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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Bobsguide

JULY 21, 2022

Montréal, July 19, 2022 – TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, is expanding its presence in Canada with new facilities in Montréal to boost its North American operations and drive its international growth.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Clearly, community banks in the region have plenty of opportunities to do what they do best: forge deep and lasting relationships with their customers and communities. These include family-owned businesses, community businesses and operating companies.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

includes (from left): Christina Johantgen (head of marketing and creative), Joe York (head of product), Kelsey Cahill (summer associate), Jackie Charron (chief operating officer and executive vice president), Debbie Morin (chief financial officer), and CEO Charley Cummings. The team at Walden Mutual, a planned de novo in Concord, N.H.,

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Bunnell; and Doug, Genelle and Jagger Jones.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

These community banks share how they have (or haven’t) altered their hiring strategies. According to the BLS, “quit levels and rates” by employees is higher in all employment sectors than it is in “finance and insurance” specifically, which is where community banks would fall (see table below). Photo: Colin Conces. By William Atkinson.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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. As of or for the year-to-date September 30, 2022, the Company had $3.1 MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There are several parameters that community banks need to consider when choosing an alternative index to Libor, as follows: Transparency – The index needs to be published broadly, and its composition and pricing mechanism must be transparent and understood. The CME Group estimates that as of September 2022, $2.3T

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

Despite reaching the highest profitability in over a decade in 2022, US banks overall trade at a discount to other sectors as measured by P/E or P/Book, and approximately 53% of US banks have earned less than their cost of equity over the last five years. Market segments – A bank is a compilation of its customers.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2023

You might also like this resource, Abrigo's "2022 Loan Review Benchmark Survey Results." download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Reduce operating cost while ensuring loan policy consistency.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

We asked community bankers and experts for their advice on ensuring employees feel a sense of belonging. If community banks put in the effort to foster a sense of belonging, the result is a stronger workplace culture, greater employee loyalty and, ultimately, a better experience for customers. By Roshan McArthur.

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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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FICO

AUGUST 16, 2022

US Bankcard Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2022 Q2 Update. Wed, 05/25/2022 - 03:43. Tue, 08/16/2022 - 15:30. FICO Community releases quarterly US Bankcard Industry Benchmarking trends. Consumer sentiment in the market continues to fluctuate as the macro environment remains mixed. Saxon Shirley. by Leanne Marshall.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

The Fed has paused for nearly a year now, and it was our experience in 2006-07 that bank cost of funds continued to increase as the market closed the delta between what someone could earn in a money market mutual fund and a bank account. But not until $1 trillion went from banking to money markets.

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

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

A potential economic slowdown, slower rate rises, an inverted yield curve, and deposit stress likely make 2023 a trying year compared to 2022. While the current growth rate needs to be left to each bank based on their capital cost, market, and risk tolerance, the general guide is that growth should be in the 3% to 5% range for this year.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. Since COVID-19, profitability planning for community banks has mainly hinged on how the government was coping with the pandemic and the key role financial institutions played in keeping the economy afloat. By Elizabeth Judd.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

YTD=June 30, 2022. million is somehow benefiting one of the other three stakeholders: employees, customers, or communities. But I know of no credit union that pays their employees materially above market wages or has materially better tech than their banking brethren. I posed this question while speaking at a recent conference.

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Abrigo

APRIL 25, 2024

Recent data and trends of the small business lending market SMB Lending Insights is a snapshot of current financial trends and metrics that impact small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending and financial institutions. At the same time, 59% pursued credit to meet operating expenses.

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PopularBank

APRIL 3, 2024

The so-called “forgotten middle” has been a hot topic for many owners and operators as they look to enhance the options with independent housing and assisted living, hoping to help those trapped in the middle gap. Construction costs for middle-market senior housing. higher in 2022 than in 2021. Analyze fee structures.

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

billion in fraud losses in 2022. billion in 2022, a 127% increase from $1.45 billion loss in 2022. Many victims are lonely or isolated and don’t understand cryptocurrency markets. Educate customers and members: Provide educational opportunities for your community so they know when to say “no” to investment scams.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

What this has to do with community bank investment management may not be readily apparent. In March of that year, while thousands were attending ICBA LIVE in Orlando, the financial markets went into a frenzy. Belly of the curve matters to community banks. More often, the two operate independently.

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FICO

AUGUST 3, 2022

Fraud Ideas from FICO World 2022 – and Excitement for 2023! FICO World 2022 was an excellent event with a stellar fraud protection and compliance track - here's some of what we learned. Wed, 08/03/2022 - 12:40. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45. by TJ Horan. expand_less Back To Top. A Greatest Hits Compilation.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 19, 2023

While every bank will take some level of credit, interest rate, liquidity, and operational risk, the question is this: Are banks in the business of taking risk to earn higher revenue, or are banks managing relationships and should avoid risk (and the higher return) when possible? Each loan would earn the bank the market clearing ROA.

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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. He stated, “This was just the vagaries of the market, and nothing would have been done differently at origination.”

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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. He stated, “This was just the vagaries of the market, and nothing would have been done differently at origination.”

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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. He stated, “This was just the vagaries of the market, and nothing would have been done differently at origination.”

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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. which operates $12 billion-asset OceanFirst Bank N.A. Jenny Bennett, market president at $850 million-asset Summit Bank in Eugene, Ore., By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2024

Marketing and technology (IT) are two budgets that have taken the most significant hit. Bank IT Spending as a Percent of Operating Expenses Looking at IT bank spending against operating expenses provides bank executives with another benchmark view. As such, bank budgets have come under scrutiny. and 11.1%, with a median of 8.1%

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

In the case of SVB, the bank’s HTM securities portfolio was $91.3Bn at the end of 2022, and the bank did not need to provide the fair value of these securities on its balance sheet. The economic world operates in fair value measurements, and fair value measure allows managers to make more informed decisions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

million people by 2022. The operation itself leads to higher-asset level goals,” Hightower added. And the spaces, too, can be a marketing tool as the coworking spaces bring in members who are introduced to the apartments. The Target Market. In fact, the number of members in coworking spaces is projected to grow to 3.1

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The FedNow Service is launching in early 2023, giving community banks about a year to plan. Here’s how community bankers, payments experts and fintech vendors suggest using the time to prepare. With less than a year until the scheduled launch of the FedNow Service, community banks are still awaiting updates on specifics.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Here’s how community banks can enhance their payments offerings. CB Insights revealed that Q3 2022 fintech investments in payments continue to dominate financial services, with early-stage deals reaching a record high even as overall funding begins to cool. Photo by Juan Moyano/Stocksy. By Colleen Morrison. Quick Stat. Source: EY.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. Those operations manage and own 50 percent of [U.S. Deposit Trends. Services Ecosystem.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We asked community banks how they’re dealing with the resulting shifts in their employment models. Before remote work was an emergency measure to keep employees safe from a devastating virus, it was a perk some community banks offered to retain and attract talent. is among the community banks carefully navigating the new landscape.

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