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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. This is strong evidence that community banks are pricing to an arbitrary minimum credit spread in this set of loans.

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

Abrigo

To continue the series, weā€™ll look at a different type of risk addressed in asset/liability management : liquidity risk. At a reasonable costā€ is the key to this definition. ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management. What is our response if we see problems coming?

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How to create a credit risk rating system

Abrigo

For banks and credit unions, a popular tool to monitor credit risk is a standardized risk rating system, which can serve several purposes. They can also form the basis for broader risk management practices ā€“ for instance, setting the reserve, stress testing the loan portfolio , setting risk appetites and strategic planning.

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