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The Community Bank Contrarian

ABA Community Banking

Whether it’s buying a mortgage division in 2009 or building a diversified product set in an age of nichification, community bank CEO Luanne Cundiff zigs when pundits say to zag. The post The Community Bank Contrarian appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Common Misperceptions: Community Banks are Beating the Behemoths

Jeff For Banks

One such theme was the right sizing of community banks'' funding sources. Since the dawn of the financial crisis in 2007, loan demand has fallen off of the cliff, and therefore community banks did not need their historically high amount of CD funding.

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Now is a prime time for digital account opening

Independent Banker

How Americans bank has been changing for years, including how they start their banking relationships. Offering the ability to open an account online can be one way to reach customers who are unable to join your community bank in person. billion-asset IncredibleBank in Wausau, Wis.

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How Your Bank Can Make Construction Lending More Profitable

South State Correspondent

Construction and Land Development loans (C&D loans) drove a substantial portion of the loan growth at community banks between 2000 and 2007, especially for banks under $2B in assets. In fact, C&D loans were one of the major causes of bank failures from 2009 to 2011.

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An API-Driven Fix To Digital-First Banking

PYMNTS

In the May Digital-First Banking Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of digital-first banking, including the challenges facing deployment of APIs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new online initiatives from nationwide FI chains and community banks and the security challenges that are plaguing digital banking programs.

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Why banks are closing so many branches

American Banker

Banks have steadily winnowed their physical footprints since 2010, when digital services came to the fore. In 2009, there were nearly 100,000 branches in the U.S. The pandemic — and social distancing — hastened the trend this decade. Today, there are fewer than 80,000.

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Kabbage Could Seek Up To $1B In Sale

PYMNTS

The company, founded in 2009 by chief executive Rob Frohwen , ex-chairman Marc Gorlin and president Kathryn Petralia as a way to provide easy funding for small businesses, has aimed to provide amounts up to $250,000, along with underwriting and service loans. Kabbage had no comment. billion to 270,000 applicants.