South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The value driver in cash management is that it is usually some sort of operating account at the bank. As such, operating accounts have low-interest rate sensitivity. Of course, all things are rarely equal. More importantly, the customer is more service-sensitive and has more engagement with the bank.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. Many banks fall into the “recency trap.” Bank engagement is a habit.

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Abrigo

JUNE 8, 2017

To provide bank management valuable information about ongoing and emerging market trends and developing areas of regulatory focus In order for a loan review program to be successful there are two foundational checkpoints for every financial institution: Objectivity of the loan review process, and an evolving lending policy.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

“Hearing that information was really good confirmation to us on the things we’ve been doing as a bank.” Millennium Bank, like many community financial institutions, is heavily concentrated in commercial real estate (CRE). The “new normal” has also impacted the banking industry internally, too. CRE Lending.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Ahead of the Curve: A Banker’s Podcast Ahead of the Curve: A Banker’s Podcast has insights from banking leaders and advisors across the banking industry. It also examines how community banks are different than other types of financial institutions, along with strategies for optimal operations. Banking Resources.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

The economic world operates in fair value measurements, and fair value measure allows managers to make more informed decisions. Consider the following in the banking industry: Banks lend on fair value today, not on the historical cost of the collateral.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

For value, the Federal Reserve estimates that a college grad will make about $830,000 over the course of a lifetime; the Georgetown University Center for Education and the Workforce estimates the value at around a cool million. Lending-as-a-Service. There are currently 13,000 community banks in the U.S.,

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

These in-depth and timely professional development programs are designed exclusively for community bankers and led by nationally recognized industry experts who know the issues community banks grapple with. Each certification course is designed to prepare bank professionals to handle essential tasks and responsibilities.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Ted Whitehurst, Providence Bank president and CEO, led the charge to open a new brick-and-mortar location of the Raleigh, N.C., community bank during the pandemic. Providence Bank chose to open a new brick-and-mortar site during the pandemic, when many other businesses were ceasing operations or shutting down altogether.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 25, 2022

Drivers of digital change Whether looking to enhance customer-facing aspects of the bank or credit union, improve operations, or diversify revenue and profit streams, financial institution executives everywhere are looking to buy technology or partner with fintechs. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

But in strategic planning retreats that I moderate, community financial institutions insist that they lend to small businesses. In fact, when I recently spoke to a group of New York bankers, I opined that community FIs would lend to small businesses only if they have three years of operating profit and a building as collateral.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 27, 2011

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. But if you read or watch interviews of CEOs of community FIs from 2008 forward, you will be bombarded with the message that they didn''t engage in the things that led to the collapse.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 10, 2023

The reality is, of course, the money is technically there. Banks will move that money from a “master account” via an internal transfer, wire, ACH, card, or other rail to the appropriate destination later that day. A typical community bank may pay $1.5M However, modern cores utilize open-sourced technology.

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Independent Banker

JULY 28, 2016

For more than 30 years my community bank has offered college scholarships to local high school students. Through this process we at Centinel Bank of Taos have the opportunity to learn about their dreams and goals for the future. Our future is bright because community bankers recognize the importance of investing in our people.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 28, 2016

As in past years, community bankers will have a dynamic regulatory environment to contend with in 2016. Safety and soundness concerns will remain a prominent driver of that supervisory dynamic for community banks. What should community banks anticipate here? IB: What are their concerns?

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Over the next three years, Anderson enrolled in all three of Community Banker University’s in-depth compliance certification training programs. I also benefit from the respect I get from our board and CEO, and definitely from the bank examiners. I’m a better compliance officer because of those programs,” she says. “I

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

The ICBA and community bank campaign to improve those rules has included a comprehensive study on their impact that was released before the CFPB announcement of its proposed changes, which are expected to be formally adopted. Of course, this community bank victory is not the result of just one survey.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The ICBA and community bank campaign to improve those rules has included a comprehensive study on their impact that was released before the CFPB announcement of its proposed changes, which are expected to be formally adopted. Of course, this community bank victory is not the result of just one survey.

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Independent Banker

MAY 2, 2016

Our bank is a direct result of the changes going on within the banking industry toward consolidation and mergers, and emerging larger banks. We believe there are huge potentials in staying fundamentally sound and community-centered, and in reestablishing a home-owned and home-operated banking franchise.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

What to do with a project gone askew Among his tips for coping with a project that seems to be going off course? Poor user adoption of software can also occur when a financial institution doesn’t fully test the software in operation before rolling it out. Community banks are often resource-starved,” he said. “In

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Investment principles of top bank portfolio managers. Community bank institutional investment portfolio managers have been put through their paces the past several years. Yet that is exactly what many community banks have accomplished. Mikella Newsom, City Bank. By Karen Epper Hoffman. The barbell approach.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2014

This all comes with fewer banks than there were in 2007. Investment bankers will tell you the definitive answer, which is of course their opinion. of Ocala, Florida on the bank''s sale to Heritage Financial Group, Inc. What is driving deal volume? Our combination.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

When Gowen first arrived at Merchants & Planters in 1983 to serve as its president and senior lending officer, the bank had two branches and $47 million in assets. Its staff had about 40 people, many of its procedures were manual, and its competition was stiff with about five community banks as head-to-head rivals.

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

Jamey Smith Citizens Bank in Kilgore, Texas. Jamey Smith forges complete partnerships for successful commercial lending. Jamey works hard to be a true partner to his customers, becoming an integral part of their team of professionals,” says Sammy York, Citizens Bank’s president and CEO. “He By Judith Sears.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. This is a mindset shift for communities. Entrepreneurs are the ones who will transform the community.”. Spreading knowledge.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 29, 2016

Officials with the banking regulatory agencies recently outlined best practices they encourage as they relate to evaluating an institution’s fair lending risk, and one of those best practices was to document pricing and other underwriting criteria, including exceptions. See the PDF: Section 2040, page 265.)

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. So where do ballyhooed mobile banking and payments developments among the biggest players leave community banks?

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 28, 2023

I work for The Kafafian Group, a community bank consulting firm based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Many of my readers might not know what my firm does, so I want to dedicate this post to the problems we help community bankers solve. We guide your institution into creating an operating plan, or the "how" to strategy execution.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. The bank closes 35 to 45 reverse mortgages each month.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Credit Union Merger of the Year – Goes to Lake Michigan Credit Union and its CEO Sandy Jelinski for acquiring Florida-based community bank Encore.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

That dynamic provides a unique opportunity for individual community bankers to tell their stories to their federal lawmakers, which has always been a vital part of getting ICBA’s pro-community banking legislative agenda enacted. As an example, “If X goes into effect, it would decrease my mortgage lending by X percent.”.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. Ag lending in the South: Relationships matter. By Ed Avis.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Temenos leadership – first Akcelerant founder Jay Mossman and then Akcelerant/FIS/Sanchez veteran Emily Steele – wins points with the Cornerstone team for straight talk and course-correcting to avoid the common international player sin of over-commitment and under-delivery. To its credit, Temenos U.S.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

In the last two months, the messaging points for banks have shifted from one of prosperity to one of cautious growth and optimism layered with some contingency planning. Providing a narrative around your “fortress balance sheet,” ever-more-efficient operations, and defensive vision is now critical. General Performance.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success. Pandemic-Induced Transformations. Optimize Technology.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2023

Dynamic Pricing Of course, the best answer to all of this is for banks to move to dynamic pricing. Banks already have enough data to optimize rate and balance down to the individual account level. The problem is – most core systems do not lend themselves to inspecting a time series of data.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Technological innovation has enabled FinTech start-ups to compete in a field previously dominated by banks and credit unions. At the same time, early adopters of new technologies, like mega banks, are edging out community banks and credit unions in the fight for customers and creating a rapidly consolidating industry.

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