2007 Community Lending National 
Independent Banker
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; 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. Grand Ridge National Bank.
South State Correspondent
JUNE 21, 2022
This decision coincided with rate hikes by the Swiss National Bank, its first since 2007, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank announced at an emergency meeting that they would raise interest rates next month and again in September. What worked effortlessly for the last 14 years may not work for the next business cycle.
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Jeff For Banks
AUGUST 29, 2016
A recent Bank Think post by ConnectOne Bank CEO Frank Sorrentino regarding restoring Glass-Steagall got me thinking about how far the debate has drifted from the root causes of the 2007-08 financial crisis. In 2007, that number climbed to 127%. Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) almost tripled between 1996 and 2007, to $7.3
South State Correspondent
APRIL 10, 2023
CRE Risk Background While ten years ago, community and regional banks use to make up some 55% of the CRE market, in 2023, these banks now compose approximately 72% (below). The risk here is that community banks continue to take on an above-average amount of CRE credit exposure. This article explores the risk and what to do about it.
Jeff For Banks
MAY 20, 2017
and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending.
South State Correspondent
JUNE 13, 2022
Instantly, the cash flow for those businesses that many community banks lent to is impacted. That is a significant change in risk for a material part of a large community bank’s balance sheet. No bank, to our knowledge, reacted fast enough, and by November of 2007, construction and development loans were trading at a 30% discount.
CFPB Monitor
APRIL 14, 2016
The announcement included the news that the CFPB has filled the position of Assistant Director for the Office of Small Business Lending Markets. The leadership additions announced by the CFPB were the following: Grady Hedgespeth will serve as the Assistant Director for the Office of Small Business Lending Markets.
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