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Loan Hedging for Community Banks in 2024

South State Correspondent

Community banks’ use of swaps (banks’ primary tool to hedge interest rate risk on loans) has increased substantially over the last ten years. The market expects the current inverted yield curve to remain through much of 2024 (based on long-term interest rates and the expected rate cuts in 2024).

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Deposit Behavior In This Rate Cycle – Part III

South State Correspondent

In two recent articles, we reviewed the banking industry’s deposit behavior with regard to cost of funding earning assets (COF) ( HERE ), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle ( HERE ). A graph for SouthState Bank appears below.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update - First Quarter 2024

Jeff For Banks

2024 could exceed -$2.0 ISMs and regional Fed surveys have been mostly negative for months on end. DLJ 03/15/24 Dorothy Jaworski has worked at large and small banks for over 30 years; much of that time has been spent in investment portfolio management, risk management, and financial analysis.

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The Recency Trap and Building Deposit Balances

South State Correspondent

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. Many banks fall into the “recency trap.” There is a reason for this.

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These Are Your Most Profitable Cash Management Clients

South State Correspondent

We have also included the IBIS World 2024 risk ratings to provide some context for the credit and operating risk of the counterparty. National and regional banks control 70% of the cash management market, yet most cash management customers choose their bank because of service.

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Increasing Digital Banking Options Put Pressure On Big Lenders To Adapt

PYMNTS

billion people – will likely be using online and mobile banking services by 2024. Add in generational preferences for digital products, as well as the stricter regulatory requirements and oversight that national banks face, and it becomes clear that the effort to refresh big, old banks will be no easy task.

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How The Fed Will Impact Your Deposit Beta

South State Correspondent

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. The market anticipates about $3 trillion in total balance sheet reduction by the end of 2024.