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Trends Shaping the Insurance Industry in 2024

Perficient

This blog was co-authored by Perficient’s Insurance Principal and expert: Brian Bell As we step into 2024, the insurance industry faces significant transformations driven by technological advancements and evolving customer expectations. Digitizing functional processes can lead to significant cost savings and efficiency gains.

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Loan Hedging for Community Banks in 2024

South State Correspondent

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). This article will discuss how national, regional, and community banks may use loan hedging programs in 2024 to face earnings challenges.

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How to Better Advise Commercial Clients About Rates in 2024

South State Correspondent

Many economists and analysts predict that the Federal Reserve and other central banks will start easing monetary policy in 2024. How should lenders discuss interest rates in 2024, and what advice should relationship managers provide their clients about banking products? A recent 2023 paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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How QT will Impact Cost of Funding in 2024

South State Correspondent

Even if the Fed does not increase the Fed Funds rate or even decreases the rate in the future, continued QT is expected to put pressure on the cost of funding in 2024. Unfortunately, as the Fed continues to drain liquidity from the market using QT, community banks’ most formidable challenges in managing COF lie ahead.

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Acquisition and integration considerations for banks in 2024

Abrigo

FDIC list The state of acquisitions in a rising rate environment According to the FDIC, there were 44 banks on the problem bank list in the third quarter of 2023, and the agency expects that number to continue to climb in 2024. Can your systems perform the critical day 2 accounting for accretion and amortization?

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5 reasons your financial institution should attend the ThinkBIG 2024 conference

Abrigo

The ThinkBIG 2024 conference is June 3-6 in Phoenix, Arizona, and with 99% of last year’s attendees saying they would recommend the conference to others, Abrigo expects another large crowd. The 2024 ThinkBIG conference offers two conference tracks along with larger general sessions that will set financial institutions up for success.

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Banks Should Make 2024 a True ‘Year of Digital’

Gonzobanker

2024 will prove to be a remarkably busy year in the digital space, when many financial institutions will make near-life-or-death choices about the future of their digital platforms and how they will support them. How will the institution compete with the more sophisticated treasury management business? Due diligence is your friend.