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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. 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%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. You can’t develop lending expertise overnight. Why is that?

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2022 Dodd-Frank Stress Test Scenarios Released

Perficient

Federal bank regulators work together to design Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (“CCAR”) stress tests that are designed to ensure that even in the case of a severe recession, significant banks can lend to households and businesses. Covered institutions are required to use specific scenarios to conduct the stress tests.

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Top News In Payments: Stripe Rolls Out Stripe Capital; Cards Generate $6.13T In Spending

PYMNTS

Today in the payments news roundup, Stripe launched Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds. Stripe Gets Into Lending. Stripe unveiled the rollout of Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds. Also, commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. generated $6.13

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Scale Matters … But Smart Matters More

Gonzobanker

A recent round of bank merger announcements and the marquee Capital One/Discover deal illustrate this mantra’s popularity. An exercise Cornerstone likes to conduct: Take a look at the top 20% of the bank’s headcount and review comp and bonus in descending order. Why is this important?

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures: National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for seven, ten, or 20-year fixed-rate loans. Lending Discipline: Hedging programs make loan pricing more transparent and force bankers to exercise sensible pricing methodologies.

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Stress Testing: Are the Results Guiding Your CECL Decision-Making?

Abrigo

In a recent survey by the National Association for Business Economics, 74% of economists who responded expect a recession by the end of 2021. Stress testing gives an institution a serious look into their capital and reserves, and if they possess enough of each to remain viable, should a recession hit. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Dear Mr./Ms. Bank Regulator

Jeff For Banks

Whatshisname, Below is our response to the Matters Requiring Attention ("MRA") that were included in your most recent examination report on Schmidlap National Bank ("Schmidlap"). Although our Tier 1 leverage ratio is greater than 10%, you criticized us for our stress scenarios contained in our capital plan. We get that.