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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

PYMNTS

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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Relationship Pricing is Key to Performance

South State Correspondent

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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The Recency Trap and Building Deposit Balances

South State Correspondent

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.” There is a reason for this.

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How Banks Use Debt Yield Ratio For Underwriting

South State Correspondent

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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Helping Small FIs Make Banking Services As Seamless As Taking An Uber

PYMNTS

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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These Are Your Most Profitable Cash Management Clients

South State Correspondent

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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How To Improve Uninsured Deposit Performance

South State Correspondent

Non-interest-bearing accounts, of course, have much longer average lives, while CDs have much shorter average lives. For example, while banks in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. This is one of the great mysteries of community banking.

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