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Banks and CDFIs: Partnering for community impact

Abrigo

And to thrive, those customers need economically diverse and healthy communities in which to live and work. Partnering with local organizations to promote the health of those communities is often a top priority for banks. communities where capital tends to be scarce.

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Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge

PYMNTS

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018.

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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

Jeff For Banks

And then what happened in 2004-06 happened again. Shadow Banking refers to banking-like operations that take place outside of the mainstream banking industry. But bankers should be preparing for a devaluation of the collateral used by their borrowers to determine how best to manage this emerging situation.

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The banks serving active duty personnel

Independent Banker

Community banks operate on a majority of the country’s military installations. Given their selfless service, active-duty personnel rely on community banks that understand their unique needs. Community banks comprise more than two-thirds of the 66 banks operating on U.S. Photo by: Dero Sanford. By Judith Sears.

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How The Fed Will Impact Your Deposit Beta

South State Correspondent

In our previous article ( HERE ), we reviewed the banking industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle. Community banks with larger percentages of DDA balances will fare better. Influences on Deposit Beta.

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The Future of Checks – Tales From The Crypt

South State Correspondent

The debit card started to rise in popularity in 2004, as did an explosion of ATMs in 2005, affording the general population more access to cash. Households and merchants must receive, verify, manage, transport, secure check stock, and deposit checks. From there, checks steadily declined. Why do businesses still put up with this cost?

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Fitch Sounds Warning On Corporate Debt Loophole Of Trade Finance

PYMNTS

Fitch warned that this classification allows corporate buyers to operate with a lack of transparency in their finances. The survey traced supplier payment practices back to 2004. Defunct U.K. Collectively, the total value of payables increased by $327 billion, Fitch Ratings said.

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