Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For bankers to be successful in the small business lending market, they need to execute on several key tenets: strategy, people, process and technology. Community banks need to analyze the demographics and varied business segments to identify the growth potential of each market. No two markets are created equal.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Booking long-term fixed-rate loans on-balance-sheet may not make sense for many banks. At SouthState, we use a program called ARC (Assumable Rate Conversion) that allows borrowers to pay a fixed rate of interest for as long as 20 years, but the bank retains a floating rate asset. Current Risk in Term Lending.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Key Takeaways Financial institutions who want to maintain a healthy share of business lending this year and through potentially tougher economic times ahead want to be in the best position possible before trouble hits. Abrigo's Business Lending Readiness Survey found many processes stymie those efforts. learn more.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Key Takeaways The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2019. The top lending and credit blog posts focused on improving loan pricing, creating a better experience for borrowers, and developing risk ratings. Top blog posts reflect bank, CU priorities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Large financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly turning to FinTech firms and alternative lenders to augment their small business (SMB) offerings, but community banks are beginning to get on board with the partnership strategy , too. They’re very disciplined on credit and interest rate risk,” he said.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Last week we saw the release of the details of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) rule on Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). Started in 2012, put forth in concept in 2014 and now proposed in detail last week, the rule, should it stand, makes it largely uneconomical to securitize all sorts of lending assets.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 23, 2022

Customers and competitors are challenging community banks to extend loan duration – borrowers are eager to lock fixed rates before they rise further, and many competitors are happy to oblige. But what are the optimal fixed terms for community banks given today’s interest rate, credit, and liquidity environment?

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This development is very important to community banks, as their efficiency ratio also increased, but to 61.63%. The national banks have already indicated how they plan to reverse the efficiency ratio increase – through headcount reduction. What is Driving the Efficiency Ratio at Community Banks?

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We analyzed the loan performance (return on equity, loan yield, fee income, and loan size) of hedged borrowings in a large group of community banks and compared this to the community bank industry averages. The table below shows a summary of our analysis (community banks are defined as banks under $10B in assets).

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Community banks who are considering entering the small business lending space are already challenged by several barriers to entry: Inefficiency of traditional loan processing. Lack of quality lending opportunities to put their deposits to work. Automate Booking. Changing regulatory guidance.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 8, 2022

For decades community banks have structured fixed-rate loans with adjustable features – the most popular structure is a ten-year fixed-rate loan with a five-year reprice. With short-term interest rates expected to rise through 2022, many community banks are reconsidering their ALCO strategies.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Community banks are striving to increase loan yield and maintain their cost of funding (COF). We have created and used a novel structure to take advantage of the inverted yield curve to allow community banks to increase net interest margin (NIM) and fee income on these existing fixed-rate loans.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 9, 2022

Many community banks are searching for ways to increase fee income, and many bank CEOs have concluded that fee income is a significant driver of revenue and profitability. We argue that larger banks do not have an inherent advantage over community banks in generating fee income because of their scale.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 3, 2023

Empirical evidence, historical bank failures, and common sense teach us that many risks do not translate to higher yields. The second article compared and contrasted community banks’ pay-for-risk and relationship business models. Top-performing community banks deploy relationship banking.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 3, 2023

How FTP Changes Decision Making We were not on the board of FRB, and we did not participate in that bank’s ALM meetings, but we interact with banks that get into the same pickle by not employing FTP. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

How FTP Changes Decision Making We were not on the board of FRB, and we did not participate in that bank’s ALM meetings, but we interact with banks that get into the same pickle by not employing FTP. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

How FTP Changes Decision Making We were not on the board of FRB, and we did not participate in that bank’s ALM meetings, but we interact with banks that get into the same pickle by not employing FTP. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 18, 2023

We concluded that the market does not adequately compensate banks for credit and interest rate risks. Top-performing community banks deploy relationship banking. We define relationship banking as a model focused on a consultative banking approach. uses at our bank.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A common strategy for community banks, when faced with a borrower that wants a 10-year fixed rate loan, is to offer a five-year fixed rate that adjusts in five years. Historically, this has worked for some customers and banks because, over the last 40 years, five-year rates have generally fallen.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2020

Key Takeaways Financial institutions have 10 calendar days to disburse PPP loans To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending. To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending. How to fund PPP loans.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2024

A typical current strategy for community banks when originating commercial real estate loans is to offer floating-rate loans or shorter-term adjustable structures. Therefore, the prepayment risk on adjustable fixed-rate loans falls squarely on the bank without compensation.

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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. We outlined the four main reasons why prepayment provisions increase profitability for banks. years, thereby increasing the ROE by 5.5% for our sample $500k loan.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 23, 2021

book value and 51x EBITDA, buying a bank. For 1.85x book. Especially for a community bank. Because that was what LendingClub paid for Radius Bank. It was one of my most read posts and is a chapter in my upcoming book, Squared Away (soon to be available in your favorite bookstore).

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Building out the ever-important treasury management suite, targeting deposit-rich customer segments, and creating new savings products are all examples of how banks can build deposit balances at low cost, low-rate sensitivity, and high deposit convexity. Lending Focus – Interest Rate Sensitivity and Credit Accuracy. Conclusion.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Maybe instead of Acquire or Be Acquired, this conference should be called Evolve or Be Acquired,” observed Eric Sprink, CEO of Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash., and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). price/book multiple. The difference could be seen in what alpha bankers bragged about.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Ken Finley, president of Johnson City Bank, in downtown Johnson City with Shannon Sultemeier, executive vice president (left); and Brenda Haynes, vice president/cashier (right). Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. These include family-owned businesses, community businesses and operating companies.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Thanks to high levels of engagement, community banks are well known for having long-standing employees. If it takes weeks for an employee to book time off, make that process simpler. If you’re hiring millennials or Gen Zers, remember they want to work for organizations that give back to their communities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Rising interest rates helped boost results for the consumer lending business and credit cards, while perhaps predictably, the mortgage lending business slipped, off 30 percent from last year’s $24.4 Home lending was off by 8 percent from $1.4 The company said it had set aside $1.5 Deposit margins, overall, were higher at 2.55

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American Banker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Smaller institutions have increased the size of their auto books in the last year, with the 25 most-active lenders reporting a nearly 7% increase. More borrower demand and a pullback by some bigger lenders are contributing to the rise.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Deferrals may be hiding credit issues, leading lenders to track deposit flows, property maintenance and other factors to gauge the true health of their portfolios.

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

Big Savings—ICBA’s Dan Clancy and Travelers’ Laura Lundin hold a big check representing the $3 million dividend paid this year to community banking participating in the ICBA-Travelers property-and-casualty insurance Preferred Service Provider program. ICBA Bancard & TCM Bank, N.A. ICBA Services Network.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

Hundreds of banks in the country demonstrate unrealized losses on securities and loans that represent a substantial portion of common equity, and SVB is not the most brazen example. Consider the following in the banking industry: Banks lend on fair value today, not on the historical cost of the collateral.

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FICO

DECEMBER 18, 2018

There is an art to small business and commercial and industrial (C&I) lending. Underwriters across the financial spectrum of banks, credit unions, and independents do a great job of mitigating risk when dealing with large, complex lending requests. What do I mean when I say there’s an art to C&I lending?

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 23, 2014

CEIS Review , a New York-based bank consulting firm, highlights the shift in a recent article. Community banks certainly want to remain conservative with risks and follow regulations. CEIS adds that instilling a strong loan review program provides the basis for “smart lending, strategy and safe market growth.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2016

Separately, Ocean Shore Holding is being bought by OceanFirst Financial in a bank deal that is not all that large, at $146 million, but does lend some consolidation in the New Jersey community bank space and a 32 percent premium to tangible book value.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

That’s the new DNA we need to increase across the banking industry. At the same time, tomorrow’s leadership will have little to do with “book smarts.” Banks and credit unions that are successfully transforming today tend to skeptically analyze new industry trends and conduct the hard work to dig into the details.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Troy Peters, Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. Competition and regulatory risk in car lending race off. Indirect auto lending has played a major role for Security Federal Savings Bank in Jasper, Ala. Half a dozen years ago, the community bank held $13 million in auto loans. Considering exiting auto lending.

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