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FDIC Analysis Examines Community Bank Economies of Scale

ABA Community Banking

The FDIC today released a new staff study highlighting how economies of scale developed at community banks (those with $10 billion or less in assets) between 2000 and 2019. The post FDIC Analysis Examines Community Bank Economies of Scale appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

How can community financial institutions thrive in 2021? Community banks provide unique and important banking services for their customers, but they also face significant obstacles. Takeaway 1 Community banks play an important role in the economy and their communities, but they face significant obstacles.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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The Growing Concern With Your Cost of Funds

South State Correspondent

The banking industry’s cost of funds (COF) is highly correlated to short-term interest rates. However, as of Q2/22, the average community bank’s COF has risen only a few basis points. The COF over the past five quarters is shown for three asset peer groups: banks under $1B (3.5k using that six-month lag.

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How to Measure Interest Rate Risk Effectively in Banks & Credit Unions

Abrigo

Takeaway 2 Asset/liability management models use earnings or income simulation models and gap analysis to measure short-term IRR. Takeaway 3 The most common model to measure long-term IRR is an economic value of equity (EVE) analysis. FDIC) noted in its 2021 Risk Review. EAR, Gap Analysis. EVE Analysis.

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Forecasting Cost of Funds Given Fed Moves

South State Correspondent

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. Find out how your credit analysis department''s process compares to other institutions and take the Credit Challenge. Blog Bank Credit Union'

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