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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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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. We spoke with four community banks in the southern half of Texas to learn how they are serving this buzzing region. By Mindy Charski.

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Morning Scan: Community Banks Enjoy Rebound; Tarullo's Influence

American Banker

Community banks are doing very well, thank you very much, Mr. Dimon. But it's not necessarily a return to the salad days of pre-2008. The Wall Street Journal's ongoing series on the banking industry looks at the state of community banking, and pronounces the sector healthy, but facing serious issues. …

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

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A bill that would give regional banks a break on regulation was before the U.S. That change would become effective 18 months after the bill is enacted — though the SIFI designation immediately lift for banks with assets under $100 billion, according to a Height Research report by Ed Groshans, senior vice president at the firm.

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Competition Heats Up Between Large FIs, Small Banks, Alt Lenders ? And SMBs Win

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SMBs since the 2008 financial recession. percent decline in shares at large banks , coinciding with a 7.8 percent increase in shares at mid-cap regional banks and a 12.1 percent share increase for community banks, suggest that large FIs are losing out to smaller competitors, per CNBC reports last week.

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Which are America’s healthiest banks?

Abrigo

For the largest of American financial institutions – those that much of the public banks with for checking, mortgages and auto loans – stress testing regulations have been passed and executed to avoid a repeat of 2008. The list highlights the top 20 banks within each region of the U.S. with the lowest Texas Ratios.

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Fed Looks To Small Banks To Bail Out SMBs

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The Federal Reserve is looking toward a time-worn source to help with bailing out many smaller businesses and individuals as they enlist smaller regional and local banks for the job. One such bank is New Jersey-based OceansFirst, with its 118-year-old history and assets numbering $10.2 billion in the small town of Toms River.