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FDIC: US Banks See Chargebacks Soar, Profits Tank Due To Pandemic

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According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), over half of all banks ended up reporting a decline in profits, and 7.3 percent of lenders were unprofitable — the largest number since 2010. billion, Reuters wrote. billion, Reuters wrote. Banks saw a $1.2 percent increase in commercial and industrial loans.

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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

By leveraging their strengths in relationship lending and their access to technology in order to grow the small business loan portfolio profitably. CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market.

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GAO report on household access to banking services finds limited availability of small-dollar loans from banks and credit unions

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These concerns are often dismissed by consumer advocates with the argument that banks and credit unions will increase their small-dollar lending if other providers leave the market due to interest rate caps. Among the services examined by the GAO in the report is small-dollar lending.

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Are de novos making a comback?

Abrigo

The FDIC paper The Entry, Performance, and Risk Profile of De Novo Banks published in April 2016 reports that the number of de novo bank failures and acquisitions annually has drastically declined since 2010, primarily due to the fact that new bank formations have become nearly inexistent.

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Kachkar Charged With $140 Million Fraud

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In 2010, Westernbank Puerto Rico, the country’s second-largest commercial bank, took a loss of more than $140 million on loans to a Florida businessman, 53-year-old Jack Kachkar, which contributed to its failure, according to the FDIC’s inspector general. In 2010, Westernbank was subsumed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Reports of Small Business Lending’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Celent Banking

In the FinTech space, much of the focus is on consumer-oriented solutions like Mint for financial management, Venmo for P2P payments, and Prosper for social lending. Online small business lending by direct credit providers has especially taken off. Morgan Stanley reports that US small business direct lending grew to around $7.5B

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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.