Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

If 2020 was the year no one expected, 2021 was a year of resetting expectations. Between a smoldering pandemic, the divisive political landscape and strong, albeit uneven, growth, there was a lot to account for in 2021, and some uncertainty remains. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. Click to enlarge.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Takeaway 1 Financial institutions that invested in technology in 2020 are using it to increase the loan portfolio in 2021. Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, economists expect the economy to recover back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, and China’s banking watchdog warns of further Big Tech regulations. Economists: Stimulus, Vaccine Key To Full Recovery By Year-End 2021. Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Two, read and enjoy the 2021 GonzoBanker awards, our annual take on the best things we saw during the year. Bank Deal of the Year. Bank Merger of the Year. Doug Larson. You tell us.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 30, 2023

Many banks pride themselves on superior customer service, and approximately 90% of all community banks believe that they provide an above-average level of customer service (the math cannot work that way). The graph below shows the industry ROE and ROA from 1984 to 2021.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Some bankers will soon hear about another example of banks using derivatives that, unfortunately, will lead to losses. No ISDA documents.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The banking industry’s average efficiency ratio worsened for the first time since 2021. This development is very important to community banks, as their efficiency ratio also increased, but to 61.63%. The graph below shows the efficiency ratio for community and non-community banks (over $10B in assets).

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Raised capital in late 2019. Entered Indianapolis on 5/2021, a top 2 Midwest market with Columbus, another market $CFBK is in. Entered Indianapolis on 5/2021, a top 2 Midwest market with Columbus, another market $CFBK is in. 14/25 Capital priorities for banks: 1. I will highlight $QCRH and $CFBK.

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Abrigo

MARCH 17, 2022

Takeaway 3 Using stress testing scenarios helps banks and credit unions determine whether estimated loss rates will push projected capital levels below regulatory thresholds. Banks and credit unions must be able to adjust when necessary to ensure viability of the institution and the ability to supply capital to their local economy.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

4/ @Schornack In June 2013, Flagship Bank Minnesota had $94 million in assets and $62.8 In June 2021, we were up to six locations, $327.6 7/ @Schornack In our bank, one of these client bases was 1-4 family rental properties. In 2021, we are up to over $70 million, mostly investment properties. million in assets and $233.7

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2022

In our previous article ( HERE ), we reviewed the banking industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle. percentage points to 67.52% from the end of 2019 to the end of 2021. from 2019 to 2021.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The ICBA Capital Summit is the premier event for community bankers looking to advocate for their industry. In person for the first time since 2019, the ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C., Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C. Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

These community banks are working to fix that through microlending programs. One of the harsh realities revealed by the flood of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) money distributed in 2020 and 2021 is that many businesses and entrepreneurs in need of small-balance loans fell through the cracks. and WSFS Bank in Wilmington, Del.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Here’s how community bankers can take advantage of various sectors—including SBA lending—over the next 12 months. Community banks that have struggled to grow their commercial loan portfolios over the past two years are optimistic that there are brighter days ahead this year and next. First Business Bank in Madison, Wis.,

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Many community banks today are willing to underwrite real estate secured loans on just two metrics: debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) and loan-to-appraised value (LTV). Banks typically approve credits above 1.20x DSCR and below 75% LTV – with many loan-specific factors that may skew these acceptable levels.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Photo by Dero Sanford.

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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. Capital One and Fifth Third Bank have launched programs to give customers early access to direct deposits, up to two days. Community banks target growth.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 1, 2021

Unlike our credit union counterparts, we pay taxes, and those tax dollars are spent at home to ensure our communities grow. As we kick off Community Banking Month, I can’t help but reflect on that statement and the changes of this past year. The 2021 ICBA Capital Summit is going virtual at the end of the month.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

But impulse buying – whether at home or in business – can result in waste, so think carefully about areas of your bank or credit union that could benefit next year from a small investment as 2021 draws to a close. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

An event at EMS in June brought together (L–R) Clear Mountain Bank president/CEO Dave Thomas, ICBA president Rebeca Romero Rainey, FHLBank Pittsburgh president/CEO Winthrop Watson, and Tim Critchfield, EMS owner/president. Name: Clear Mountain Bank. In 2021, the bank was named West Virginia Community Lender of the Year.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Here’s how community banks can enhance their payments offerings. of banks’ revenues come from payments. Payments account for up to 30% of bank revenue, and that income stream is under attack. billion-asset Bank of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Chris Doyle, Texas First Bank. Photo by Juan Moyano/Stocksy. Quick Stat.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions earned $69.5 billion in the third quarter of 2021, a 35.9% increase from a year before, the FDIC reported today in its Quarterly Banking Profile. The post FDIC: Bank Profits Up in Third Quarter as Capital, Liquidity Levels Remain Strong appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets. While small business loans inherently benefit business owners, they also benefit communities, according to 2021 research for the SBA. At the same time, 59% pursued credit to meet operating expenses.

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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 served as president and CEO of $365 million-asset Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga.,

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

Insights Based on 2Q Bank Earnings. Insight #1 – Deposit & Margin Management: Deposit runoff has started and will make it to community banks by October. For 2Q, larger community banks lost about 0.3% of their deposits, and small banks were either flat or continued to gain.

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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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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

The irony here is that more than half the banks we recently surveyed had some goal and metric around asset growth. While there is nothing wrong with growth, the problem is that most banks are not prepared to grow. That said, smart banks will make growth a byproduct and ensure they have all their other processes right.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 5, 2022

We concluded that obligors showing less than 1.50X DSCR would be most at risk, but the average community bank underwrites to 1.20X DSCR. Many bankers responded that their loan-to-values (LTVs) are low and expect that the secondary source of repayment will protect the bank’s capital. in December 2021).

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Looking back to the Great Recession, I recall the banks that made Jumbo Alt-A mortgages that woke up one morning to the realization that their one conduit to sell these loans (Countrywide Mortgage) was now gone, and they were then stuck holding loans that ballooned the total assets of the bank. Boy, did that impact capital ratios.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Short-term focus is a common trait of banks that focus on shareholder primacy over stakeholder primacy. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. As a point of reference, the S&P US BMI Bank Total Return Index for the five years ended December 9, 2022 was -1.21%. MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Measurement plays an important role in ensuring that interest rate risk doesn’t threaten a financial institution’s earnings and capital. As recently as May 2021, regulators identified interest rate risk as among the key risks in the economy, financial markets, and the banking industry that could affect insured institutions.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Organizers of Scottsdale Community Bank must raise $16 million. The goal is to hit that goal and open by early 2021.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2022

In June 2021, following Ally Bank’s announcement that that it would no longer charge its customers an overdraft fee, I published an article titled, “ It’s Time To End Overdraft Fees (And Chase Bank Is Just The Bank To Do It) ,” in which I speculated: “Banks and credit unions will wait and see who else eliminates overdraft fees.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Corey Neil.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Maybe instead of Acquire or Be Acquired, this conference should be called Evolve or Be Acquired,” observed Eric Sprink, CEO of Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash., and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). experiments with a more visible move from shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism.

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