South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. Analyzing the competition can also help a bank be realistic about which products it can sell and at what price.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. Here, again, lies another opportunity for community banks to fill the void.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a recent survey from four Federal Reserve Banks, small regional and community banks have the highest approval rate for small business loans. The 2014 Small Business Credit Survey was a joint operation conducted by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Atlanta, Cleveland and Philadelphia.

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Banking Exchange

MARCH 4, 2020

The bank is closing 37 branches and investing in a ‘tailored, personal and accessible’ service for clients Bank Performance Technology Retail Banking Checks/Remote Deposit Capture Cards Profitability Feature3 Survival Strategies Fintech Feature Management Financial Trends Customers Community Banking.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The banking industry’s cost of funds (COF) is highly correlated to short-term interest rates. However, as of Q2/22, the average community bank’s COF has risen only a few basis points. The COF over the past five quarters is shown for three asset peer groups: banks under $1B (3.5k The Data on Cost of Funds.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

In two recent articles, we reviewed the banking industry’s deposit behavior with regard to cost of funding earning assets (COF) ( HERE ), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle ( HERE ).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, economists expect the economy to recover back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, and China’s banking watchdog warns of further Big Tech regulations. Plus, online lending startup SoFi is looking to go public through a SPAC. Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards.

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Banking Exchange

MAY 26, 2021

Customers Bank, Capital Bank and Community 1st Credit Union among the latest to embrace financial technology Technology Financial Trends Payments Feature3 Fintech Feature Lines of Business Tech Management Mobile Online Cards Blockchain PPP Covid19 Community Banking.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 1, 2021

Unlike our credit union counterparts, we pay taxes, and those tax dollars are spent at home to ensure our communities grow. As we kick off Community Banking Month, I can’t help but reflect on that statement and the changes of this past year. The 2021 ICBA Capital Summit is going virtual at the end of the month.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2022

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. Name: Locality Bank. Keith Costello, Locality Bank. “We

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

Insights Based on 2Q Bank Earnings. Insight #1 – Deposit & Margin Management: Deposit runoff has started and will make it to community banks by October. For 2Q, larger community banks lost about 0.3% of their deposits, and small banks were either flat or continued to gain.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

The irony here is that more than half the banks we recently surveyed had some goal and metric around asset growth. While there is nothing wrong with growth, the problem is that most banks are not prepared to grow. That said, smart banks will make growth a byproduct and ensure they have all their other processes right.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 3, 2020

Capital aplenty. Unlike 2008, banks were not the bane of our problems. Sure, community banks had little to do with liar loans or what was otherwise termed sub-prime. But many banks were, including the nation's largest. And "bank" is what's on our marquee. Community banks in particular.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. Capitalizing on PPP innovations for a better experience.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. customer impact. TechCrunch, April 2020.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Cambr, a cloud-based platform powered by investment firm StoneCastle and digital banking software provider Q2 Holdings, is helping neo-banks and fintechs launch and scale up through a network of 850 community banks.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. Capitalizing on PPP innovations for a better experience.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 19, 2018

Digital lending is becoming an important business even for smaller community banks. Larger banks, which have the resources to build their own technology or buy a fintech provider (KeyBank acquired Bolstr; JPMorgan Chase acquired WePay).

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 15, 2020

When COVID-19 accelerated customer movement into mobile and online banking solutions, and triggered consumers to push their funds into bank accounts, banks that had made investments in the digital customer experience were positioned to capitalize.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

article , former Small Business Administration administrator Karen Mills said community banks with strong small business customer bases that don’t find new ways to serve them digitally are going to face a “reckoning.” While online lenders Kabbage and OnDeck lent $2 billion and $2.5 In a recent American Banker.

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Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

Here are three ways you can help your clients acquire and manage their financial resources: One simple and, if well managed, surefire way to introduce more capital into the pockets of your clients is a business rewards credit card. Some provide higher rewards for travel, gas, restaurants or online purchases, among others.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

However, in the 2019 Retail Banking Report, a study by Reputation.com that analyzed online data relating to retail banking locations for 23 major U.S. banks, the banking industry was found to be lacking. The low score for retail banks is due to factors like star ratings, which equaled 2.8

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

According to a 2020 Congressional Management Foundation report, constituents reported their representative and/or senator used online platforms either “more” or “significantly more” since the pandemic began. Are you trying to raise awareness about a certain policy or bill affecting community banks? What’s your end goal?

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Independent Banker

JULY 28, 2016

Senate Banking Committee. She explained why lawmakers should exempt community banks from Basel III capital rule. Community bankers score big changes in final credit-loss standard. Speaking Out—ICBA Chairman Rebeca Romero Rainey (far left) testified in June before the U.S. By James Kendrick. Concessions stand.

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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). Think about the wild ride that Silvergate Bank has taken with its crypto strategy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As concerns are raised about how industry consolidation might impact competition, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is warning that it could hinder small businesses’ access to capital and financial services. Reports said Powell noted that looser community bank regulations may help keep branches open.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

A lack of adequate products and services is a top concern for small businesses that are unhappy with their banks, FIS noted, particularly as entrepreneurs increasingly turn toward online and mobile platforms to manage finances. ” The community bank-FinTech collaborative strategy will be instrumental in that journey, noted Butler.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Visa aims to help small businesses with the company’s new online resource hubs and new small-business “street teams” of advisers who’ll help firms smoothly make the transition to offering eCommerce services and contactless payments. We think a lot of these trends that we’re seeing are long-term trends,” Helekar said.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Small Business Loans | 5 minute read Key Takeaways Credit unions' small business loans hit a record low, while small business lending continues to remain strong at big banks and community banks. For big banks and community banks, on the other hand, small business lending remains strong.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

When you are talking about smaller [community] banks, regional banks and credit unions, there just aren’t the in-house resources to build their own digital lending solutions for products such as private student loans, student refinancing and home improvement loans.”. There are currently 13,000 community banks in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Walmart claimed it wanted to leverage the proposed bank mainly for the purpose of lowering costs of its backroom processing of check and credit card transactions and to offer high-interest certificates of deposits. Square already has an SMB lending arm – Square Capital – which it operates through a deal with Utah-based Celtic Bank.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. It’s an important topic that Celent discussed in a report published last year: And Then There Were None: The Disappearance of Community Banks.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Many community bankers expect a recession will start by at least mid-2021, according to the most recent Community Bank Sentiment Index. Survey Methodology: Abrigo asked 15 questions in an online survey of Abrigo customers and non-customers from Nov. That’s scale.” 21, 2019 – Jan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

seems to be kicking off, showing evidence of surpassing traditional bank lending at many times. SMBs are too unfamiliar with alternative finance to turn to online players. small businesses, instead, first turn to national or community banks, credit unions or online lenders, the research showed in U.S. In the U.K.,

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