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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

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. Traditionally, community banks would compare their financial performance and health to similar-sized banks in their region.

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BAS 2020: Regions upgrades consumer lending system with automation

BankInovation

Regions Bank is overhauling its consumer lending system to keep its competitive edge. “We We did quite a bit of investment in consumer lending over the last 10 years, but we feel like we might have to do a 2.0

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Credit, check fraud costs weigh on Regions' earnings

American Banker

The Alabama regional lender says it expects expenses to taper off this year and anticipates challenged loans will gradually rise to historically average levels.

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Regions' plan to boost lending in 2020

American Banker

Total loans at Regions Financial fell slightly last year, but executives say a shift in consumer lending priorities and more aggressive C&I lending will start to pay off this year.

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The Threat That Could End Community Banking & What To Do About It

Small business lending is ground zero for this imminent disaster. On the surface, things are going well for community and regional banks and credit unions. Though only in charge of a small percentage of total assets, they’re disproportionately dominating small business lending.

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FinTechs Take A Regional Approach To SMB COVID-19 Relief

PYMNTS

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest solutions that FinTechs and lenders are developing to ease the PPP lending process for SMBs and FIs alike, with many initiatives focused on enabling regional and community banks to maintain a competitive edge against the biggest banks. LendingTree. Fresno First Bank. Funding Xchange, Experian.

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A year after SVB went down, regional banks are not out of the woods

American Banker

But the nation's largest banks still have structural advantages, and the regionals remain hampered by their real-estate heavy portfolios and the continuing impact of high interest rates. Midsize lenders have largely defied the most dire predictions following Silicon Valley Bank's demise.

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Quick Guide to Digital Lending for Regional & Community Banks

How are some regional banks outperforming their bigger rivals? The answer may lie in their early adoption of digital lending as a core service. Digital lending technologies are helping banks make the transition faster so they can compete more effectively.