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The top lending & credit risk blogs of the year

Abrigo

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

The housing industry, and mortgage banking revenue, came to a stop. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Employees are back to work. Or maybe two or three days a week. We are in awe.

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Budget Surplus? 5 Ways to Invest in Your Financial Institution with This Year’s Excess Budget

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Signing up for 2022 conferences is another smart use of surplus budget funds, because some events are offering early-bird discounts. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 Beef up your loan pricing strategy. Options for Excess Funds. billion from $515.3

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

THE BANKER AWARDS. Bank Deal of the Year. With prices rational and revenue pinched, there were some nice acquisitions by many banks. Bancorp for grabbing MUFG Union Bank. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2022 Edition

Jeff For Banks

The first bank to crack the Top 5 over $50 billion did so in 2020. As a reference, the best SIFI bank in five-year total return this year was JPMorgan Chase at 82nd overall. My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2.

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The Miserable State of Cash Management Vendors

Gonzobanker

My heart goes out to the hard working professionals who run the Treasury Services or “Cash Management” divisions at community banks. It’s not always pretty, but these bankers have learned to package their offerings with duct tape and wire and land the latest big new deal with a health care group, municipality or homeowners association.