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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). Notably, most community banks’ duration risk is in the loan portfolio.

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements.

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Digital Disruption

Independent Banker

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. This is why ICBA and community banks must continue to push consistent regulation of bank and nonbank financial service providers.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. 9) Brand Matters: SVB had one of the best brands in banking.

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The Two Things Keeping PPP Funds From Flowing Into SMB Bank Accounts

PYMNTS

I think they’re missing a step there in Washington,” Edwards said. Second: Eliminate The Capital Crunch . But while Speight agreed that sounds like a terrific way to manage the program — the reality is a bit different — at least right now since the guidance on this topic for bankers has been vague. So how to fix the log jam.

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Non-Maturity Deposits – A New Machined Learned Framework For ALM

South State Correspondent

Banks take a pool from 2018, as an example, and then track runoff to the present. Utilizing this straightforward linear regression and decay analysis, you get something close to the profile below for the average community bank in the U.S.: Silicon Valley Bank presents a new high in lows with $42B, or 24% of liabilities.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Community bank marketing resources. With market opportunity heating up and big bank and big credit union competitors hitting hard, too many community banks lack marketing resources … or they have 2X more spending in sponsorships than the campaigns, analytics and digital sales improvements that actually bring in new business.