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Why community banks should partner with fintechs

Independent Banker

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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Wells Fargo Overhauling Risk Management Processes

PYMNTS

Wells Fargo, weeks after it was hit with a rare enforcement action from the Federal Reserve, is overhauling its risk management processes and announced internally that four top risk management executives would be retiring. All are retiring in April, May or June.

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Small business lending insights Vol. 1

Abrigo

At the same time, 59% pursued credit to meet operating expenses. Generally, small business loans benefit business owners, they also benefit communities, according to 2021 research for the SBA. Financial institutions should also cultivate opportunities to help existing borrowers manage their business and capital needs.

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Fair Value Accounting and Silicon Valley Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

The root cause of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure is poor risk management – plain and simple. Bankers need to understand and manage their business on the fair value of assets and liabilities instead of managing their business on net interest margin and the amortized historical cost of assets and liabilities.

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New Year’s Resolutions to Grow Your Financial Institution in 2020

Abrigo

Key Takeaways To book loans more quickly, institutions must create efficiencies and increase loan turnaround. Growing the loan portfolio seems fairly straightforward: book more loans. To book loans more quickly, financial institutions must create efficiencies and increase loan turnaround – without sacrificing quality.

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