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Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities 

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lost bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures, according to research from the Federal Reserve released on Monday (Nov. Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities saw the most closures, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent.

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FinTech Plaid Teams With Banking Platform Jack Henry

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Our partnership with Jack Henry helps us bring Plaid Exchange to hundreds of regional and community banks, and helps ensure millions of people can access digital finance apps and services no matter where they choose to bank, invest and manage their money,” Karvounis added.

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Which loan types are fueling bank growth?

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Community banks (under $10 billion in assets) and regional banks (between $10 and $50 billion) represent 21 percent and nine percent, respectively. Regional banks had the most diversified portfolios, but community banks generally had higher concentrations in CRE and agriculture loans.

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Top News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications

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In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017. Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities. Urban areas, however, lost only 9 percent of offices in 802 communities. Kaspersky: Fake Push Notifications Have Grown Nearly 70 Pct In 2019.

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Banks Keep SMB Lending Gains Rolling

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Regional and community banks also saw their small business loan approval rates increase, with small banks approving 49.8 percent approval rating in March of 2012, Biz2Credit noted. percent of applications, up one-tenth of a percent from July. percent — a significant decline from their all-time high on the Index with a 57.9

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Stress testing revisited to avert risk and improve risk ratings

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Avert Risk The OCC’s October 2012 Supervisory Guidance notes that financial institutions that perform stress testing “have the ability to minimize the impact of negative market developments more effectively” than those that do not have a stress testing process in place.

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Training Employees to Soar at Community Bank in Mississippi

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Roughly once a quarter senior executives at Community Bank in Brandon, Miss., The trips are part of a management training course known as the Falcon Program that took flight in 2012. take a select group of up-and-coming managers on a three-day retreat.