ABA Community Banking

JUNE 15, 2021

The FDIC proposed changes to its guidelines for real estate lending policies in order to align standards with the community bank leverage ratio, which does not require electing institutions to calculate tier 2 capital or total capital.

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FDIC Lending Guidelines Community Bank 51

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2018

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

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FDIC Community Lending Guidelines 68

NCR

AUGUST 31, 2016

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. Banks that choose to do so, however, face another challenge. Outsourcing loan QC is not for everybody.

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Community Bank Community Guidelines Compliance 49

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. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3 percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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Training Policies Analysis Community Bank 170

Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2020

Steve Domine, President of Minnesota Community Banking and Senior Vice President of Lending at Stearns Bank, explained during a recent Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) webinar that his bank sought both inside and outside counsel to understand the SBA rulings.

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Lending Capital Minnesota FDIC 195

Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. We perform this service for dozens of community banks. Last December, Astoria Financial Corp.

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Lending Regulation Community Community Bank 60

Jeff For Banks

JULY 16, 2011

Bank equity is the primary buffer against loan losses. In the post, Mr. Johnson states "The problem is that some community banks do not have big enough loss-absorbing buffers — the role that bank equity plays." The context was bank failure risk is mitigated by FDIC insurance. Certainly equity plays the role.

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Capital FDIC Guidelines Regulation 67