Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. He has also served on ICBA’s executive committee for many years, including a term as treasurer from 2016 to 2018. That love of community has defined his career.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

Biz2Credit’s latest Small Business Lending Index found that loan approval rates at alternative lenders stagnated – and at credit unions, they actually fell. Thirty-four years have passed since SMB optimism was this high , according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). But the story doesn’t end there.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

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 months in the first half of 2018, from 5.6 ” Now, Powell is also raising concerns about how bank industry consolidation could negatively impact the small business community.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

What does small business (SMB) lending look like? seems to be kicking off, showing evidence of surpassing traditional bank lending at many times. In Mexico, small business lending is muted across the board. In Mexico, small business lending is muted across the board. For example, alternative finance in the U.K.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

Here are a few of the recent deals (in no order) that caught my attention: MVB Financial/Paladin: MVB, a mid-size bank with a stated focus on serving fintechs, acquired Paladin, a specialty fraud prevention company with a suite for merchants, credit agencies, fintechs and vendors. SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2 The transaction has not yet closed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S., and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community. But analysts from Bank of America, Square, Navcom and the National Association for the Self-Employed warn that challenges for some SMBs have reached new heights, too.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2018

In May 2018, the OCC issued a bulletin setting forth core lending principles and policies and practices for short-term, small-dollar installment lending by national banks, federal savings banks, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks and encouraging banks to engage in such lending.).

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Abrigo

JUNE 16, 2016

The new guidance aligns the accounting with the economics of lending by requiring banks and other lending institutions to immediately record the full amount of credit losses that are expected in their loan portfolios, providing investors with better information about those losses on a more timely basis,” FASB Chair Russell G.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Small business credit access grew in 2018 and with modifications to the Small Business Administration (SBA) rules for more streamlined processing, access is predicted to grow. Small business lending was strong in 2018 and pro small business growth policies have been conducive to that growth.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ours, who is Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Administration of Summit and its 32-location bank subsidiary, Summit Community Bank Inc., We started early in 2018, and we’re 24 months into the process, but I can’t stress enough that I still wish we had more time,” she said. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

As a point of reference, the SNL US Bank & Thrift index total five year return was 65%. Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2018: #1. It is the Mountlake Terrace, Washington holding company for 1st Security Bank, a $1.7 Carolina Financial Corp. They are a $6.2

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2010

Commercial banks were the connoisseurs of commercial finance dating back to the National Banking Act of 1864. That Act did not permit national banks to lend on real estate. It remained at that level for nearly three decades when real estate lending began its meteoric rise to today’s levels.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 10, 2017

Strategic planning conversations for 2017 and 2018 are focusing more intently on funding/deposit gathering and fee income. And, increasingly, mid-size and community banks are looking to take on the Big 5 banks in corporate banking, particularly in offering cash management services. ” — Alice Kahn.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Banks already have a difficult time collecting data on mortgage lending to minorities. New data requirements scheduled to take effect in early 2018 could lead to even more mistakes — and financial penalties — not to mention higher compliance costs and longer delays in closing loans.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Credit Union Merger of the Year – Goes to Lake Michigan Credit Union and its CEO Sandy Jelinski for acquiring Florida-based community bank Encore.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Takeaway 3 Community banks have seen less volatility in noninterest income, and many are still eyeing growth across the category. Financial institutions generate most of their income by lending and investment activities. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in 2020 ordered TD Bank, N.A.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

GonzoBankers, 2018 has been a troublesome year. We’ve seen the big Wall Street banks raise the hurdle (and clear it!) about the best and worst in banking for 2018 and get fired up to start again in ’19. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the 2018 GonzoBanker Awards ! THE BANKING AWARDS. Let’s think.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 14, 2022

A Primer on Money, Banking, and Gold 2008 Cordelia Frances Biddle Biddle, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Jackson, and a Nation in Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War 2021 Alan S. al The Deutsche Bank, 1870-1995 1995 Shennette Garrett-Scott Garrett-Scott, Shennette Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. al Gall, Lothar et.

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