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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

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. Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. The banking industry is nationwide and is becoming less branch-focused.

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Bank Product Profitability and Productivity

South State Correspondent

We focused mainly on customer profitability and used risk-adjusted return on capital as a proxy for profitability. As we pointed out, bank management needs to understand how a bank creates franchise value, and one way is to sell more profitable products to more profitable customers. increase in M/B. increase in M/B.

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PayPal Hits $10B SMB Lending Milestone

PYMNTS

Businesses of a certain size — and in industries as varied as construction and restaurants — know the pain of wondering if they will have enough capital to fund operations, inventory, expansion and other mission-critical business activities. When it comes to SMB lending, PayPal has gone global. and global economy. and global economy.

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ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management – Part 1: ALM Goals & Approaches

Abrigo

Asset/liability management basics In part 1 of this "Introduction to ALM" blog series, learn the goals of asset/liability management and how it can help financial institutions. Takeaway 1 ALM in banking means managing the cash flows of assets and liabilities to increase profitability, manage risk, and maintain safety and soundness. .

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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

Based on the bank’s own filing, and like many banks, SVB did not deploy hedging instruments to manage its securities duration risk. The longer the duration in the investment portfolio, the shorter the duration should be on the lending portfolio. That combination made their liabilities very sensitive to safety.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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.