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

South State Correspondent

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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

South State Correspondent

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

That's the number of books in John Maxfield's banking book library. Doesn't your bank have a bank book library? Two hundred and forty three books. Books are in author last-name order. Because it's a library's worth of books! Two hundred and forty three. How do I know? He sent me his list. Interesting idea.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it climbed to the 19th largest in the country with its Silicon Valley Bridge Bank acquisition from the FDIC, and that the FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends.

Fresno 101
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Squared Away- How It Happened

Jeff For Banks

write a book! Others surprised me, such as the amount of views expended on board composition, or on deploying bank capital. Write a book curated by readers of Jeff For Banks. So in the summer I drafted a summary, and an introduction chapter, and solicited the usual publishing suspects for business books. Very niche.

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

PYMNTS

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? Now: Market caps are a simple, loose shorthand for how much it would take to acquire a company (without necessarily taking into account capital structure).

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Navigating Liquidity, Funding, and Return in the Paycheck Protection Program

Abrigo

PPP loans carry a 0% risk weighting, meaning they don’t count against the institution from a risk-based capital standpoint. With the surge in loans and no pressure on capital ratios, both Domine and Bates expressed approval for the program. Non-bank SBA-approved lenders, however, may not participate in the PPPLF at this time.

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