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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Many existing community bank customers and prospects are also national bank customers. There are now many online, nationally-focused lenders that are capable of an entire virtual relationship. However, community banks largely exclude these big institutions from their SWOT or competitive analysis.

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Beyond Peer Analysis: Adopting a Benchmarking Mindset

Independent Banker

Bank regulators created the UBPR “peer analysis” to help further their own mission of prudential regulation, and it’s not a great substitute for the bank’s own performance benchmarking. Peer analysis vs. benchmarking? There are three subtle but important differences between peer analysis and benchmarking. for its PG5 peer group.

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Managing Interest Rate Risk With a Bank Loan Term Sheet

South State Correspondent

We recently reviewed a loan term sheet from a national bank for a $13mm commercial real estate (CRE) loan. This particular national bank has the ability to offer the borrower an interest rate hedge or an on-balance sheet fixed-rate loan. The loan leverage ratio is 10.83 (total debt divided by net operating income (NOI)).

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans. We believe that community banks should choose a path that offers the most operational flexibility. Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans. We believe that community banks should choose a path that offers the most operational flexibility. Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise.

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Member business lending: How to leverage MBL for credit union growth

Abrigo

It also recommends including projections related to loan pricing, operating expenses, and delinquency. In developing an appropriate strategy , credit unions should analyze the various plausible approaches they may take given their personnel, operational, and financial resources. How robust is your compliance program?

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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

PYMNTS

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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