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Global Bankers Release $500B In Capital To Facilitate Lending

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Financial regulators have made $500 billion in capital available for lenders around the world , which gives lenders the freedom for another $5 trillion of loans around the world to go toward cushioning the blow the coronavirus has dealt to the world’s economy.

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

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wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. That love of community has defined his career.

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Community FIs Battle Against Low Interest Rates To Help SMBs Thrive

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smaller community banks and credit unions (CUs) stepped up to the plate and, according to the Small Business Association (SBA), ended up facilitating more than half of PPP loan volume to SMBs. That's good news for community banks and credit unions, which could see a wave of new SMB customers and members in the coming months.

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Pressure Mounts For India NBFCs As Reliance Capital Exits Lending Business

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India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. Following Ambani’s announcement, shares in Reliance Capital dropped to their lowest level in two decades. Since their highest level in January 2008, reports said, shares have lost about 99 percent of their value. “It

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CRE risk management: Identify and manage concentration risk

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You might also like this podcast, "How to sleep easier at night about your capital and risk levels." For example, during the 2008 Subprime Mortgage Crisis, commercial real estate prices fell drastically by 30 percent year over year. Some of these stressors include interest and vacancy rates or a decline in collateral values.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers take the high road

Independent Banker

Regulators have issued a proposed rule to reduce capital levels for global systemically important bank holding companies and their federally insured subsidiaries. Meanwhile, some members of Congress are asking the Federal Reserve to eliminate a capital surcharge on the megabanks. Where I’ll be this month.

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Brad M. Bolton: Working through difficult times

Independent Banker

Working through any difficulty or crisis at your community bank won’t be a walk in the park, but it may lead to an experience for which you’re truly grateful. As a community banker, you’re either going through a crisis or you’re preparing for one. Is there education or training at ICBA Community Banker University that can help?