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The Velocity of Risk – What Bankers Need To Know

South State Correspondent

Banks that are looking to enhance their risk management practices should consider incorporating the concept of the velocity of risk into their enterprise-wide risk management practices. In this article, we explore why and how banks are starting to incorporate the “velocity of risk” into their risk management practices.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. As of October, the US ranked 32 nd according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data. What’s left is an estimate of personal savings.

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Consumer Lending: Should Banks Do It?

Jeff For Banks

Mortgage bankers and brokers own a significant share of market (although less than prior to the 2007-08 financial crisis). Looking at our peer group numbers, the consumer loan costs a little above $1,100 per year in operating expense to originate and maintain. pre-tax profit as a percent of the portfolio. Not charitable moxy.

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Reverse Trend

Independent Banker

As that older generation continues to age, reverse mortgages could become mainstream financial planning products that increasingly more house-rich but cash-strapped senior borrowers will need, says Dan Barksdale, a division manager for FirstBank in Lexington, Tenn., who oversees 32 loan officers dedicated to providing the loans.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

billion of assets and operates twenty five branches in the western suburbs of Chicago. Today, NPL/total loans is a manageable 0.94%, and the Bank ROA/ROE year-to-date is 1.22% and 11.61% respectively. Summit also operates an insurance subsidiary. Positive operating leverage! In 2007, the Bank had $1.1 Well done! #4.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Stripe Connect and billing services help companies manage marketplaces, subscriptions. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Braintree , a Chicago-based payment infrastructure company founded in 2007, aimed to replace the traditional model where merchants used different providers for a payment gateway and a merchant account.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

The promises included tax cuts to 15% (although a much less dramatic decrease is expected), repeal and replacement of ObamaCare (stalled in the Senate), regulatory reform (some energy rules relaxed, but not much else), infrastructure spending to repair and replace our crumbling structures, roads, airports, electrical grids, etc.