Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Many community banks see this as a welcomed move towards offering smaller institutions some relief from the regulatory pressures of their larger, national counterparts. An article in American Banker noted that preparing call reports have become increasingly time-consuming and complex. Sound is a $500 million institution.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Additionally, the recent rule by the OCC, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC strengthens and modernizes Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. Your Expert Partner Perficient’s Financial Services Risk and Regulatory CoE will continue updating our audience with more upcoming articles dissecting the 1,400+ page CRA.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 21, 2022

This decision coincided with rate hikes by the Swiss National Bank, its first since 2007, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank announced at an emergency meeting that they would raise interest rates next month and again in September. What worked effortlessly for the last 14 years may not work for the next business cycle.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

We published various articles comparing community bank alternatives to LIBOR (such as SOFR, Ameribor, Fed Funds, and Prime). We believe that daily and term SOFR offer community banks the safest and most dependable index for benchmarking profitability, pricing loans, and hedging interest rate risk. No ISDA documents.

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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. ” This article explores the recency trap and discusses how to prevent it.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Community bankers need to practice realistic loan pricing discipline. However, we need to understand the meaning of pricing discipline and its effect on community bank performance. This is strong evidence that community banks are pricing to an arbitrary minimum credit spread in this set of loans.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2023

However, that publication, directly and indirectly, identified three discrete risks affecting community banks. We will outline what we think community bankers should glean from this publication. Risks to the Community Banking Sector Moody’s identified three risks to the banking sector, including risks to community banks.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

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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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Many community banks today are willing to underwrite real estate secured loans on just two metrics: debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) and loan-to-appraised value (LTV). We will consider the minimal project DSCR in this article and cover the debt yield topic in future blogs. Still, all of this is expected to change.

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Abrigo

MARCH 9, 2015

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. percent of community banks were unprofitable during the quarter. Here are a few other highlights of community banks from the report : Net interest income up more than 6 percent.

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Abrigo

MARCH 9, 2015

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. percent of community banks were unprofitable during the quarter. Here are a few other highlights of community banks from the report : Net interest income up more than 6 percent.

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The Financial Brand

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This article Bankrate, Step Aside. Seattle Bank’s Unbiased CD Site Has National Plans appeared first on The Financial Brand. One community bank has launched a free CD rate listing service that aims to help both consumers and financial institutions. This article Bankrate, Step Aside.

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The Financial Brand

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This article Hard-Nosed Innovation Lessons from a Community Bank appeared first on The Financial Brand. Community financial institutions can't bankroll 'innovation theater.' This article Hard-Nosed Innovation Lessons from a Community Bank appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 6, 2023

In an article last week ( HERE ), we discussed why real estate loans underwritten at common debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and loan-to-value (LTV) levels may quickly become substandard credits if capitalization (cap) rates normalize, as expected because interest rates are rising. debt yield ratio ($135k divided by $1.5mm).

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Abrigo

AUGUST 31, 2023

Naming conventions One benefit of customer-centric KYC is that it differentiates community financial institutions from larger, more impersonal banks by allowing clients to retain their individuality and build personal relationships. Members of Amish or sovereign citizen communities often have fewer government-issued IDs.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 18, 2023

In this article, while we have discussed how to sell prepayment penalties in the past, we now look at their current importance. The first is a step-down, and it is by far the most common prepayment provision used by community banks. Why Use Prepayment Penalties? For example, on a 5-year loan, the bank may charge a 5,4,3,2,1 prepayment.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC ) recommends healthcare consumers over 65 get vaccinated, few communications have targeted these groups or provided understanding and navigation to how to access the vaccine in their community. How are you reaching them?

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Perficient

AUGUST 25, 2020

Hiral Shah , lead technical consultant, recently shared her thoughts on advocating for your work with BuiltIn Boston and Laura Kenny , Talent Acquisition Coordinator , wrote about in the article How Perficient Employees Slay Impostor Syndrome , a topic that everyone has the potential to experience. Lisa Hunter , national sales director.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 30, 2023

While desiring to bank everyone in your community is noble, it can be a poor use of resources. Not to say you want to ignore parts of your community, but why not focus more of your resources on those industries that will make your bank more profitable? They are also more plentiful. there are more than 8,000 trade associations.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Would you like other articles on BSA/AML training in your inbox? Department of Justice , national studies find that over 10% of older adults are victims of elder abuse annually, and a growing number of military veterans fall into this category. According to the U.S. Detecting fraud. What can financial institutions do to help?

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 22, 2023

In a previous article ( here ), we discussed why commercial loan prepayment protection would be a critical return on asset (ROA) driver for community banks in 2023. In this article, we will quantify the value of a prepayment provision and compare the value of a step-down to a symmetrical break-even provision.

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Abrigo

JULY 21, 2021

Would you like others articles like this in your inbox? As part of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) first national priorities list for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) policies, one important priority continues to be detecting, reporting, and preventing terrorist financing.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 1, 2017

Now I don’t want to get into politicks, as that’s not my job, but I do want to point to an interesting article on TechCrunch by Nik Milanovic (@NikMilanovic) that illustrates the issue well. Back in December, I picked up on this new Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Ruling to issue national FinTech bank charters.

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Perficient

JANUARY 28, 2021

This article was co-written by Iman Watson, senior solutions architect, and Kailey Hughes, lead development representative. You can get involved at home, at work, and in your community. See open jobs or join our talent community for career tips, job openings, company updates, and more! READY TO GROW YOUR CAREER?

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Finer Points

AUGUST 3, 2015

While ICBA continues our full-court press toward advancing community bank regulatory relief all the way through Congress and to the president’s desk, we are also making noticeable headway in raising public awareness of the problem via the national news media.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In this article, we discuss cash management profitability and rank the most profitable industries for banks to go after. 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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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers 8. And all release a new episode at least monthly. Takeaway 2 With 2.8 BankTalk 3.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 16, 2022

In this article, we focus on prepayment provisions and look at how a past gold medal winner does it. Many community banks will market their fixed rate loans based on the simplicity of the prepayment provision, and this starts by understanding the value that each provision creates. Prepayment Provisions Not Penalties.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 20, 2021

Would you like others articles like this in your inbox? Crime proceeds linked primarily to the national sector such as fraud, burglaries, theft, robberies, loan sharking or protection racketeering were not included in these estimates.”. Start with Part 1: Implications for Community Financial Institutions. Takeaway 2 The U.S.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The true cost of fraud goes beyond the initial reported fraud losses Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? While some of the recent trending fraud schemes are not new, they have been transformed to prey on communities already dealing with unprecedented times. Measuring the cost of fraud losses.

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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. This article breaks down how you can use the ERC Assist product to generate deposits in an innovative way. The Opportunity The opportunity for growing deposits is substantial.

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The Financial Brand

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This article November Banking People Moves: Who Stayed, Left and Got Promoted appeared first on The Financial Brand. Two executives left Fifth Third Bank for City National Bank, Goldman Sachs took up some big promotions and more.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 5, 2022

In this article, we analyze why 75% LTV may not protect banks from credit risk on commercial loans and why there is only one source of loan repayment. . We concluded that obligors showing less than 1.50X DSCR would be most at risk, but the average community bank underwrites to 1.20X DSCR. Background. in December 2021).

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 13, 2023

But can it be for the community banks that would covet the customers that make up the $1.9 Wells Fargo was slapped with a similar CO back in 2016, while they were third in the nation in deposit market share. Not a red-letter day for BofA. trillion in BofA deposits? If past is prologue, we shouldn't get too excited. They're still third.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The need to reduce cost, the move to instant payments, and the need to deliver more unique products and services are all driving this effort at credit unions, community banks, and mid-sized banks. Healthcare and professional firms are the most common customer segments for small businesses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

.” “There is no doubt that the lease accounting standards will add new complexities to a broad range of business functions, including sales, lending, contracting and financial reporting,” wrote Whitney Schiffer, CPA, in an article last week for accounting and advisory firm Berkowitz Pollack Brant.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 11, 2016

According to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) , credit unions had a record year in 2015, with 3.7 A recent article in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel notes, “More community bank takeovers by large credit unions are likely.” Joseph, a Michigan-based credit union, acquired Indiana-based Griffith Savings Bank.

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