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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). Notably, most community banks’ duration risk is in the loan portfolio.

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Bill To Ease Regulation on Smaller FIs Before U.S. House

PYMNTS

“The bill also gives regulators more discretion in deciding when to require stress tests of capital adequacy for banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets in the event of another crisis,” according to a summary of the bill in MarketWatch. Criticism to the bill came Tuesday from the U.S.

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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

Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? To you, manage your interest rate risk.

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5 Reasons to Increase SBA Loan Origination at Your Bank or Credit Union

Abrigo

Even if community businesses don’t end up utilizing the federally guaranteed loans , many small businesses have heard of SBA loans and want to explore them. SBA loan origination can be especially lucrative for community financial institutions now. said now is the time for lenders to “triage” their portfolios. “We

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5 Reasons to Increase SBA Lending at Your Bank or Credit Union

Abrigo

Even if community businesses don’t end up utilizing the federally guaranteed loans , many small businesses have heard of SBA loans and want to explore them. SBA lending is especially lucrative for community financial institutions now. Offering SBA lending at the institution is a good way to “get in the door” with good credits.

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CARES Act includes provisions affecting financial institutions and their regulation: some key provisions

CFPB Monitor

Section 4008 of the CARES Act authorizes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a debt guarantee program to guarantee the debt of solvent insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies. Section 4012 – Temporary Relief For Community Banks. Section 4008 – Debt Guaranty Authority.

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SVB: Early lessons for all financial institutions from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure

Abrigo

Historic collapse SVB is different from other financial institutions The FDIC closure and assumption of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the largest bank failure since 2008 – is a stark reminder that when a crisis occurs, it can spread as fast as a wildfire in dry fields with a strong wind. Boy, did that impact capital ratios.

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