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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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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South State Correspondent

MARCH 6, 2023

Credits will deteriorate much faster if an economic downturn stresses net operating income (NOI). 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. debt yield ratio ($135k divided by $1.5mm).

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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. Increasing lifetime value was a common discussion with every bank. However, banks differed in how to get there.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We asked community banks how they’re dealing with the resulting shifts in their employment models. Before remote work was an emergency measure to keep employees safe from a devastating virus, it was a perk some community banks offered to retain and attract talent. One bank that is not turning back. WesBanco, Inc.

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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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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

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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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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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In this feature, we’ll look at a number of ways you can continue to build trust—an especially crucial task as the pandemic continues, telecommuting persists and consumer banking practices evolve. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank.

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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

JULY 3, 2020

As many teams within businesses big and small had continued to rely on paper and manual processes, AP operations were tasked with migrating to a work-from-home environment quickly. Of course, what the pandemic also proved is that future-proofing isn’t always entirely possible. ” Offering the Right Tools. .

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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. American Bank, National Association. First Southern Bank.

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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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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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. However, of course, it was generative AI that remained at the peak of the hype cycle.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 27, 2016

A freefall that shattered millions of families’ lives and futures, along with hundreds of steadfast community banks on Main Street. The freefall that brought on the harsh regulatory backlash that, while annoyingly untidy for Wall Street, leaves community banks crushed and reeling to this day. Let’s move on.

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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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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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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2022

Optimizing capital is important because it provides institutions with the ability and freedom to deploy capital for developing new products and new markets, addressing regulatory issues or navigating shifts in the macroeconomic environment. See the PDF: Section 2040, page 265.)

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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. So will continuing to operate "as is" work infinitum? FIs are not like speed boats, where the driver can change course on a dime. I hear and read this often. I doubt it.

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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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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2023

Last week ( HERE ), we looked at how deposit account tiering is used, some of the objectives that banks might employ, and the effectiveness of tiering in total. As discussed last week, many banks tier without objective, without data, and without supportive marketing, thus rendering the methodology worthless and possibly hurtful.

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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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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Increasingly, more digitally connected consumers are saying yes to that question with their community bank. Some even assume their bank will interact with them however and whenever they want. For many community banks, telephone calls still generate the highest volumes of customer service interactions.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

We have poured through the recent 2Q earnings releases, spoken with a rash of institutional bank investors, traded thoughts with analysts, and compiled the following list of concerns that bank stakeholders (employees, shareholders, vendors, and regulators) now have. The Single Change in Messaging To Improve Your Bank Multiple.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

The regulators have been looking at cryptocurrency operators – and in the United States, at least, are firing shots across the regulatory bow. In addition, the regulator charged, the three operators broke laws governing commodity trading. For example, South Korea and China have set sights on their respective cryptocurrency markets.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. or largely focused on the domestic banking market. So here’s your head start on finding some banking podcasts that might work for you. Banking Resources.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Among the numerous ways small businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, the sudden race to launch online operations has been among the most profound — and may ultimately be among the most long-lasting changes to the SMB community. “It does seem absolutely logical, up until the point that you start calculating costs.”

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

To move a B2B transaction from one market to another, the global interbanking system is far from a perfect strategy, though it remains the standard in cross-border payments. ” The use of ACH isn’t nearly that high, of course. “How do we help these particular farmers and growers drive down the 4 percent, 4.25

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The labor market has also improved, with unemployment declining and job growth picking up. Overall, the US economy is on a path of recovery, but the pace and strength of the recovery will depend on the course of the pandemic and the success of vaccination efforts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Earlier in June, for instance, payment company PayFi and The Clearing House (TCH) partnered to bring real-time payment technologies to community banks. Of course, progress on real-time payments continues — it seems almost certain that the trend will keep gaining steam.

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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. Bank security. Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering. Compliance.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials.

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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. It could arguably be deemed a feat of investing prowess and market prescience to not only manage well in this market, but thrive in it.

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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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