Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Who saw 2022 coming and accurately predicted the headlines? A few modest examples of the 2022 roller coaster ride: The Fed rate hikes in 2022 totaled 425 basis points. In 2022, there was… wait for it… exactly one. Goes to 2022. Goes to all the hot tech and defi players that bought pricey ads at the 2022 Super Bowl.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Many hotels and other hospitality businesses haven’t fully bounced back from COVID-19 travel and safety restrictions, but community banks have been by their side through the challenges. MainStreet Bank has a sizable hotel loan portfolio with roughly $100 million in loans on 15 properties. Sushil Patel, State Bank of Texas.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Those conversations, he says, centered around whether community banks could compete against this brash group of newcomers. Photo by Pogonici/iStock. Quick Stat.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Loan Decisioning Allows Small Business Lending to Grow Community financial institutions can leverage automated loan underwriting to increase small business lending and achieve consistency. . Takeaway 2 Loan decisioning allows institutions to efficiently allocate credit analysts’ time for profitable small business lending.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But there are ways community banks can help mortgage-seekers get on the property ladder. year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2022, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Burmis, senior vice president and retail lending manager at $450 million-asset Chelsea State Bank in Chelsea, Mich.

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Abrigo

MARCH 17, 2022

The Stress Test Scenarios for Big Banks Are Useful for Smaller Institutions' Own Tests Banking regulators recently released the 2022 scenarios for upcoming stress tests by the biggest banks. But small banks and credit unions can benefit from the stress test scenarios, too. What's in the 2022 stress test scenarios.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Ken Finley, president of Johnson City Bank, in downtown Johnson City with Shannon Sultemeier, executive vice president (left); and Brenda Haynes, vice president/cashier (right). Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. These include family-owned businesses, community businesses and operating companies.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Loan providers share an infectious enthusiasm and growing optimism for one vertical’s prospects in 2022: commercial lending. Here’s how community bankers can take advantage of various sectors—including SBA lending—over the next 12 months. First Business Bank in Madison, Wis., billion asset community bank.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

More than half of community bankers in a recent survey cited small business loans as a high priority in 2022, with most small business owners saying in the same poll that they plan to borrow an average of $2 million over the next two years.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Personalized Touch with Efficient Service Can Boost Lending Banks and credit unions can boost business lending by combining a relationship focus with transaction-oriented processing. . Takeaway 1 Many banks and credit unions want to win more business loans but will face higher rates and more competitors.

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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. Ag lending in the South: Relationships matter. By Ed Avis.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

As we kick off this year’s lending issue, I want to pause for a moment to reflect on just how much lending has changed. While it has had some benefits, like stronger risk management for our banks, it has made the customer process much more daunting. But community banks have adapted to address that shift.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

billion in Q4 2022, down 79% from Q4 2021. The total number of deals funded dropped from 423 in Q4 2021 to 342 in Q4 2022, representing a 73% decline in the average funding amount per raise from $43 million down to $11.4 Community Banks as Venture Capitalists In fact, not all providers of venture capital are venture capitalists.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 8, 2022

For decades community banks have structured fixed-rate loans with adjustable features – the most popular structure is a ten-year fixed-rate loan with a five-year reprice. With short-term interest rates expected to rise through 2022, many community banks are reconsidering their ALCO strategies.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 10, 2023

One possible solution to this dichotomy is for banks to offer interest rate swaps to hedge individual loans. This article will review domestic banks’ adoption of interest rate swaps. Next week’s article will consider the challenges and possible solutions for community banks to adopt loan hedging programs.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As we look into 2022, expert opinions on the direction of interest rates are mixed. Les Parker, Managing Director for Transformational Mortgage Solutions for example, predicts that interest rates could fall temporarily below 1 percent in 2022 as continued COVID outbreaks spark economic uncertainty. How to turn insight into action.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

These community banks are working to fix that through microlending programs. Now, some community banks are launching microlending programs to redress the balance. Although the surge in PPP lending highlighted a need for loans among underserved borrowers, it also has led to some creative solutions.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Teslar Software is preparing to launch a new indirect lending solution for community banks. based software-as-a-solution (SaaS) platform showcased its new product, which automates and digitizes the underwriting process, during the recent FinovateFall 2022 in New York City. The Springdale, Ark.-based

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 21, 2022

This regime is now changing, and community banks need to position their lending and deposit portfolios for a period of monetary tightening. The market expects a 75bps increase in July, two more 50bps increases, and another 25bps increase in December 2022. The Fed Hike and Current DOT Plot. Conclusion.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 20, 2023

2022 will go down as one of the worst years for community bank loan mispricing when viewed on a spread basis. Rapidly rising rates crushed performance as many banks held a fixed rate constant and/or booked a fixed rate loan at a misguided level. Banks had tight spreads on loans with 1.2

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Following up on a threat it made back in 2018 , the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced on October 6, 2022 that it entered into a consent order with Rhinebeck Bank (“Rhinebeck”) to settle discrimination claims involving discretionary dealer markups on retail installment contracts with minority borrowers.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Banks must plan for the possibility of high inflation and rising interest rates, not just for the next few years but perhaps for the remainder of the decade. This rapid change in interest rates requires careful planning, product selection, and new lending and deposit-gathering strategies. Mar 2022 – Sep 2022.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 5, 2022

In response to a request from three Democratic House members, the GAO recently issued a report on its review of fair lending oversight conducted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The GAO conducted the performance audit from January 2021 to June 2022.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 9, 2024

We estimate that the average contractual loan commitment for term credit at community banks has decreased from just under five years in 2022 to just under three years currently. Community banks should carefully consider the prudence of such a strategy from both a risk and revenue perspective.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Takeaway 1 Some financial institutions have a budget surplus this time of year, and these funds can be spent now to help growth in 2022. Takeaway 3 Signing up for 2022 conferences is another smart use of surplus budget funds, because some events are offering early-bird discounts. Streamline and systematize loan review for 2022.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

The failure of SVB is the first example we can recall since the Savings and Loan crisis, where a bank failed mainly because of a duration mismatch between assets and deposits. On the liability side of SVB’s $173B in deposits at the end of 2022, approximately 97% were uninsured and above the $250k in FDIC protection threshold.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 3, 2023

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137Bn at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14Bn in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137B at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14B in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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Lending Capital Management Tools 195

South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137B at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14B in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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%. The bank consists of two segments: 1) the traditional community bank, and 2) CCBX, which is its Banking as a Service (BaaS) division started in 2018. MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 16, 2022

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund today opened its funding round for fiscal year 2022 funding for its small-dollar loan program. The post CDFI Fund Now Accepting Applications for Small-Dollar Lending Program Funds appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Community banks are striving to increase loan yield and maintain their cost of funding (COF). We have created and used a novel structure to take advantage of the inverted yield curve to allow community banks to increase net interest margin (NIM) and fee income on these existing fixed-rate loans.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2022

Last week’s FOMC Meeting resulted in an increase in short-term interest rates by 25 basis points (bps) and projected seven rate hikes in 2022 and another four hikes in 2023. Louis Fed President James Bullard (who dissented in favor of a 50bps move last week) argued for some half-point hikes in 2022. Interest Rate Pressures.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

From credit union overreach to onerous overregulation, the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors has plenty on its to-do list. Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. By Molly Bennett.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 28, 2022

The CFPB today released the lists of rural counties and rural or underserved counties that entities can use in 2022 to determine whether they are exempt from certain regulatory requirements of the Truth in Lending Act. The post CFPB Releases 2022 Lists of Rural, Underserved Counties appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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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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