Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

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. “We

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 22, 2018

Now, if Mother Nature would cooperate… Volatility The markets have been incredibly volatile in the first quarter of 2018. The spike in volatility was a wake-up call to every investor and market participant that thought “vols” would stay historically low forever. Welcome to 2018! This may be the understatement of the year!

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The markets are taking it all in stride, rallying strongly for most of this week and they seem more grateful for the prospect of a divided Congress, i.e, The markets believe the chance of tax hikes, repeals of tax cuts, and gigantic initiatives are greatly diminished. The national unemployment rate peaked at 14.7% in October.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Among those with eased terms, 31% reported they had narrowed spreads of small business loan rates over the cost of funds, and 43% reported having narrowed spreads for large and middle-market loans. It is the backbone of what many community financial institutions do, and they do it well.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 12, 2018

Economy and Momentum At the end of June, 2018, the current economic expansion turned nine years old. The second quarter of 2018 saw growth of 4.1% (the highest quarterly growth since 2014) and the third quarter may be close. Growth for the entire year of 2018 is expected at 2.8% for the year ending June, 2018.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

Thirty-four years have passed since SMB optimism was this high , according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Its latest index for May 2018 found that small business optimism was the highest it’s been since July 1983, and the second-highest in 45 years. Big banks’ loan portfolios increased by 3.1

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

“One of the challenges regional and community banks and credit unions face is the complexity of physical data integration in their data centers,” said Prasanna Narayan, head of product at Ondot. Digital services are increasingly driving customers’ preferences, giving large banks a continued market gain over the last decade.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Shielding sensitive customer information from prying eyes remains a chronic industry challenge. Bob Hickok.

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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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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In this feature, we’ll look at a number of ways you can continue to build trust—an especially crucial task as the pandemic continues, telecommuting persists and consumer banking practices evolve. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

In the midst of unprecedented market volatility, recent deals and back-channel chatter illustrate that fintech demand remains high. I like this bank-acquiring-fintech deal (similar to City National Bank’s August acquisition of FilmTrack and 2018 acquisition of Exactuals). SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

63 percent of SMBs sought a loan for working capital needs last year , including payroll, inventory and supplies, according to new data from S&B Global Market Intelligence. It may also relate to a sluggish small business lending market for Mexico: According to Moody’s data, small businesses accounted for just 9.1

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 9, 2018

So, is their a correlation between a bank's relative level of transaction accounts to their price-to-tangible book trading multiple? The data, courtesy of S&P Global Market Intelligence, is all publicly traded US banks with trading volumes greater than 1,000 shares per day, and that have non-performing assets to total assets less than 2%.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Bank Deal of the Year PNC nabs BBVA USA – paying 1.3 Let us break it down for you.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 14, 2022

2019 Mehrsa Baradaran Baradaran, Mehrsa The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap 2019 Neil Barofsky Barofsky, Neil Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street 2012 Patricia Beard Beard, Patricia Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley 2007 Ben S.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments.

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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.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

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. 16 passing of Robert Wilmers, chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank Corp. Here’s hoping a final remodel of the stage coach occurs in 2018.

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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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William Mills

MARCH 30, 2017

This year’s Retail Banking conference took place at the Trump National Doral in Miami March 22-24. The first day was dedicated to credit unions with sessions about Best Practices for Credit Unions, Omni-Channel Banking – Is the Branch Dead or Is it the Future and How to Best use Branding. Only time will tell.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2010

The context of his commentary was on the bubble that burst in the residential real estate market, and the more methodical decline in commercial real estate. He rattled off sobering facts: fifty five percent of commercial bank loans are tied to real estate. That Act did not permit national banks to lend on real estate.

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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. Since the financial crisis, noninterest income has transitioned from an important portion of a bank’s revenue to a much smaller piece of the revenue stream. Community banks target growth.

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