CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The FDIC has issued a request for information that seeks comment on how the FDIC can make its communications with insured depository institutions (IDIs) “more effective, streamlined, and clear.” The RFI contains specific questions on which the FDIC seeks input that address three topics: efficiency, ease of access, and content.

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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? Community banks (assets under $10B) composed 14.3% as of Q1/23.

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Community Bank Community Capital Policies 195

Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

He exemplifies the best of next generation bank leadership, with eyes wide open to the next iteration of banking in our rapidly changing environment. 1/ @Schornack At the end of July 2013, we invested $1.8MM to buy 49% of Flagship Financial Group, Inc. It was so awesome I asked if I can reprint here. million in assets and $233.7

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Community Bank Community Minnesota Metro 78

American Banker

APRIL 28, 2024

is arguing that Colorado has the right to establish an interest rate cap that all state-chartered banks must follow. Three industry groups are suing the state in an effort to stop its attempted crackdown. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The banking industry’s cost of funds (COF) is highly correlated to short-term interest rates. However, as of Q2/22, the average community bank’s COF has risen only a few basis points. The COF over the past five quarters is shown for three asset peer groups: banks under $1B (3.5k

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Community Bank Community Industry Online 195

South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

The failure of SVB is the first example we can recall since the Savings and Loan crisis, where a bank failed mainly because of a duration mismatch between assets and deposits. On the liability side of SVB’s $173B in deposits at the end of 2022, approximately 97% were uninsured and above the $250k in FDIC protection threshold.

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Risk Management Management Community Bank Community 221

Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

The average 5-year total return for this group was 320%. Recall from the Top 5 post that I screened for low trading volume banks. The average 5-year total return for the group below was -31%. The average board size for this group was 12, and the average age was 66. Frequently asked. Seldom answered. See for yourself.

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Community Bank Community FDIC Dallas 60

Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

The average 5-year total return for this group was 320%. Recall from the Top 5 post that I screened for low trading volume banks. The average 5-year total return for the group below was -31%. The average board size for this group was 12, and the average age was 66. Frequently asked. Seldom answered. See for yourself.

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Community Bank Community FDIC Dallas 60

Jeff For Banks

MAY 7, 2016

Recently a former bank director and active bank stock investor asked me about the rise of FinTechs and how it impacts community banks. I think technology firms are going to change banking forever. But the death of the community bank is exaggerated. Banks have customer trust. FinTechs are not.

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Community Bank Community Fintech FDIC 60

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

banks and credit unions (CUs) have signed on to offer checking and savings accounts through Google Pay. BankMobile, BBVA USA, BMO Harris, The Coastal Community Bank, First Independence Bank (a federally designated minority depository institution) and SEFCU will join Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union in the offering beginning next year.

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Google Digital Banking Pennsylvania FDIC 239

Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. Name: Locality Bank. Keith Costello, Locality Bank. “We

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Florida Community Bank Community FDIC 91

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.

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Community Bank Strategy Community FDIC 195

NCR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Aware of the disruptive changes in how banking products and services are delivered, community banks continue adopting new technologies to keep up with competition and customers’ demand. Will a mobile banking app really help to solve community banks’ challenges or is it just a waste of money?

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Community Bank Community Mobile Rhode Island 40

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

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

ILCs are used to form industrial loan companies, better known as industrial banks. An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956.

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Industry Fintech FDIC Community Bank 108

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The news comes as five federal agencies spoke in October on how credit unions, as well as community banks, can share resources to make BSA compliance streamlined and bolster AML efforts. FDIC) and the Comptroller of the Currency were involved in the discussion.

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American Banker

APRIL 5, 2016

In an interview, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg said the FDIC will work with banking groups, state commissioners and others to help foster the growth of new banking charters.

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FDIC Groups Community Bank Community 28

American Banker

APRIL 5, 2016

In an interview, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg said the FDIC will work with banking groups, state commissioners and others to help foster the growth of new banking charters.

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FDIC Groups Community Bank Community 28

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) recently sent a letter to Powell raising this concern, noting that the Fed’s “anemic scrutiny of applications for mergers and acquisitions [M&A] raises concerns that [it] may oversee a wave of bank consolidation to the detriment of consumers and the financial system.”

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Marketing Community Community Bank Industry 108

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

“The bill also gives regulators more discretion in deciding when to require stress tests of capital adequacy for banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets in the event of another crisis,” according to a summary of the bill in MarketWatch. PIRG, a group of state-based public interest research groups.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Which is a bit of a problem, since there are objectively fewer banks now than there were even five years ago. According to the FDIC, banking branches are at their lowest level in a decade with only 93,283 left open. Physical banks reportedly hit their peak in 2009 and have declined 6 percent since then.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 20, 2020

FFIEC : On June 5, 2020, the members of the FFIEC (FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), CFPB, NCUA and the State Liaison Committee) issued an unprecedented statement on the importance of financial inclusion. On July 23, 2020, the FDIC released a podcast entitled “The Role of Minority Banks.” banking system.

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Regulation FDIC Community Lending 78

NCR

AUGUST 31, 2016

The FDIC has issued several Financial Institution Letters (FILS) regarding third party risk that addresses offshoring risk. For example, they must ensure that vendor partners meet rigid requirements for network and physical security. I always tell our clients that they can outsource the work, but they can never outsource the responsibility.

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Community Bank Community Guidelines Compliance 49

Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? In many respects, community banks were caught in the cross-fire through the purchase of those mbs instruments – and subsequent trial through public sentiment. We took a serious reputational hit.

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FDIC Community Bank Regulation Lending 78

American Banker

APRIL 16, 2021

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Virginia FDIC Groups Community Bank 39

Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

An interview with Paul McGuire, ICBA’s executive vice president, national solutions group. These institutions are comprised of Subchapter C corporations, Subchapter S corporations, mutual banks, savings banks and closely held family banks. Community Bank Career Center. Community Bank Locator.

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Resources Tools Community Bank Community 70

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

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. Community banks often already have the expertise handy in-house, they say.

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Community Bank Compliance Risk Management Community 70

Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2021

A bank trade association CEO asked me a couple of questions while he was researching an op-ed piece. Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? The edited Q&A is below.

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Regulation Indiana Charlotte Community Bank 78

Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2015

Sure, if you cite studies that say these banks' loan books are predominantly small, as the FDIC measures them. So the bank necessarily hunts for smaller relationships. I'm also skeptical that small community banks in general are financing startup businesses.

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FDIC Capital Community Bank Lending 60

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB) Here is this year's list: #1. The bank consists of two segments: 1) the traditional community bank, and 2) CCBX, which is its Banking as a Service (BaaS) division started in 2018. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. Nasdaq: MCBS) #3.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Community Community Bank 78

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Awareness of elder financial abuse is growing, and community bankers are often relied upon as the front line of defense in the protection of their customers, including as providers of crime prevention education and information. It has been used by financial institutions in an effort to address lending, investments or service credit.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Though new bank formation slowed somewhat in 2023, with only five de novos opening, the stage appears set for a more active year in 2024 with a number of groups working toward a charter.

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Groups FDIC Community Bank Industry 36

American Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A $35 million capital bump from a once-hostile investor group may have helped the Philadelphia bank avoid collapse. Still, it reported $30 million of quarterly operating losses and heavy securities risk in a recently filed call report.

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Philadelphia Capital Groups Security 36

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

American Banker

MAY 20, 2020

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency watered down numeric metrics that some groups blasted and allowed more institutions to opt out of the new regime. But whether the agency has won over any detractors remains to be seen.

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Groups FDIC Community Bank Community 94

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today the bank has more than 100 offices in seven states. It''s growth since 2010 has been fueled by seven purchases of failed banks. This has led to $863 million of covered loans (loss share arrangements with FDIC), and a yield on such loans of 8.69%, according to its latest investor presentation.

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