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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. Many existing community bank customers and prospects are also national bank customers.

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Office Lending – Here is Why It is Not as Bad as The Market Thinks

South State Correspondent

In this article, we highlight the state of the bank commercial real estate office lending sector and make an argument about why banking might be better off than most analysts think. The State of Office Lending Risk – Traffic 2024 will mark the fifth consecutive year where office demand has declined.

Lending 195
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The Problem With DSCR and LTV in Lending

South State Correspondent

We will consider the minimal project DSCR in this article and cover the debt yield topic in future blogs. Below is a graph showing national cap rates for all categories of real estate nationwide. The relationship between cap rates, interest rates, DSCR, and LTV are all now conspiring to make real estate lending especially perilous.

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Fed article finds higher interest rates necessary for continued availability of small dollar loans

CFPB Monitor

The article begins with a discussion of a 1972 report issued by the National Commission on Consumer Finance (NCCF). ” The Fed article observes that although consumer credit markets have changed considerably since the NCCF report was published, the Fed’s findings suggest that “the NCCF’s conclusions are still valid today.”.

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AI and generative AI use cases in banking: 6 real-world examples

Abrigo

Another example of using predictive AI is small business lending software that incorporates AI-driven lending intelligence. Abrigo Small Business Lending Intelligence powered by Charm provides loan rating risk scores, the probability of default, and how the score was calculated.

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How Loan Size Impacts Commercial Loan Profitability

South State Correspondent

In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance. To provide relationship banking, the commercial relationship manager must spend time understanding his client’s business and local and national trends.

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How Loan Size Impacts Commercial Loan Profitability

South State Correspondent

In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance. To provide relationship banking, the commercial relationship manager must spend time understanding his client’s business and local and national trends.