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The top lending & credit risk blogs of the year

Abrigo

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

While interest rate risk caused the most significant impact on value, several other factors contributed to the terminality of each bank that was closed. This article highlights ten not-so-evident lessons of the banking crisis that every banker must consider going forward. This is compared to about 40% at most banks.

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Evaluate New Core Providers With Successful Vendor Management

Independent Banker

Generally, off-the-shelf core solutions won’t work for every bank. You need something that fits and adapts to your needs, and sets your business up for growth. Ensure your provider is working to keep your products current with ongoing development and using your bank’s input to drive the enhancements process. . link] .

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Budget Surplus? 5 Ways to Invest in Your Financial Institution with This Year’s Excess Budget

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Signing up for 2022 conferences is another smart use of surplus budget funds, because some events are offering early-bird discounts. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 Beef up your loan pricing strategy. Options for Excess Funds. billion from $515.3

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Top Banking Challenges: Finding Growth in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

Independent Banker Survey. Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success.

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The Ballad of the Small Banker: An SBA Lender’s Experience with PPP Loans

FICO

The media has been giving banks a lot of bad press for how the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was handled. While small businesses are scrambling to obtain emergency funding, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed some of the shortcomings of the big bank system. This is the story and timeline of a small banker’s experience with PPP loans.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. But how far are they willing to go to do their banking on small mobile devices? So where do ballyhooed mobile banking and payments developments among the biggest players leave community banks?

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