CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2021

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Banks are instructed to reference relevant guidance from the agencies that is listed in a footnote.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2015

In recent months, the momentum around reducing the regulatory burden on the nation’s community banks has continued to gain steam. There are more than 6,000 banks and thrifts under $10 billion in assets and they are often less equipped to deal with complexities brought by additional regulations.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The graph below shows COF for the same three groups of banks. Community banks’ COF increased 18bps in Q3/23 sequentially, while the Fed has been on pause since July. Unfortunately, as the Fed continues to drain liquidity from the market using QT, community banks’ most formidable challenges in managing COF lie ahead.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 30, 2022

Community banks pride themselves on superior customer service. Approximately 90% of all community banks believe that they provide an above-average level of customer service (of course, the math cannot work that way, as half of all banks should be providing a below-average level of customer service).

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It was well received and was recently picked up by a banking school as an elective class. Number 1 on that list: Project Management. I used the embedded commercial as indicative of the life span of a project at a community bank. Have a killer project management team inside the bank. - Can it be done?

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Abrigo

JUNE 8, 2017

To ensure that underwriting and portfolio management satisfy regulatory expectations as well as industry best practices 2. To provide bank management and the board with an objective assessment of credit quality and ongoing portfolio management 3. Additional Resources Managing member business lending risk Hiring headache?

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The banking industry has faced many challenges in 2020, from transitioning to CECL, managing Paycheck Protection Program loans, and navigating an unprecedented economic recession. More than 500 banking professionals across the country gathered for a two-day 2020 ThinkBIG: Manage Risk. Drive Growth.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? We spoke with two community banks that have ramped up their services to meet—and exceed—the changing expectations of customers. So how are retail banks meeting this challenge?

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Better serving its communities.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

The root cause of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure is poor risk management – plain and simple. Bankers need to understand and manage their business on the fair value of assets and liabilities instead of managing their business on net interest margin and the amortized historical cost of assets and liabilities.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

To satisfy the banking needs of some commercial and high-net-worth clients, some community banks provide trust and tax strategy services. These banks report that specialized services are a way to deepen their already close customer relationships. United Community Bank in Mount Sterling, Ill., By Don Sadler.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Strike early and often to keep the customer building their relationship with your bank. Where there is no correct answer, the takeaway was that the most successful banks have a clearly communicated definition and often meet with their retail, commercial, and specialty counterparts to manage issues and conflicts.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 19, 2023

Further, as more and more banks promote digital account opening and payments (like the forthcoming FedNow), these numbers are projected to shorten by another 10%+. We also want to note that a money market account’s performance is representative of a bank’s deposit base. This is one of the great mysteries of community banking.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Aligning these factors is critical to a community bank’s success, and a great way to start doing that is by ensuring your professional development programs support your strategic goals. Yes, it’s essential to satisfy annual training requirements but, as one CEO recently remarked, we need to grow our own community bank leaders.

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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.”

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Across the world, people are using super apps to send messages, purchase tickets and, of course, bank online. What are they, and how can community banks stay on top of this trend? Community bank considerations. So, what does this intersection of regulation and technology competition mean for community banks?

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

A new approach to loan protocols is just one way for community banks to grow in new and different directions. Amid changing economic conditions and rising rates, it’s a good time for community banks to re-evaluate their loan strategy with an eye on adaptability. David, Community Bank Consulting Services, Inc.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The yield curve shape is an excellent opportunity for community bankers to provide sound risk mitigation and balance sheet management advice to borrowers. We see many community bank borrowers desperately seeking a trusted advisor to help guide them through this volatile cycle. We have a beef with this particular concept.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Les Parker, Managing Director for Transformational Mortgage Solutions for example, predicts that interest rates could fall temporarily below 1 percent in 2022 as continued COVID outbreaks spark economic uncertainty. What it means for community banks is clear. Developing leaders in mortgage lending.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. For example, at present, return on equity performance is about 12% for the average community bank. 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%. Why is that?

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Key Takeaways The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2019. Top blog posts reflect bank, CU priorities. As 2019 winds down, community banks and credit unions have worked hard to attract new customers and members and to retain existing ones.

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American Banker

AUGUST 28, 2016

Roughly once a quarter senior executives at Community Bank in Brandon, Miss., take a select group of up-and-coming managers on a three-day retreat. The trips are part of a management training course known as the Falcon Program that took flight in 2012.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. Those operations manage and own 50 percent of [U.S. Deposit Trends.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Rather than send them to the landfill, it donated them to a community textile arts project that continues to inspire others. SouthState Bank had a swag problem on its hands. In 2020, the $46 billion-asset community bank in Winter Haven, Fla., By Paul Sisolak. Here are all the materials I could have dreamed of.”

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. The near-frictionless Know Your Customer (KYC) solution merits a look from banks. Below is a breakdown of all 300 sessions, less the demos and sales pitches.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2022

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The skills needed to succeed in the workplace are changing, with companies placing greater value on soft skills like communication and leadership. In response, community banks have an opportunity to revisit hiring policies and training programs. Being a community bank, our customers are our neighbors.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“Nobody wants to go into bank branches, nobody wants to touch cash anymore, and people are increasingly comfortable living their lives through their phones,” Britt said, per CNBC. “We Of course, the pandemic has forced banks – like all businesses – to rethink their priorities and make adjustments to how they interface with customers.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Would you like other articles on asset/liability management in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). This impact, of course, could result either from reduced long-term earnings or a reduced economic value. EVE Analysis.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 31, 2019, and June 3, 2021, according to the Community Banking in the 21st Century report. You can also incorporate the results into the asset/liability management model and develop stress testing scenarios down the road.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

People’s United Bank Senior Vice President of Treasury Management Cris Sigovitch told PYMNTS that while access to payables FinTech solutions is important, perhaps even more essential is access to a trusted partner that can guide firms toward a resilient and future-proof AP department. ” Offering the Right Tools.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By Jim Reber, ICBA Securities As many community bankers are still picking up the pieces from their bond portfolio’s meltdown last year, it occurs to me that the breathtaking rise in rates has created at least one byproduct that is both unusual in frequency and tangibly beneficial for future performance. One is that they are loan surrogates.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

In addition, Ally Bank and Barclays have high-yield offerings that earn 2.2 Of course, those more than beat the national average on checking accounts, which is currently at a 0.08 In addition, Wealthfront works with FDIC-insured partner banks — including East West Bank , New York Community Bank and others — to hold customers’ deposits.

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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. FIs are not like speed boats, where the driver can change course on a dime. You can''t flip a switch on a "plain vanilla" bank model, and turn yourself into something different.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2022

Adams, supervising examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, pricing is a key underwriting factor that should be addressed as part of a sound loan policy. Management must ensure that an appropriate pricing structure is established and implemented for each type of loan product offered,” Adams wrote.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

back to some semblance of “normal” has challenges — and opportunities for banks, especially community banks and credit unions. The challenge lies with serving the needs of the individual who may be hesitant to go back to the old ways of banking — of walking up to teller windows, of handling cash in envelopes.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

Lindsay LaNore is responsible for ICBA’s new Community Banker University. She leads a team that works to identify, develop and offer courses that meet community banks’ educational needs. Her role is to make certain that relevant education is provided in a responsive manner to all community bank members. “I

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