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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures: National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for seven, ten, or 20-year fixed-rate loans. Lending Discipline: Hedging programs make loan pricing more transparent and force bankers to exercise sensible pricing methodologies.

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Consumer Banking Predictions 2019: Four Trends to Watch

FICO

The annual exercise of staring into our crystal balls and making predictions for the coming year has begun. In our current rising rate environment, any bank that can’t grow (or at least sustain) its deposits base will face shrinking net interest margins and a competitive disadvantage in their consumer lending businesses.

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FDIC hires counsel to investigate now defunct Operation Choke Point

CFPB Monitor

On November 15, 2018, in response to a November 7, 2018 letter from Republican Senators , FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced that the FDIC has engaged outside counsel to investigate the Obama-era Operation Choke Point, under which the FDIC and other government agencies pressured banks not to do business with payday lenders.

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