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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. Indeed, we are already starting to see signs of distress among community and regional banks that lack the advertising budgets and sophisticated digital capabilities of the big national banks. small-dollar lending market.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio.

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Fraud prevention and detection: Empowering clients through education

Abrigo

Start with these seven key takeaways: Recognize phishing attempts: Clients should understand common tactics used in phishing and exercise caution with emails by checking the sender’s address for anything unusual. What should a financial institution’s fraud education program include?

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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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