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1Q 2024 Commercial Relationship Credit and Pricing Trends

South State Correspondent

Since our last update on pricing and credit HERE , commercial loan pricing trends for the first quarter of 2024 continue to be driven by the perceived increase in credit risk, tighter credit supply and banks’ need for wider margins. While delinquencies ticked up in most major sectors, the probability of a recession decreased.

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Office Lending – Here is Why It is Not as Bad as The Market Thinks

South State Correspondent

The State of Office Lending Risk – Traffic 2024 will mark the fifth consecutive year where office demand has declined. If you add these metrics, office attendance has stabilized nationally and started to trend higher in 2024. Capital remains plentiful, corporate earnings are strong, and the economy looks stable.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2024: A Race to Perform … and Earn the Right to Transform 

Gonzobanker

We can’t sleep on non-bank competition, bigger banks controlling even greater market share, or big tech and embedded finance. M&A Dynamics Last year, we left AOBA noting that most bankers were optimistic about deals picking up later in 2023 and that the chances of a raging 2024 were strong.

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Amazon To Hit $2.5 Trillion In Market Cap By 2024

PYMNTS

Forget Apple and its $1 trillion market capitalization. trillion in market cap by 2024. The analyst said in a research note to clients that AWS may be worth $1 trillion in six years, which would be larger than Amazon’s market cap, which currently stands at $929 billion. percent of the retail market in the U.S,

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Step aside, gym membership! C&I lending is the New Year’s resolution to keep in 2024

Gonzobanker

Most of the talk about commercial lending is currently focused on commercial real estate and market conditions for office properties. C&I lending is the New Year’s resolution to keep in 2024 appeared first on Gonzobanker. In a nutshell: real estate lending. So, lenders, PUMP IT UP! The post Step aside, gym membership!

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Bank Impact of “Higher For Longer” Interest Rate Environment

South State Correspondent

On September 20, 2023, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left its benchmark rate unchanged, but it would be a mistake to conclude that the committee did not send a strong message about the projected path of future interest rates. in 2023 and slightly higher in 2024.

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What Banks Can Learn from the Republic Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

On April 26, 2024, Republic First Bank (DBA Republic Bank) was seized by state regulators and the long running bank drama came to an end. This first bank failure in 2024 is reported to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $667mm. However, that faster growth was not unusual and reflects the bank’s higher growth markets.