to change over the next 12 months? Dunkelberg and Jonathan A. Learn More.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Community Banks as Venture Capitalists In fact, not all providers of venture capital are venture capitalists. Increasingly, banks are filling the void created by VCs. Among community banks investing in fintech startups, the average investment was nearly $3 million per bank in 2022. billion in 2021.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

Community banking can be one of the most rewarding and most challenging areas of financial services in which to work — that’s the view, anyway, of Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) , who recently joined the nation’s leading advocacy organization that exclusively represents community banks.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Together, the companies are launching RegalOne, an application that provides integrated virtual cards to the corporate customers of regional and community banks. The app will leverage Mastercard In Control for Commercial Payments, letting community banks provide a white-labeled accounts payable platform for their corporate customers.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. Bankers and industry observers have several recommendations for how community banks can come up with risk ratings and rankings that foster safe growth in a volatile economic climate.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

New approaches to talent and technology are needed to address changes in the wealth management business model. Wealth management and trust clients are some of the most lasting and profitable relationships a bank can attract, but the banking industry is simply missing the opportunity to realize these businesses’ vast strategic potential.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Community banks use dozens or even hundreds of vendors—making it critical that they have an efficient way to stay compliant, track performance and more. Some banks are using a combination of software and internal personnel and systems to do just that. In addition to its vendor management platform, $2.2

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 11, 2014

In September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published final guidelines designed to “strengthen the governance and risk management practices of large financial institutions.” While the final guidance clearly applies to larger financial institutions, community banks should still take note.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 25, 2022

Change Management Helps Financial Institutions with Digitalization Bank and credit union executives who manage the people side of digital transformation have more success. . Takeaway 3 Seven steps of change management will jump-start the implementation and improve adoption and digital transformation. Not in all cases.

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Abrigo

APRIL 15, 2022

ALM & Measuring Liquidity Risk at Banks and Credit Unions Regulatory agencies expect financial institutions to manage liquidity risk using processes and systems commensurate with the complexity, risk profile, and scope of operations. ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management. Defining Liquidity.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Additionally, a recent survey by FIS shows that 37% of consumers began a new banking relationship with a major national or global bank that had a well-established online portal in the past 12 months. 18% of these consumers opened an account with an online-only direct bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

JPMorgan Chase is planning the consolidation its corporate payment operations by combining small business (SMB) and large enterprise solutions, the Financial Times ( FT ) reported on Thursday (Jan. and internationally,” said Co-President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto in the memo.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 14, 2022

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. It has since been modified and the list removed because it was too obvious what they were doing.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2015

In recent months, the momentum around reducing the regulatory burden on the nation’s community banks has continued to gain steam. There are more than 6,000 banks and thrifts under $10 billion in assets and they are often less equipped to deal with complexities brought by additional regulations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Think of banking and you might think of lending and deposits, where firms make money on the spread between what they pay savers and what they take in from borrowers. But banks cannot live on interest alone. Additional financial products and services must round out traditional banking activities.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 10, 2022

FTP was introduced to banks in the early 1980s to help manage interest rate risk on a transactional basis. Over time FTP was further advanced to allow management to measure and manage credit, interest rate, liquidity, and operational risk across business units. Simple Funds Transfer Pricing Example.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

For most consumers who have a checking account, savings account and maybe a mortgage, the regulations placed on their community bank isn’t given a second thought. Two recent surveys addressing the community banking landscape have pointed to increasing regulations as the primary cause of stress for these institutions.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. Analyzing the competition can also help a bank be realistic about which products it can sell and at what price.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CEO survey reveals banks’ resilience, commitment to employees and communities. The post How Community Banks Survived the COVID Pandemic appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2016

The FDIC is offering a fresh take on how a bank’s board of directors should understand and manage risk. The regulator’s April edition of Supervisory Insights provides what the FDIC called a “refresher” on its Pocket Guide for Directors, the 1988 booklet outlining the basic duties and responsibilities of a bank’s board of directors.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Takeaway 3 With effective technology, the bank can continue to grow its portfolio without necessarily adding staff.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2024

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Some bankers will soon hear about another example of banks using derivatives that, unfortunately, will lead to losses. No ISDA documents.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Bank-backed payment service Zelle crossed $32 billion in transactions in the last quarter, almost twice that of Venmo, but the P2P provider is not as omnipresent among banks as one would expect it to be.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Bank-backed payment service Zelle crossed $32 billion in transactions in the last quarter, almost twice that of Venmo, but the P2P provider is not as omnipresent among banks as one would expect it to be.

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