South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The treasury or cash management customer is usually a bank’s most profitable customer on a risk-adjusted basis ( HERE ). In this article, we discuss cash management profitability and rank the most profitable industries for banks to go after. Cash flow stability is also a factor in cash management profitability.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The NYSDFS Part 500 amendments signal a crucial shift in the financial services regulatory landscape and underscore the importance of robust governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks. Issues and Findings Management: Document issues and gaps identified during risk assessments and control testing, crucial for compliance.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

These DFS500 amendments signal a crucial shift in the regulatory landscape, emphasizing the imperative for robust governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks across the financial industry. Issues and Findings Management: Document issues and gaps identified during risk assessments and control testing, crucial for compliance.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Bloomberg recently announced that it will shut down its BSBY index on November 15, 2024. The reason for the cessation of BSBY is simple – lack of use.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 21, 2024

2024 could exceed -$2.0 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. Dorothy recently retired from Penn Community Bank where she worked since 2004.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 26, 2023

The bigger risk to community banks’ business model is not a moderate recession induced by aggressive interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve. The Fed may be nearing the end of its hiking cycle, but given the high threshold for interest rate cuts, there may be no changes in the Fed Funds rate until well after 2024.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2024

In 2024, Smarter Banks will go on offense and differentiate with the customer experience. In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, here are three ways “Smarter Banks” will flip the customer experience (CX) script in 2024. #1 2024 is an opportunity to go on offense and make CX a true point of competitive differentiation.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Manage third-party risks, especially for relationships involving higher-risk or critical activities. YOU MAY ENJOY: Regulatory Reporting in Financial Services Modernizing CRA Regulations Managing compliance risk frameworks in alignment with existing risk profiles is crucial as customer needs evolve.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

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 ). Deposit Behavior In This Tightening Cycle Versus Last Three.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 22, 2024

The market and the Fed are now aligning on only one rate cut in 2024 – obviously this will change over the course of the year as the economic data evolves. Third, banks and businesses cannot be adequately managed by positioning for one forecast. The market, and most economists, often get interest rate predictions wrong.

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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2023

1, 2024, and report for the first time by June 1, 2025. 1, 2024, is the earliest compliance deadline. Earliest deadline is 2024 Three deadlines for CFPB 1071 rule compliance The earliest reporters are those that have originated at least 2,500 small business loans covered by the rule in 2022 and at least 2,500 in 2023.

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PopularBank

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Building inspections are required for community buildings in all 67 counties in Florida that are three or more stories in height. Effective December 31, 2024, no unit owner-controlled condominium or cooperative can vote to waive or partially fund the reserves. Florida’s new condo safety laws at-a-glance. Mandatory building inspections.

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Abrigo

APRIL 25, 2024

The Fed’s latest Small Business Credit Survey , conducted in 2023 and released in 2024, found that nearly 60% of employer firms had sought financing in the previous 12 months. Generally, small business loans benefit business owners, they also benefit communities, according to 2021 research for the SBA. 1 appeared first on Abrigo.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He noted there has been additional input from the FedNow Community of 700 members. The Fed has publicly stated that it has committed to a 2023/2024 timeframe for FedNow, and added that “as we look at the delivery of the service, we’re going to be very transparent. The Timeframe . Digital Dollars, Too? .

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

percent through 2024—a number above the long-term growth rate of 2 percent–what should be of interest to lenders during this time is the direction of interest rates. What it means for community banks is clear. While the U.S. economic growth rate is predicted to settle upwards of 2.5 Following a ten-year high of just above 4.5

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2023

The need for a known, reliable brand creates an excellent opportunity for community banks to help small business customers while building deposit balances. The ERC filing deadline is October 2024. While largely mitigated by our processing partners, the reputational risk would befall the community bank.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

Although shadow banking mostly serves larger corporations, think money market funds buying commercial paper, bankers fear the trend will continue going downstream to more traditional community bank customers. Office buildings are emptying around the U.S., EDP students think this could have a significant impact on their banks.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

This new software expands the user experience and expands digital capabilities of ATMs,” said Frank Hauck, president and general manager of NCR Corporation, in a statement. “In billion people – will likely be using online and mobile banking services by 2024.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Regis Bauchiere, general manager, identity products and services for Australia Post, said the pilot complements its participation in the Trusted Digital Identity Framework and “positions Digital iD as the only identity provider offering our communities access to both government and private sector services.”.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

What this has to do with community bank investment management may not be readily apparent. Belly of the curve matters to community banks. First, the average duration of a community bank bond portfolio is more than four years right now. In fact, the tone is about to improve. More often, the two operate independently.

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PopularBank

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Milestone inspection deadline The new Florida condo safety law extends the initial deadline for milestone inspections for community buildings reaching 30 years old. Now all community buildings must have a milestone inspection upon turning 30 years old and every 10 years thereafter. The deadline is now December 31, 2025.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Community banks must continue to stay focused on regulatory discussions and remain nimble to respond to proposals and address requirements quickly and accurately. Community banks should keep an eye on evolving risks and emerging threats in 2023, including these: Small business data. An NPR is due in 2024 or before. Data privacy.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The application deadline for this annual ranking is May 12.

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TrustBank

AUGUST 1, 2023

If you recall, the original SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) was passed in 2019, but it needed some changes and add-on’s. Starting next year (2024) that catch up contribution can only be made to a Roth account – not a pre-tax account – if the employee makes $145,000 per year or more.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Koger Propst.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The primary purpose of reporting the information is to: Provide tracking of small business credits to enforce fair lending laws and Enable creditors to identify and support the business needs of small businesses owned by women and other minorities within the community. That timeline would put the compliance deadline around October 2024.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

She mixed outspoken activism with business pragmatism, launching a bank that helped hundreds of African Americans buy homes in her longtime community.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this article, we partner with Gartner to look at 2024 key IT metrics and provide strategic insight into how much your bank should be spending on IT. For perspective, 2023 and what we expect for 2024 can be characterized as keeping up with revenue. of total expenses; in 2024, this number is expected to be 11.2%.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a tremendous toll on communities across America,” Brainard said. As for a time frame for launching the new system, Fed officials said in a webcast detailing the particulars that FedNow would debut in 2023 or 2024 and would take a phased approach to implementation. In a Thursday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

TCH paid particular attention to community banks’ and credit unions’ abilities to connect with faster payment schemes. Both approaches grant FIs access while other parties manage the technological undertakings. In a lot of other countries, a few of the larger FIs access the network and other FIs access through them.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And looking ahead to the 2024 Presidential Election, they clearly would want to be on the sidelines. Jaworski 10/28/23 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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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2024

By partnering with community leaders, state and federal agencies, local commissions, and commercial customers, banks can be an effective conduit to leverage this public capital better while making sure the funds are fully utilized effectively in the communities we serve. Partnership with aligned community groups will be critical here.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Small business lending is also a prominent line of business for many financial institutions, especially those driven by a mission to help their communities thrive. The Fed’s latest Small Business Credit Survey , conducted in 2023 and released in 2024, found that nearly 60% of employer firms had sought financing in the previous 12 months.

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PopularBank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Molly Hime, a long-time Division Manager for Popular Association Banking (PAB), a division of Popular Bank , has announced her retirement, effective December 31, 2023. Carlos Hernandez Named New PAB Division Manager. Effective January 1, 2024, Carlos Hernandez will be Division Manager for PAB. Billion in deposits.

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