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How the OCC risk governance framework applies to community banks

Abrigo

In September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published final guidelines designed to “strengthen the governance and risk management practices of large financial institutions.” While the final guidance clearly applies to larger financial institutions, community banks should still take note.

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How to reduce the regulatory burden on community banks

Abrigo

In recent months, the momentum around reducing the regulatory burden on the nation’s community banks has continued to gain steam. There are more than 6,000 banks and thrifts under $10 billion in assets and they are often less equipped to deal with complexities brought by additional regulations.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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Why now is the time to update your bank’s corporate governance

Independent Banker

During the pandemic, many community banks needed to change how they operated. For this and other reasons, now is a good time to review and refresh articles, bylaws and committee charters to ensure resilience and bolster risk management. But if they see it as a risk management tool, it’s a game changer.

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Supervisory Perspective

Independent Banker

“I know that unnecessary regulation saps the strength of community banks.” Federal banking regulators are always alert to emerging safety and soundness issues. So our examiners will be vigilant in evaluating credit risk, and banks of all sizes should be as well. Curry, U.S. Comptroller of the currency.

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Non-Maturity Deposits – A New Machined Learned Framework For ALM

South State Correspondent

Banks take a pool from 2018, as an example, and then track runoff to the present. Utilizing this straightforward linear regression and decay analysis, you get something close to the profile below for the average community bank in the U.S.: This reduces the duration of these non-maturity deposits.

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Bank IT Spending – Use These Metrics to Improve Performance

South State Correspondent

It can be a major driver of value, and banks must look at IT spending from a defensive view to include basic infrastructure building, cybersecurity, and risk management AND a revenue-building exercise driving new product development, the customer experience, and operational leverage.

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