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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. On Thanksgiving 2007, he founded Bank of Montana, which now has one branch and 13 employees.

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Should You Be Marking Loans To Market?

South State Correspondent

.” That same adjustment can be applied to banks’ fixed-rate loans for economic value analysis to better understand value creation and allocation, prioritize future business activity, and better deploy capital. It was back in August of 2007 when credit spreads started to widen. Capital got scarce. Fast forward to today.

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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

He starts by reviewing some of the data over the last decade, specifically the role that Acquisition, Development and Construction (ADC) loans played leading up to the 2007 recession. These caps were 100% of capital for construction loans, and 300% for all investor CRE. What are HVCRE loans? Residential construction - 85% 5.

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What’s Changed in the 10 Years Since Quant Quake? Not Much.

Bank Innovation

Ten years ago today, in the months leading to the start of the global recession, the ‘Quant Quake’ of August 10, 2007 shook Wall Street. But what’s changed since the Quant Crash of 2007? …and beyond The shift to automated trading isn’t just happening within the hedge fund community.

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Beneficial State Bank’s financial activism

Independent Banker

The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism. billion-asset community bank in Oakland, Calif., When it comes down to it, though, the community bank’s mission is radically simple. Photo: Ashley Courter.

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Commercial Real Estate or Business Lending: Which Is Better?

Jeff For Banks

Me: Commercial Real Estate loans are the most profitable product in a community bank's arsenal and have been through various interest rate environments. I understand this is financial alchemy, but most of our clients allocate more capital to the business loan because it has less reliable collateral. But we have work to do.

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

In 2013 there were 246 bank and thrift merger and acquisition deals announced, the highest number since 2007 when there were 318 deals. This all comes with fewer banks than there were in 2007. Read: We need to be bigger and have more capital to keep up with regulation and the industry. What is driving deal volume?