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How to reduce the regulatory burden on community banks

Abrigo

In recent months, the momentum around reducing the regulatory burden on the nation’s community banks has continued to gain steam. There are more than 6,000 banks and thrifts under $10 billion in assets and they are often less equipped to deal with complexities brought by additional regulations.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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Community Banking According to Andy

Jeff For Banks

22/ @Schornack.and really guide what the items keeping me up at night are within our banking organization. It covers the high risk clients, the cash flow and capital needs of the organization, our employees, and many other items as the come forward to drive conversation.

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Aaron Stetter: Back to Capitol Hill

Independent Banker

The ICBA Capital Summit is the premier event for community bankers looking to advocate for their industry. In person for the first time since 2019, the ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C., Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C. Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C.

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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. For example, at present, return on equity performance is about 12% for the average community bank. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%.

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Bank IT Spending – Use These Metrics to Improve Performance

South State Correspondent

IT is spending as a percentage of revenue compared to years past, like 2019, when banks did not invest enough in IT, and 2020, when banks had to spend more than revenue growth allowed because of the pandemic. Benchmarking can help banks better optimize capital as it gives bank management a sense of what the average is for the industry.

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Why now is the time to update your bank’s corporate governance

Independent Banker

During the pandemic, many community banks needed to change how they operated. It can clarify roles and responsibilities, encourage timely communication and help community banks operate more efficiently. When the pandemic hit in early 2020, mitigating risk took on a whole new meaning for community banks.

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