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The Difference Between a Community Bank and a Big Bank

Jeff For Banks

I recently spoke to a community group, and subsequently a community bank all-staff meeting regarding the definition of a community bank. The FDIC has defined community banks in their December 2020 Community Banking Report that either exclude or include the following criteria: Seems complicated.

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Community Banks, Where Moving Beyond Interest IncomeĀ Is In The (Credit) Cards

PYMNTS

Think of banking and you might think of lending and deposits, where firms make money on the spread between what they pay savers and what they take in from borrowers. But banks cannot live on interest alone. Additional financial products and services must round out traditional banking activities.

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How to Practice Loan Pricing Discipline

South State Correspondent

Community bankers need to practice realistic loan pricing discipline. However, we need to understand the meaning of pricing discipline and its effect on community bank performance. Bankers need to manage credit relationships to ROA/ROE and not credit spreads. Why do banks use RAROC loan pricing models?

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ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management-Part 4: Liquidity Risk

Abrigo

ALM & Measuring Liquidity Risk at Banks and Credit Unions Regulatory agencies expect financial institutions to manage liquidity risk using processes and systems commensurate with the complexity, risk profile, and scope of operations. At a reasonable costā€ is the key to this definition.

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Regulators share proposed changes to HVCRE guidance

Abrigo

During a Sageworks webinar on HVCRE risk management Rob Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, explained that clarifications on some of the murkier aspects of the HVCRE (high volatility commercial real estate) rule were anticipated by the industry.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customersā€™ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. Bob Hickok.

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Digital Signatures Today

Independent Banker

Today, many community banks are exploring how to ā€œgo paperlessā€ā€”whether for cost reasons, a better customer experience or a deliberate outreach to a younger, technology-oriented demographic. Easier access and affordability of digital signature creates an opportunity for growth-oriented, competitive community banks.