PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Mastercard said it will invest $500 million in Black communities across the U.S. The new initiative will include “concentrated investments that will focus on providing Black-owned businesses and Black people access to affordable financial tools and capital,” Mastercard said in a news release. We can and must do better.
Abrigo
JULY 30, 2020
Key Takeaways Stress tests and capital planning are vital to financial institutions in volatile times like these, when the coronavirus and pressures on the energy sector result in a financial crisis. Current environment = Challenging stressed capital planning. This has resulted in theoretical assumptions for capital planning.
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South State Correspondent
APRIL 30, 2024
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’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.
South State Correspondent
APRIL 30, 2024
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’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.
South State Correspondent
JUNE 30, 2023
Many banks pride themselves on superior customer service, and approximately 90% of all community banks believe that they provide an above-average level of customer service (the math cannot work that way). Service (a scarce resource) must be directed at its highest return. However, it is worthwhile giving a brief explanation.
Abrigo
MARCH 9, 2017
And to thrive, those customers need economically diverse and healthy communities in which to live and work. Partnering with local organizations to promote the health of those communities is often a top priority for banks. Most commonly structured as revolving loan funds, CDFIs intermediate capital between investors and underserved U.S.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
If one were looking at the economy a decade ago, Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson told Karen Webster, the biggest challenge businesses faced in growing was clear: access to capital. Developers, Johnson told Webster, are precious resources because they are scarce. The last 10 years have changed the playing field a lot.
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