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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

In today’s banking world, community banks are focused sharply on shareholders’ expectations for growth in earnings and return on equity. So, how can community banks support earnings and ROE growth in the face of intense regulatory scrutiny and competitive pressures on profitability? Changing Lending Environment.

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Community Banks Aim To Amplify Competitive Edge With FinTechs

PYMNTS

Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. Here, again, lies another opportunity for community banks to fill the void. We urge you to make such legislation a priority.”.

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Cutting the red tape for community banks

Abrigo

By eliminating or revising some of the items that banks must include in their call reports the FFIEC hopes to streamline the reporting and decrease the amount of time spent on them. The new data reporting plan is available for public comment now, and if passed, would likely take affect for Q4 or first quarter 2016 call reports.

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What Makes an Effective Community Banking Board?

Jeff For Banks

This might be explained by the capital formation process, where a low performing bank gets equity injections and those folks go on the board. Frequently asked. Seldom answered. Perhaps not. Either way, having Investment-type folks on your board doesn't seem to be the secret sauce to great shareholder returns.

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What Makes an Effective Community Banking Board?

Jeff For Banks

This might be explained by the capital formation process, where a low performing bank gets equity injections and those folks go on the board. Frequently asked. Seldom answered. Perhaps not. Either way, having Investment-type folks on your board doesn't seem to be the secret sauce to great shareholder returns.

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. Name: Locality Bank. Keith Costello, Locality Bank.

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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market

PYMNTS

Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released new data that found the average merger review time for deals in the banking sector declined to 3.8 The average merger review time at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) declined between 2016 and 2018, too, reports in The Wall Street Journal said.

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