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Community Banks Aim To Amplify Competitive Edge With FinTechs

PYMNTS

With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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2020 CRE Outlook: Trends Expected to Shape Commercial Real Estate Lending

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Commercial real estate lending will be a top focus for many financial institutions in 2020. Nearly half of survey respondents (48%) said CRE would have the top focus for growth in their banks’ loan portfolios. CRE Lending. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. Learn more. Learn More.

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Pulling Off Inside Jobs

Independent Banker

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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Digital Disruption

Independent Banker

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. This is why ICBA and community banks must continue to push consistent regulation of bank and nonbank financial service providers.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2022 Edition

Jeff For Banks

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. Prior to starting CCBX and for the year ended 2017, the Company had $806 million in total assets and $5.4 million in net income for an ROA of 0.73%.

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CECL implementation: Survey shows where peers are as 2023 nears

Abrigo

“They’re all three right,” Moore said, adding that choices institutions make during implementation will affect whether the reserve stays the same, goes up, or goes down compared to their present allowance for loan and lease losses levels. For community banks specifically, they’re already reserving for a lifetime of credit losses,” he said.

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Addressing Elder Abuse

Independent Banker

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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