South State Correspondent

MAY 15, 2024

Bankers have been taught to diversify their loan portfolio to reduce idiosyncratic (individual borrower) risk and to stabilize earnings. The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. Community banks are already diversified within their geography and loan categories.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community Lending Study 195

South State Correspondent

MAY 15, 2024

Bankers have been taught to diversify their loan portfolio to reduce idiosyncratic (individual borrower) risk and to stabilize earnings. The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. Community banks are already diversified within their geography and loan categories.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community Lending Study 195

Abrigo

JULY 25, 2017

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. Ashbaugh goes on to demonstrate that the default rates for these loans did not peak until about 2009, and the ALLL did not increase until 2010.

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Management Capital Lending 150

Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2015

The reports were positive: all 31 stressed banks “passed,” showing that they are stronger than they have been at any time since the tests began in 2009, the Fed reported. Community banks typically have less complex loan portfolios than larger institutions, so the actual capital calculation may not be as difficult.

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Capital Community Bank Regulation 150

Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. Risk mitigants tend to lag growth, especially fast growth. And regulators are getting anxious.

Lending 60

Lending Regulation Community Community Bank 60

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Given the many differences between a community institution and a bank with $100 billion in assets, the challenges facing back executives and their financial institutions may differ dramatically at various times. Compliance staff may require certain operational processes that delay credit approval and impede competitiveness.

Compliance 150

Compliance Lending System Data 150

Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Me to a community banker: Why don't you offer more options than real estate secured lending to help fund early stage businesses? Banker: Because that's not community banking. I've been in this business over 20 years and still don't know the definition of community banking. their yield on loans in 2009 was 12.19%.

Community Bank 60

Community Bank Community Baltimore Lending 60