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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

Unfortunately, some banks adopted BSBY as one of their preferred indexes and in doing so created risk in derivatives and operations. With the demise of BSBY, those banks that used the index to hedge their interest rate risk will now be dealing with potential losses. No ISDA documents.

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How a Loan Hedge Leverages The Yield Curve – Part II

South State Correspondent

Use Loan Hedges to Manage Asset Duration: Banks can use loan-level hedges to decrease the duration of the loans through hedging or allow borrowers to manage their interest rate risk elsewhere. We want to highlight this option with a case study. Our bank showed the borrower a term sheet that had the options below.

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The Problem with Floating and Adjustable Rate Loans

South State Correspondent

A typical current strategy for community banks when originating commercial real estate loans is to offer floating-rate loans or shorter-term adjustable structures. Unfortunately, this strategy has all the underpinnings of a credit problem case study, and we do not have to search for a hypothetical example.

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

South State Correspondent

Our Top 10 Insights From Money 20/20 From these sessions and announcements, we pulled out ten of our most important takeaways, each having an impact on bank operations in the coming year. The topics were perfect, and there were some great case studies, but the substance was standard, bordering on underwhelming.

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The Top 20 Deposit-Rich Industries for 2023

South State Correspondent

While banks lose money on many CD-only customers, and CD-only customers have a relatively short average life, a niche customer, such as a church, is almost always profitable because the bank has much higher retention rates and the average niche customer uses an average of four bank products.

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Aiming for Earnings

Independent Banker

More than ever, community banks are exploring new ideas and unconventional approaches to achieving greater profitability. This month Independent Banker focuses on information and trends, processes and strategies, and case studies. on profitability in community banking. on profitability in community banking.

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Instant Issuance, Instant Benefits?

PYMNTS

In one recent case study tied to instant issuance, Entrust Datacard stated that Woodforest National Bank, a community bank operating across 17 U.S. The firm has said that, to date, it has instant issuance deployments at more than 30,000 locations globally, with more than 10.6 in the past year.