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FDIC: Community banks outperform industry in third quarter

Abrigo

To provide a report card on industry status and performance, the FDIC publishes a Quarterly Banking Profile. The FDIC maintains a problem bank list, defined as “institutions with financial, operational or managerial weaknesses that threaten their continued financial viability.” Problem Bank List Continues to Decrease.

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How Current HVCRE Rules Cause More Risk To Banks

South State Correspondent

Back in June of 2013, the FDIC, OCC, and Federal Reserve jointly approved rules intended to implement new international banking standards. Known as the Basel III Capital Accords, Basel III uses a risk weighting system to determine the capital ratios for higher risk assets.

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Bank Investment: To De Novo Or Not?

Bank Innovation

It’s been a year since the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) conditionally approved a de novo charter for Primary Bank. Based in Bedford, New Hampshire, the new Primary Bank raised an astounding $29 million after obtaining approval for its charter on March 17th of 2015. But Primary Bank was not the Read More.

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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. A low interest rate environment 2.

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U.S. Farming Has A Banking Problem

PYMNTS

expanded their financing to farming businesses significantly between 2008 and 2015, according to filings with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation analyzed by Reuters. percent: the growth rate of FDIC-insured bank loans to farm borrowers as of March 2019. That growth rate has been declining: In December 2015, it was 6.4

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Accion and VC Quona Raise $141M To Fund Unbanked Focused Startups

PYMNTS

Aiming to back and support FinTech startups focused on the underserved, Accion International and VC Quona Capital raised $141 million in funding. The report noted that so far the fund has invested in eight startups in a wide array of technologies, such as blockchain mobile payments, data analytics, financing and working capital.

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Longer exam cycle for more community banks?

Abrigo

A similar bill, commonly referred to as the Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 , was introduced by Rep. The 2015 Bank and Credit Union Exam Survey provides a forum to anonymously share recent exam experience. Bankers and credit union professionals can take the 2015 Bank and Credit Union Exam Survey here.