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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

How can community financial institutions thrive in 2021? Community banks provide unique and important banking services for their customers, but they also face significant obstacles. Takeaway 1 Community banks play an important role in the economy and their communities, but they face significant obstacles.

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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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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.

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Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers

ABA Community Banking

Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

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

Jeff For Banks

The first bank to crack the Top 5 over $50 billion did so in 2020. As a reference, the best SIFI bank in five-year total return this year was JPMorgan Chase at 82nd overall. My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. billion of total assets, $36.7

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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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Deposits: Do you want a relationship or fries with that?

Jeff For Banks

This line of reasoning centers on cost of deposits and equates high-cost deposits with less loyal customers… commonly referred to as “hot money”. Internet depositors most likely have no affinity for the bank in which they do business. We certainly don’t need 8,000 banks in such an environment.

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