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How to Manage Your Efficiency Ratio with Loan Size

South State Correspondent

This development is very important to community banks, as their efficiency ratio also increased, but to 61.63%. The national banks have already indicated how they plan to reverse the efficiency ratio increase – through headcount reduction. What is Driving the Efficiency Ratio at Community Banks?

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Fee Income In Lending Is Crucial For Banks

South State Correspondent

Historically, community banks have relied on net interest margin (NIM) instead of fee income to drive return on equity (ROE). Community banks have overlooked fee income because of the lack of analytics on how fee income translates to revenue and profitability. Industry Comparison of Fee Income. Why Fee Income Is Important.

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7 Reasons To Focus More on Hedge Fee Income

South State Correspondent

Many community banks are searching for ways to increase fee income, and many bank CEOs have concluded that fee income is a significant driver of revenue and profitability. We argue that larger banks do not have an inherent advantage over community banks in generating fee income because of their scale.

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Optimizing Loan Duration

South State Correspondent

Customers and competitors are challenging community banks to extend loan duration – borrowers are eager to lock fixed rates before they rise further, and many competitors are happy to oblige. But what are the optimal fixed terms for community banks given today’s interest rate, credit, and liquidity environment?

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Using P2P Payments To Bank More Of The Unbanked

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She said the global pandemic has simply advanced a movement that has been underway for years, which has sought to provide banking access and digital financial services to underserved communities, mostly through mobile devices. Crypto And AI/ML.

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New US 'Cryptocurrency Enforcement Network' Takes Aim At Bitcoin Scammers

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Attorney General William Barr said that while cryptocurrency could fundamentally transform how human beings interact and how we organize society, “ensuring that use of this technology is safe and does not imperil our public safety or our national security is vitally important to America and its allies.”. Lagging Consumer Use Cases.

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3 Ways Credit Union Are Driving Growth

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According to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) , credit unions had a record year in 2015, with 3.7 Credit unions have taken note of this trend and responded, producing eight out of the top 10-rated banking apps, according to a ranking by MagnifyMoney , a financial-product comparison website.

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