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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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Community banks are striving to increase loan yield and maintain their cost of funding (COF). Unfortunately, pressure on COF is expected to remain, and loans will reprice slower than expected as borrowers with below-market rates will wait until the last maturity day to refinance their credits.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2023

2022 will go down as one of the worst years for community bank loan mispricing when viewed on a spread basis. Rapidly rising rates crushed performance as many banks held a fixed rate constant and/or booked a fixed rate loan at a misguided level. Banks had tight spreads on loans with 1.2

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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

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

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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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 14, 2022

That's the number of books in John Maxfield's banking book library. He was curating a library for a bank, of course. He was curating a library for a bank, of course. Doesn't your bank have a bank book library? He didn't tell me the bank. Two hundred and forty three books.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition, with the threat of a recession and dramatically increasing cost of funds, there is a solid argument to be made that banks should be shrinking rather than growing. That said, smart banks will make growth a byproduct and ensure they have all their other processes right. Yeah, that was a mistake. Then there is credit.

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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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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. The borrower will have no better options in the market.

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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. This cost to the bank is shown in the graph below.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

In the case of SVB, the bank’s HTM securities portfolio was $91.3Bn at the end of 2022, and the bank did not need to provide the fair value of these securities on its balance sheet. Further, based on the bank’s own filing, SVB did not deploy hedging instruments to manage its securities duration risk.

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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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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). An arms race in marketing and digital cannot be ignored. price/book multiple.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

In this challenging labor market, how do you make sure you retain new talent? Thanks to high levels of engagement, community banks are well known for having long-standing employees. But, in this challenging labor market, how do you make sure you retain new talent? By Lindsay LaNore, ICBA. Values and ownership matter.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2024

For financial marketers, especially those in credit unions and community banks, the biggest event of the year, The Financial Brand Forum , is just two months away. See below for links to our financial services calendars, including fintech, banktech, insurtech, general banking events, and more.

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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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South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2023

We see borrowers trying to out-predict the market by guessing what the Fed might do, analyzing economic trends, studying graphs, or talking to friends at cocktail parties. No one can time the market when purchasing a stock or locking in financing costs – the market is too efficient and unpredictable.

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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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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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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. James Sills.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

TD has been a player that maintained its acquired market share so we are hoping this one doesn’t get messed up like other Canadian banks that have struggled in the Southwest. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

We have poured through the recent 2Q earnings releases, spoken with a rash of institutional bank investors, traded thoughts with analysts, and compiled the following list of concerns that bank stakeholders (employees, shareholders, vendors, and regulators) now have. The Single Change in Messaging To Improve Your Bank Multiple.

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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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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 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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Gonzobanker

MAY 23, 2018

There’s no hotter topic in the mortgage lending space right now than point-of-sale platforms. Unless you’re consistently booking 100-200 loans per month (depending on the provider), these products are going to bust the budget. But, the momentum of banks and credit unions moving to these platforms is not as strong as many believe it is.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2010

Community banks tout themselves as better than national and regional banks because of how close they are to their communities. Prior to the bank’s founding, townspeople and businesses turned to the north, Binghamton, for their banking needs. After six months in business, the bank posted profits of $750*.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. I want to read to you the FDIC’s conclusion from their An Examination of the Banking Crisis of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s. Who would’ve thought lending $1 million to a San Francisco cab driver to buy a house at 100% loan to value would go bad? What caused it?

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2017

The firm showed traction in its loan book, mobile efforts and credit card portfolio. bank (as measured by its asset base) beat Wall Street expectations. consumer remains healthy, evidenced in our strong underlying performance in Consumer & Community Banking. The headline numbers showed the largest U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Short-term focus is a common trait of banks that focus on shareholder primacy over stakeholder primacy.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. Bank Deal of the Year PNC nabs BBVA USA – paying 1.3 To all the I.T.

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