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The Death of the Community Bank

Jeff For Banks

In June of 2008 I gave a speech titled "The Death of the Community Bank" and in that speech I made predictions. Prediction: The General Bank will become extinct. Much like competitors nip at community banks' customers. Eighteen percent of that group opened an account at a digital bank. Result: Mixed.

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FDIC's unusual order against tiny Utah bank: Sell yourself or liquidate

American Banker

One of the smallest banks in the country hasn't consistently made a profit since 2007 and has been the subject of enforcement actions. The FDIC's public rebuke against it indicates a last-ditch effort to figure out a less messy solution than receivership.

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Community banks’ net income, loan balances increase in 2014

Abrigo

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. percent of community banks were unprofitable during the quarter. However, across all banks, fourth quarter net income fell by 7.9 percent to $36.9 percent from 2013.

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Community banks’ net income, loan balances increase in 2014

Abrigo

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. percent of community banks were unprofitable during the quarter. However, across all banks, fourth quarter net income fell by 7.9 percent to $36.9 percent from 2013.

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ABA Data Bank: FDIC Insurance Fund at Record-High Balance

ABA Community Banking

Since 2007, banks have more than doubled the balance of the FDIC insurance fund that protects deposits to a record $110.3 The post ABA Data Bank: FDIC Insurance Fund at Record-High Balance appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

PYMNTS

ILCs are used to form industrial loan companies, better known as industrial banks. An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Between 1980 and 1995, more than 2,900 banks and thrifts with collective assets of more than $2.2 More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. trillion failed. What caused it?

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