Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

This was the question posed to Bank Profitability students as part of the Oregon Bankers' Association's Executive Development Program (EDP). These were up-and-coming bankers, the future leaders of our industry, identifying industry trends that will have the greatest impact on their bank, in no particular order.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

By investing in small businesses and creating jobs, community banks are helping support local economies throughout our nation. As prudent lenders, community bankers make every effort to mitigate risk. As prudent lenders, community bankers make every effort to mitigate risk. By Charles Potts, ICBA.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

ICBA is leaning into it, bringing its ThinkTECH Accelerator program and innovation efforts in-house to provide community bankers with targeted solutions. Here are what I believe will be the top five opportunities this year: Targeted fintech initiatives focused on meeting community bankers’ unique needs.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2018

“We look forward to serving you and your community bank in the year ahead.”. Happy New Year, community bankers! And if you haven’t done so already, I encourage you to also come up with a community banking resolution—one that helps you flourish as a professional. Where I’ll be this month.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

He exemplifies the best of next generation bank leadership, with eyes wide open to the next iteration of banking in our rapidly changing environment. 2/ @Schornack The primary asset of the organization was Flagship Bank Minnesota, a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender with two locations in the Twin Cities Metro Area.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Digital media gives community bankers a platform for advocacy, and ICBA’s Virtual Advocacy Primer details how you can put it to work. How can a community banker best connect with a member of Congress? Are you trying to raise awareness about a certain policy or bill affecting community banks?

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Customized, well-thought-out interactions—especially in the online banking space—are integral to wooing new customers and retaining existing ones. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 7, 2024

It happened this week: Fintech Meetup , one of the newer trade events that brought 4,000 or so fintech and banker types to Las Vegas. The experience felt akin to entering a mosh pit but instead of musicians, you are in it with bankers and entrepreneurs and there are chairs. He likened it to regression testing.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2020

That approach doesn’t line up at all with the reality of true leadership. I’ll be continuing to connect with community bankers nationwide and champion their leadership via digital channels. They are strengthening the nature of community banking by bettering themselves, their teams and their organizations.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. Bankers and industry observers have several recommendations for how community banks can come up with risk ratings and rankings that foster safe growth in a volatile economic climate.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“While there’s no cyber or data security silver bullet, by bringing the theoretical into a true banking environment, we can begin to establish action plans that speak to real-world attacks.”. Cyber and data security have long been areas of emphasis for community banks, but in today’s escalating digital environment, that focus has grown.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We spoke with industry specialists about the priorities for community banks as they build a digital loan process for small businesses. It’s critical for community banks to have online loan applications, process automation staff skilled in digitization and more. Doing so can help community banks: Optimize the loan cycle.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Community banks use dozens or even hundreds of vendors—making it critical that they have an efficient way to stay compliant, track performance and more. Some banks are using a combination of software and internal personnel and systems to do just that. billion-asset 1st Security Bank of Washington in Mountlake Terrace, Wash.,

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Independent Banker

JULY 28, 2016

Senate Banking Committee. She explained why lawmakers should exempt community banks from Basel III capital rule. Community bankers score big changes in final credit-loss standard. By James Kendrick. Concessions stand. Grassroots gains.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Name: Lexicon Bank. Lexicon Bank in Las Vegas opened its doors in August 2019, not long before COVID-19 shut down the city’s entertainment businesses. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt. Assets: $237.6

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 9, 2022

Bank executives should take these new deals’ valuations as a sign that the free market sees the future of finance as unbundled from the traditional industry structure. Let’s be clear Gonzobankers, these deals are NOT about massive numbers of bank core replacements. Let’s take a closer look at each deal: Finxact Goes To Fiserv.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Generally, off-the-shelf core solutions won’t work for every bank. You need something that fits and adapts to your needs, and sets your business up for growth. Ensure your provider is working to keep your products current with ongoing development and using your bank’s input to drive the enhancements process. . link] .

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism. Name: Beneficial State Bank. The team at Beneficial State Bank believes that banking has the power to bring about radical change. Assets: $1.5

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On September 17, 2021 in the Scottsdale, Arizona desert, I delivered a speech to a ballroom full of bankers titled: 5 Things I Wish We Did Better. It was well received and was recently picked up by a banking school as an elective class. Have a killer project management team inside the bank. -

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Takeaway 3 Signing up for 2022 conferences is another smart use of surplus budget funds, because some events are offering early-bird discounts. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 Beef up your loan pricing strategy. Options for Excess Funds. billion from $515.3

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a $350 billion segment of a $2 trillion federal stimulus package signed into law under the CARES Act earlier this month. And even those that were approved have been slow to see any actual dollars hit their bank accounts and are still waiting.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

FASB awoke wide-eyed and astonished to the liberating truth that community banks played no role in either triggering or participating in the Wall Street financial crisis. The good news is that FASB’s unfortunate remarks could lead to a desperately needed wake-up call and policy turnaround. Imagine that?

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Community bankers aren’t the only ones who think so. And ready for the toss, President Obama says he would welcome such bipartisan legislation to sign. Inside and outside Washington, most people agree the time has come to enact real, meaningful and significant regulatory relief for community banks. The Time Is Now.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Community bankers aren’t the only ones who think so. And ready for the toss, President Obama says he would welcome such bipartisan legislation to sign. Inside and outside Washington, most people agree the time has come to enact real, meaningful and significant regulatory relief for community banks. The Time Is Now.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

THE BANKER AWARDS. Bank Deal of the Year. With prices rational and revenue pinched, there were some nice acquisitions by many banks. Bancorp for grabbing MUFG Union Bank. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness?

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In prepared remarks for the release of the FDIC’s third-quarter version of the Quarterly Banking Profile , Gruenberg said growing interest-rate risk and credit risk warrant “timely attention” by banks and will “continue to be a focus of supervisory attention.” Banks’ net interest margin, on average, ticked slightly higher to 3.08

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 31, 2018

So worries New Jersey Banker's Association CEO John McWeeney since state-owned bank advocate Phil Murphy was elected governor. The state's municipal deposits approximate $20 billion , $13 billion of which are in community banks. Marcus is Goldman Sachs online bank. And Mid Penn Bank is a $1.2 FDIC insured.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

Advocacy Advocate—ICBA’s Joshua Harbursky works to assist community bankers with their industry policy engagement with lawmakers and regulators. ICBA has a great infrastructure in place and a lot of active advocates among community bankers. Anyone with an interest in promoting community banks can be an ICBA advocate.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

About 99 percent of the time I use the app on my phone when I need to do some kind of banking,” Bauhs says. About 99 percent of the time I use the app on my phone when I need to do some kind of banking,” Bauhs says. And the other 1 percent I go into the bank.”. By Ed Avis. Meet Jack Bauhs, your next customer.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

As technology buyers, banking executives need to up their game on tech purchases and technology performance management. For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. Tech companies trying to support a bank stack have no easy task.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

About 99 percent of the time I use the app on my phone when I need to do some kind of banking,” Bauhs says. About 99 percent of the time I use the app on my phone when I need to do some kind of banking,” Bauhs says. And the other 1 percent I go into the bank.”. By Ed Avis. Meet Jack Bauhs, your next customer.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

Leading a team of marketing and communications experts, he is an outside-the-box thinker who believes strongly in the mission of the organization and the importance of community banks. Our members are thought leaders and visionaries who are the backbone of every community,” he says. “Our Community Banking Month.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The first bank to crack the Top 5 over $50 billion did so in 2020. As a reference, the best SIFI bank in five-year total return this year was JPMorgan Chase at 82nd overall. My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. Its headquarters is the only location.

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