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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

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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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New Community Bank Sentiment Index Shows Bankers Largely Positive

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Community bankers are largely positive about the future, based on the first results of a new index gauging business sentiment among the financial professionals who serve a critical role in local economies. The survey for the inaugural index included 512 FDIC banks responding from early in the second quarter through July 5.

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The role of bank directors in managing risk

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The FDIC is offering a fresh take on how a bank’s board of directors should understand and manage risk. The core principles for directors have not changed materially since 1988, the FDIC said. Risk management culture What exactly is a risk management culture? Evaluating risk management.

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Longer exam cycle for more community banks?

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A new bill proposed on April 16 aims to increase the exam cycle period for a larger pool of community banks. would make more banks eligible for an 18-month exam cycle as opposed to the norm of a 12-month schedule. If implemented, hundreds of additional banks would be eligible for the longer cycle.

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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

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In today’s banking world, community banks are focused sharply on shareholders’ expectations for growth in earnings and return on equity. So, how can community banks support earnings and ROE growth in the face of intense regulatory scrutiny and competitive pressures on profitability? Changing Lending Environment.

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FDIC cautions of increasing credit, interest-rate risks

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Add FDIC Chairman Martin J. The FDIC said that the percentage of loans and securities with maturities of three or more years hit the highest percentage in the 18 years of data records, rising to 34.6 Community banks have grown their share of longer-term assets even more quickly than the rest of the industry, according to the FDIC.

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

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Would you like other articles on asset/liability management in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). FDIC) noted in its 2021 Risk Review. How to Measure Interest Rate Risk Effectively in Banks & Credit Unions.

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