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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

Abrigo

Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m. Every business starts small.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Lending Focus – Interest Rate Sensitivity and Credit Accuracy. If you look back over any recession, it is the two years prior when banks make 80% of their lending mistakes. Many banks, for example, are still hyper-competitive in multifamily lending. Remember all those five-year fixed-rate loans you booked at 4%?

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Education: By Popular Demand

Independent Banker

These in-depth and timely professional development programs are designed exclusively for community bankers and led by nationally recognized industry experts who know the issues community banks grapple with. 11–14, 2016, in Denver. Consumer Lending Institute. 25–30 in Denver. Commercial Lending Institute.

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US Bankcards Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2023 Q1 Update

FICO

The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of previously owned homes declined 2.4% These figures represent a national sample of approximately 130 million accounts that comprise FICO® Advisors’ Risk Benchmarking solution. Visa is predicting negative GDP in Q2 and Q3 with a return to growth in Q4 2023. by the end of 2023.

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US Bankcards Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2022 Q4 Update

FICO

Expectations from Visa are that the GDP will turn negative once again in Q1 and Q2 of 2023 leading The National Bureau of Economic Research to declare a recession. These figures represent a national sample of approximately 130 million accounts that comprise FICO® Advisors’ Risk Benchmarking solution.

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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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Membership Central

Independent Banker

Resurging real-estate markets around the country are prompting more community banks to re-emphasize home lending. ICBA Mortgage Solutions Powered by LenderLive is an exclusive Correspondent Lending Program designed to support community banks concerned with balance sheet risk, as well as regulatory and compliance challenges.