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Top concerns and growth strategies of community banks: Part II

Abrigo

This article is the second in a two-part series on top concerns and growth strategies of community banks. Everyone in the banking industry seems to be asking the same question these days: How can we facilitate growth? Source: 2014 Growth Strategy Survey. Source: 2014 Growth Strategy Survey.

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Banks Keep SMB Lending Gains Rolling

PYMNTS

Analysts pointed to overall economic growth as a key factor behind big banks’ willingness to finance SMBs, pointing to better-than-expected second quarter economic growth. Regional and community banks also saw their small business loan approval rates increase, with small banks approving 49.8 percent.

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Portfolio Management

Independent Banker

During my 20-plus years of dealing with community bankers, either as an investment strategist, sales rep or business-development manager, I have come to understand that certain buzz words fall on deaf ears. As a consequence, supply-siders, like your bank’s brokers, tend to avoid using them during a sales pitch. percent for 2014.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2018 Edition

Jeff For Banks

This is clearly a turnaround situation, as the bank lost over $12 million in 2010, over 20% of its capital (ouch). But once they turned things around they took their deferred tax asset back onto their books and did three acquisition. is the parent company of Willamette Valley Bank, a community bank headquartered in Salem, Oregon.

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How About Profits in the Branch of the Future?

Jeff For Banks

To experience the future of banking today, simply step across the threshold.” So went the 2012 press release announcing the opening of the next generation of the bank branch. At June 30, 2014, that branch had $23 million in total deposits, down $1 million from one year ago. Not very inspiring.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Between 1980 and 1995, more than 2,900 banks and thrifts with collective assets of more than $2.2 More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. trillion failed.

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My Fantasy Banking Team

Jeff For Banks

Chan came as part of the recap, and rose to Chairman in 2014. Since his joining the Board, the bank has stabilized, returned to profitability, recaptured it's deferred tax asset, and NPAs/Assets have declined to less than 3%. Selection: Mitch Englert, EVP of Community Banking, Capital City Bank Group, Inc.