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. anticipates a low double-digit increase in its commercial lending in 2022.

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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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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 9, 2022

Proponents of the Payday Loan Interest Rate Cap ballot initiative in Michigan met the June 1, 2022 deadline to appear on the November 2022 ballot in the state. Michiganders for Fair Lending – the initiative’s sponsor – collected over 570,000 signatures of which it submitted (after a quality control process) 405,265.

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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. . This competition can only increase as the lending landscape continues to shift. Streamlined, Quick. Win more business loans you want.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Preparing for 2023 While community banks have until 2023 until they must comply with CECL, there is likely less time than expected. . Takeaway 3 In 2022, consistency is key. While community banks have until 2023 until they must comply with CECL, there is likely less time than expected. 2023 CECL Deadline? Start CECL prep early.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. That love of community has defined his career.

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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. But community banks have adapted to address that shift. So, while this next round of uncertainty will bring with it new challenges, the strength of the community bank business model remains intact.

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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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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. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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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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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. That realization sparked the idea at Summit Bank to create a microloan program that would target underserved groups in its communities. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 21, 2022

Finastra appoints Isabel Fernandez to accelerate lending business growth. Company welcomes Isabel to the Finastra leadership team, as EVP, Lending Business Unit. Finastra is building an open platform that accelerates collaboration and innovation in financial services, creating better experiences for people, businesses and communities.

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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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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. cuts through the end of the year.

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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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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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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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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

JULY 10, 2023

Next week’s article will consider the challenges and possible solutions for community banks to adopt loan hedging programs. The largest 20 banks in the country by asset size and their interest rate notional swap position at the end of 2022 are shown below. Of the largest 250 banks, 90% use interest rate hedges. On average, 80.4%

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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. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. Nasdaq: TBK) #4.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 23, 2022

This rapid change in interest rates requires careful planning, product selection, and new lending and deposit-gathering strategies. The FOMC members revised their end-of-2022 Fed Funds target rate by 3.75% over nine months. Mar 2022 – Sep 2022. Application to Community Banks. Mar 1988 – May 1989.

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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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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2023

Takeaway 2 Reporting tiers and their deadlines are based on the number of covered transactions to small businesses that a lender originated in 2022 and 2023. The CFPB small business lending regulations are being included as subpart B of Reg B and aim to support and enforce the fair lending requirements.

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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

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

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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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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FICO

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Another full year is in the books As 2022 came to a close, the economic environment in the United States is teetering on the edge of a recession. Inflation is easing as funding rates have risen to 15-year highs, but the technology sector is beginning to lay off employees in masses – through 2022 low levels of unemployment kept the U.S.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Recent dynamics of the small business lending market A deep understanding of the small business lending landscape and potential efficiencies can help banks and credit unions grow their portfolios. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending. Record new business formation and a wider gap between U.S.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

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. at the end of 2022, with $2.4B The SVB Takeaway For Community Banks Community banks should continue to monitor their deposit base, liability sensitivities, and duration risks.

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BankInovation

MAY 19, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO — Digital transformation is trending in the lending community, but while many banks initiate the process “very few actually succeed,” Starling Bank founder and Chief Executive Anne Boden said Wednesday at FinovateSpring 2022. But actually, launching a digital […].

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

division of L’Occitane has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, while AutoFi is shifting into high gear with the debut of its “lending as a service” division. California’s AutoFi is shifting into high gear with the rollout of its “lending as a service” arm targeted toward corporate clients. “In In today’s top retail news, the U.S.

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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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Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2023

You might also like this whitepaper: "2022 Loan Review Benchmark Survey Results." If the system is not efficient and manual data entry contributes to increased risk, a greater headcount is not the solution. The benefits of a user community Businesses always pursue growth and improvement.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

Such as direct lending funds, and insurance companies. Shadow bank lending is similar to bank lending but is not subject to the same regulations, and compensating deposit balace requirements. And, according to some EDP students that are lenders, are turning to the shadow banking market that do not have deposit demands.

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