Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. Julieann Thurlow, CEO of $730 million-asset Reading Cooperative Bank in Reading, Mass.,

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Community Bank Community Payments Meeting 91

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2021

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Banks are instructed to reference relevant guidance from the agencies that is listed in a footnote.

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Community Bank Community Fintech Company 78

South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

How should community banks target and compare their ROE to the industry and their peer group, and what defines a top-performing bank? Most importantly, is there an ROE level ensuring a bank remains long-term independent and healthy? Bank ROE Historical Performance Total assets for all FDIC-insured institutions was $23.7T

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community Capital Policies 195

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Academy Bank COO Tom Kientz notes that the community bank was eager to expand its deposit and loan services. Looking for an avenue to increase its deposit base, Academy Bank tapped into a market it hadn’t explored before: homeowners associations. Academy Bank in Kansas City, Mo., Photo by Jason Tracy.

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Kansas City Kansas FDIC Community Bank 91

Abrigo

MARCH 3, 2022

In today’s banking world, community banks are focused sharply on shareholders’ expectations for growth in earnings and return on equity. So, how can community banks support earnings and ROE growth in the face of intense regulatory scrutiny and competitive pressures on profitability? Changing Lending Environment.

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Lending Community Marketing Community Bank 195

Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

Experts have highlighted numerous lessons from Southwest’s experience, many of which can benefit bank and credit union executives, regardless of their institution size, as they manage competing priorities for spending and growth initiatives on banking solutions.

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Technology Lending Community Software 195

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“A lot of people have this notion that it will never happen to my business or my bank, because it’s too small,” says Linda Comerford, assistant vice president of incident response and cyber services at AmTrust Financial Services Inc. The bank was only able to get fully up and running after it paid a negotiated ransom.”.

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Montana Policies Resources FDIC 152

Abrigo

JANUARY 8, 2016

The GAO acknowledged that community banks, credit unions and their professional industry associations reported increased compliance burdens and reduced activity in specific business activities, such as certain mortgage lending, as a result of Dodd-Frank. A lengthy report released recently by the U.S.

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Regulation FDIC Survey Community Bank 150

South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2022

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Strategy Community FDIC 195

Abrigo

AUGUST 9, 2017

As CEIS Review Managing Director of Special Projects Elizabeth Williams explains: “Stress testing should help management identify pockets of the portfolio that may be vulnerable to changes in short-term interest rates or deteriorating real estate market conditions.

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Columbus Ohio FDIC Strategy 150

Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

As Cornerstone Managing Director Brad Smith put it, this deal might not get the coverage of Visa/Plaid, but it should, because Galileo is like a mashup of Plaid and Q2’s CorePro if CorePro was extended to payments, lending and investments. million fundraise including community bank participants Bank of St.

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Fintech FDIC Capital Community Bank 109

Celent Banking

JUNE 22, 2017

In retail for example, there have been an abundance of headlines trumpeting the growth of digital commerce alongside struggling same-store sales at brick-and-mortar locations. Dick’s Sporting Goods, for example, announced strong sales growth and plans to add 43 new stores this year. Source: FDIC, Celent analysis.

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Study Community Bank Trends Analysis 125

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. American Bank, National Association.

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Community Bank Community National Philadelphia 172

Abrigo

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. Otherwise, the new loan officer may not, for example, recognize a “ red flag ” only because they weren’t trained to identify it.

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Training Policies Analysis Community Bank 170

NCR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Such banks have found there’s value in having an extra set of eyes from outside their institutions reviewing their work. . Many banks have done the math to determine how much staff they would need to hire, train and manage in order to sell loans that are fully compliant with state and federal regulations and agency and investor guidelines.

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Community Bank Community Guidelines Compliance 49

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Saving money by conducting inside risk management and compliance reviews. As a group, community banks spend substantial funds hiring outside consultants to help with various management functions, and a substantial share of dollars are spent to help oversee their risk management and compliance activities.

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Community Bank Compliance Risk Management Community 70

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

For banks, the opportunity is there to cement the trust of their customers during uncertain times that have made individuals increasingly uncertain about personal health, job security, paychecks and even whether the money they have in the accounts is safe and sound. If you talk to a consumer, most of them want to make money on their money.”.

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Fintech Innovation Digital Banking FDIC 236

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements.

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Compliance Regulation Community Bank Community 101

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. MOXY Bank, for example, aims to introduce corporate treasury management services, as well as offerings for small business (SMB) owners.

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Community Bank Community FDIC Marketing 122

Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 29, 2016

I recently spoke at a Financial Managers' Society (FMS) breakfast meeting on this subject and thought I would share my comments with you. For example, deposit operations' expense as a percent of deposits should decline as the bank grows. Loan servicing expense as a percent of the loan portfolio should do the same.

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Training FDIC Community Resources 60

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., Real-world testing. “I

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Tools Community Community Bank Security 70

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., Real-world testing. “I

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Tools Community Community Bank Security 70

CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade association representing community banks, endorses the clear, unambiguous standard set forth in the Proposed Rule. By contrast, all 26 House Financial Services Committee Republicans wrote the OCC and the FDIC in support of the rulemaking.

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Lending Colorado FDIC National 60

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Takeaway 3 Community banks have seen less volatility in noninterest income, and many are still eyeing growth across the category. Noninterest income can be broken down into service charges (and fee income) on deposit accounts , trading revenue, investment banking activities, and the catch-all, other. Types of Noninterest Income.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community FDIC Trends 195

Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Stress testing & deposit strategies in the spotlight The failure of Silicon Valley Bank offers other financial institutions the chance to reassess their approaches to and management of interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and credit risk. Liquidity makes the banking wheels go around.

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Strategy Lending Security Analysis 195