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Why Diversification Fails at Banks

South State Correspondent

The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. We believe that while lending diversification leads banks to lend more in normal times (especially for banks over $50B in assets) and does benefit the general economy, community banks should be careful in how and where they choose to diversify.

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Why Diversification Fails at Banks

South State Correspondent

The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. We believe that while lending diversification leads banks to lend more in normal times (especially for banks over $50B in assets) and does benefit the general economy, community banks should be careful in how and where they choose to diversify.

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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

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.

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Rounding Out SME Cash Management Offerings

PYMNTS

Alternative lending platforms integrating with providers of other financial services has become a new norm. Just look at SAP Ariba , which integrated PrimeRevenue’s supply chain financing into its spend management platform, or Reckon , a small business accounting platform that recently rolled out an SME lending feature thanks to Prospa.

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Should Congress Increase FDIC Insurance Limits?

South State Correspondent

private and public lending markets are the world’s envy, with a wide availability of financing options for many capital seekers across the entire capital stack. The proper function of a free-market economy is to allow outperforming managers to succeed in their businesses and underperforming managers to exit their businesses.

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Gone Fishing (For Deposits)

Jack Henry

As deposits reach their lowest levels since 2009 – when many younger bankers were still in college ‒ the mission to attract and grow deposits is a fairly new concept. They translate into lucrative lending opportunities as well as fee-based commercial solutions, like payments and financial management services.

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Taking A Credit-First Approach To Alt Lending 

PYMNTS

However, Tavares said the landscape is shifting, as LendingPoint and other alternative credit products lend their ears — and their money — to underserved populations. Burnside got his start in small business lending. It’s a very real situation in the U.S., which is where Dominican-born LendingPoint CSO Juan Tavares now calls home.

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