Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Yet, it doesn’t require clairvoyance to chart our path ahead; we can rely on our history and our experiences to map the course. For hundreds of years, community banks have stood strong, adapting to market changes and evolving to serve our communities.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We have a blank page on which we can write our narrative over the course of the year, with new milestones filling the pages ahead. It’s a challenge to be sure, but it’s one that community banks have previously faced with strength. Together, we will write our 2023 story, one that will set community banks up for success.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 19, 2023

In this article, we will look at deposit performance data related to high balances and show how banks can dramatically increase value by restructuring relationship-based products and better-allocating marketing/sales dollars more efficiently. This is over three times the life of a money market account that is over $1mm in balances.

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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. Assessing best practices, rates, marketing efforts and more can position loan producers for future success in unpredictable market conditions. David, Community Bank Consulting Services, Inc.

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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 30, 2022

Based on the futures market, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise the Fed Funds rate to 3.00% at its December 2022 meeting. 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. Future Short-term Rates.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 6, 2023

We argued that community banks should favor 1.40X to 1.50X DSCR credits, as that is the minimum cash flow required to withstand a standard recession. This article will analyze how a debt yield ratio can help community banks correctly measure the interplay between cap rates, interest rates, and cash flow.

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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

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

JANUARY 31, 2023

We have a blank page on which we can write our narrative over the course of the year, with new milestones filling the pages ahead. It’s a challenge to be sure, but it’s one that community banks have previously faced with strength. Together, we will write our 2023 story, one that will set community banks up for success.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The real reason that this conference makes our favorites list is that this is one of the few conferences where we can learn what the largest and most progressive banks are doing in the market. Whole Banking is a Function of Team Banking Selling, servicing, and marketing small business banking is expensive because of the complexity.

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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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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The question is whether financial institutions will feel the positive impact of the current indicators or if uncertainty and volatility in the mortgage market will prevail. What it means for community banks is clear. You’ll learn about: The 2022 mortgage market outlook. While the U.S. How to turn insight into action.

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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. That brings [smaller] banks an immediate string of deposits,” Good said.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For starters, a customer may carry large balances but not generate franchise value if those balances are all in high-paying money market accounts or are highly volatile. The value driver in cash management is that it is usually some sort of operating account at the bank. Of course, all things are rarely equal.

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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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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

To regain some of that ground, Connie Davis, senior vice president at FIS , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, FIs — particularly credit unions (CUs) and community banks — must transform the way they think about digital offerings and connected experiences. That means they can compete more effectively against digital-only competitors.

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FICO

JUNE 15, 2020

It’s difficult to argue for a counterfactual, especially when the factual (a highly consolidated banking market) is one that consumers are generally satisfied with. The result is more agile organizations with the ability to move fast in response to rapidly changing market conditions. . Round One Knockout.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

In the case of SVB, the bank’s HTM securities portfolio was $91.3Bn at the end of 2022, and the bank did not need to provide the fair value of these securities on its balance sheet. Further, based on the bank’s own filing, SVB did not deploy hedging instruments to manage its securities duration risk.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

The Fed has paused for nearly a year now, and it was our experience in 2006-07 that bank cost of funds continued to increase as the market closed the delta between what someone could earn in a money market mutual fund and a bank account. But not until $1 trillion went from banking to money markets.

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FICO

JUNE 15, 2020

It’s difficult to argue for a counterfactual, especially when the factual (a highly consolidated banking market) is one that consumers are generally satisfied with. The result is more agile organizations with the ability to move fast in response to rapidly changing market conditions. . Round One Knockout.

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American Banker

AUGUST 3, 2023

Critics of the Federal Home Loan banks fundamentally misunderstand the purpose and necessity of the system.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Lucky for us, community bankers know a thing or two about staying the course. From successes in getting the Federal Reserve involved in real-time payments to our ongoing efforts to wake up Washington to credit union injustices, we are present, committed and confirmed in our efforts to level the playing field for community bankers.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The market is now forecasting an additional 1.25% in hikes by early next year. Therefore, every borrower’s best course of action will vary based on specific circumstances. Lenders must recognize that banks are in the business of keeping loans and not making loans. Conclusion.

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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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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The market is now forecasting an additional 1.25% in hikes by early next year. Therefore, every borrower’s best course of action will vary based on specific circumstances. Lenders must recognize that banks are in the business of keeping loans and not making loans. Conclusion.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

That refers in part to stock market volatility that saw markets down nearly a percent on Friday (as measured by the S&P 500 Index). He said that markets will have to price in the virus/recovery scenarios – and noted that “there’s a low probability that this could get much worse.”

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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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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

With the influx of new technologies, the challenge isn’t ‘innovation’ but ‘creativity’—how can banks, at an organizational level, make more creative use of data and technology than their competitors, and how can they help their people become more creative in getting their jobs done.” The how, of course, is tricky.

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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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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It was well received and was recently picked up by a banking school as an elective class. I used the embedded commercial as indicative of the life span of a project at a community bank. This, in my opinion, is an existential threat to the relevance and survival of community banking. Can it be done?

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Of course, he does not say when…The Federal Reserve’s raising of interest rates has been a drag on the economy. Trade wars and tariffs dominated the market discussion in the third quarter with talk quieting down for now. Dorothy has been with Penn Community Bank and its predecessor since November, 2004. Not right now.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

However, of course, it was generative AI that remained at the peak of the hype cycle. Banks will need annual authorization to use the data and will need to “minimize” the data that is being used to just the essential elements, thereby putting a crimp in future bank marketing efforts.

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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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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2010

Community banks tout themselves as better than national and regional banks because of how close they are to their communities. Prior to the bank’s founding, townspeople and businesses turned to the north, Binghamton, for their banking needs. After six months in business, the bank posted profits of $750*.

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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 percent interest rate, while money market accounts return an average 0.21

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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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