Abrigo
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
For most consumers who have a checking account, savings account and maybe a mortgage, the regulations placed on their community bank isn’t given a second thought. Two recent surveys addressing the community banking landscape have pointed to increasing regulations as the primary cause of stress for these institutions.
Abrigo
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
banks is up $157 billion from the same period in 2013. A recent data report culled from Sageworks Bank Information , a web-based data platform that includes financial and regulatory information on every U.S. bank and credit union, named the “ Top 15 community banks by commercial loan growth.”
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Abrigo
APRIL 1, 2015
A recent Wall Street Journal article by Victoria McGrane and Jon Hilsenrath highlighted how the nation’s regulators are increasingly questioning and turning their focus toward bank boards. These smaller banks have also seen new, and more frequent, attention from regulators. How complex is the bank’s operating model?
Abrigo
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3
Independent Banker
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
With wire fraud on the rise, community banks have to step up precautions to protect themselves and their customers. What’s more, 20 percent of the companies that suffered financial losses from payment fraud said their biggest losses stemmed from wire transfer fraud, up from 9 percent in 2013. billion-asset community bank.
Independent Banker
OCTOBER 14, 2014
According to a statistic released as part of the ICBA 2014 Top 50 Community Bank Leaders in Social Media, nearly 2,500 banks have a Facebook or Twitter presence, and the numbers continue to exponentially grow. It is apparent everywhere you turn that social media is one of the hottest new communications tools in our society.
Independent Banker
MAY 24, 2016
This leaves federal crop insurance support as a key risk-management tool. However, the farm community already is being forced to defend even this scaled-back safety net. It’s a crucial risk-management tool” for 1.7 million farms and the community banks that lend to them each growing season, Scanlan points out.
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