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 using that six-month lag.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

2/ @Schornack The primary asset of the organization was Flagship Bank Minnesota, a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender with two locations in the Twin Cities Metro Area. 3/ @Schornack The bank was under a cease and desist order and struggling with a high level of troubled assets. I suggest following Andy on Twitter.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). Equally important is the bank’s securities duration, as shown in the graph below.

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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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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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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

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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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. Good times.

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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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Celent Banking

JUNE 22, 2017

The branch boom in the US has been at the hands of large banks. A historic look at the number of bank branches by asset tier makes this clear. Source: FDIC, Celent analysis. In both community banks and credit unions, the trends have been modestly upward over the past several years.

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NCR

AUGUST 31, 2016

For these banks, it makes sense to outsource the loan QC function as well. Larger banks, on the other hand, are generally better equipped to handle loan QC internally. Yet many do not—which leads us to our second factor. For example, they must ensure that vendor partners meet rigid requirements for network and physical security.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. With clearance to move forward with its plans, the community banking landscape will see its first new industry player in years.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 9, 2017

Cecil commented, “These tests have provided us the ability to look at loan migration over time and see how things change from a stress standpoint.” Like First City Bank, financial institutions can use the results of this type of stress testing to understand potential risk migration and to develop better risk rating strategies.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2020

We don’t have to hold more capital against these loans, which is an interesting way to make the availability of this a little better, but it’s going to cost us some money to put these on the books,” explained Dave Koch, Managing Director of Advisory Services at Abrigo, during a recent podcast. The PPP is still rapidly unfolding.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As a point of reference, the S&P US BMI Bank Total Return Index for the five years ended December 9, 2022 was -1.21%. 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. billion of total assets, $36.7

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

If you talk to a bank CEO, they will tell you that most of them want to grow deposits, unless you are big enough that you worry about allocating capital. HMBradley offers FDIC-insured accounts through Hatch Bank based in California, and rates of about 3 percent on its savings accounts.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

There are a lot of crazy ideas out there in banking causing us to think. That's what I thought about while reading a recent Financial Brand post about Innovation in Banking: Killer Ideas? Six years ago I asked in a blog post Will Plain Vanilla Kill Community Banking ? Did I get caught up in the change-or-die crowd?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

recorded its fourth bank failure this year — the first collapse of financial institutions since 2017, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp ( FDIC ). 1 when City National Bank of New Jersey closed its three branches with assets of about $120.6 Resolute Bank in Maumee, Ohio closed on Oct.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

It was a prescient move for Hartings and the $450 million-asset community bank, which comfortably weathered the downturn even though residential mortgages are its biggest business line—but not everyone appreciated Hartings’ common-sense approach at the time. “It Jack got us through that just fine. Membership-Marketing.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 29, 2016

For example, deposit operations' expense as a percent of deposits should decline as the bank grows. I recently mentioned to a community bank management team that community financial institutions are slower to close branches because their decision making goes beyond the spreadsheet and market potential.

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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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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. This is compared to about 40% at most banks. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 22, 2014

Mid-size banks are in the proverbial catbird seat – they can offer most of the products and sophistication of the top national banks combined with the service culture, community involvement, and local market knowledge of a smaller community bank. Best Practices Strategy'

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

Around the Table—Wisconsin community bankers work with legislative staff members on Capitol Hill during ICBA’s Washington Policy Summit. Keeping community banking interests front and center. Support those who support us. 812) and the Community Bank Access to Capital Act (H.R. By Courtney Schoenborn.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. American Bank, National Association. First Southern Bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Three Small US Banks Collapse Over Past Month. recorded its fourth bank failure this year — the first collapse of financial institutions since 2017, per Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) data. 1 when City National Bank of New Jersey closed its three branches. The most recent failure was on Nov.

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Historic collapse SVB is different from other financial institutions The FDIC closure and assumption of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the largest bank failure since 2008 – is a stark reminder that when a crisis occurs, it can spread as fast as a wildfire in dry fields with a strong wind.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 29, 2014

These services are provided through a variety of delivery systems including automated teller machines, private banking, telephone banking and Internet banking. We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve. We focus our marketing efforts in three areas.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Jim McAlpin from Bryan Cave LLP noted that the bulk of regulatory relief would come through a more rational examination process from the Fed, OCC and FDIC – clearly welcome news for those who fell victim to armies of examiners in conference rooms over the past decade. #2: 2018 Strategies for Bank Execs. 2: The Bulls. Related Videos.

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