South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

Several measurable factors drive loan (and, by extension, bank) profitability, including loan size, credit quality, term, cross-sell, and upsell. In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

While marketplace lending platforms and alternative finance players first surfaced to compete with traditional financial institutions (FIs), many large banks have now realized that collaborating with these companies is the way to better service SMBs — and without the added investment in developing proprietary systems.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 30, 2023

Many banks pride themselves on superior customer service, and approximately 90% of all community banks believe that they provide an above-average level of customer service (the math cannot work that way). The graph below shows the industry ROE and ROA from 1984 to 2021.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

China’s community banks are raising new fears over the health of the industry after auditor Ernst & Young resigned from its work with regional bank Bank of Jinzhou. Reports said the decision for EY to quit is the latest event to raise concerns over China’s community banking sector.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 18, 2023

We concluded that the market does not adequately compensate banks for credit and interest rate risks. Top-performing community banks deploy relationship banking. We define relationship banking as a model focused on a consultative banking approach. uses at our bank.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Rapid consolidation in the banking industry is creating a growing band of regional banks that find themselves stuck in a solution provider market that isn’t fully capable of serving them. As banks have consolidated, so have the technology partners serving them.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Community bankers need to practice realistic loan pricing discipline. However, we need to understand the meaning of pricing discipline and its effect on community bank performance. This is strong evidence that community banks are pricing to an arbitrary minimum credit spread in this set of loans.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 10, 2022

All domestic systemically important banking organizations and most large regional banks engage in some form of FTP practices and building blocks. However, over the years, there has been considerable debate at community banks on how to implement the principles of FTP to various balance sheet accounts like loans and deposits.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

In two recent articles, we reviewed the banking industry’s deposit behavior with regard to cost of funding earning assets (COF) ( HERE ), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle ( HERE ). How Interest Rates Will Impact Your Bank.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 30, 2022

Community banks pride themselves on superior customer service. Approximately 90% of all community banks believe that they provide an above-average level of customer service (of course, the math cannot work that way, as half of all banks should be providing a below-average level of customer service).

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Takeaway 3 With effective technology, the bank can continue to grow its portfolio without necessarily adding staff. Funding Managing through many issues Executive leaders of small community financial institutions face complex issues, considering the economic environment and ongoing industry and regulatory changes.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Community banks refine their products and services to compete for better borrowing relationships – the better borrowing relationships are associated with better credit quality, meaningful cross-sell opportunities, acceptable margins and fee income, and higher return on equity (ROE).

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In this article, we discuss cash management profitability and rank the most profitable industries for banks to go after. We ranked the Top 20 Deposit-Rich Industries ( HERE ). However, these are two different clients, and it merits a proactive choice by the bank of which of these two clients you should pursue.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

The lack of relationship between NIM and ROA results from the other factors that are more important to bank profitability, such as loan credit quality, loan size, and relationship value. Location – Because most banks take on the profitability of an area, geography matters. Operating Leverage – Scale matters.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

With 100+ public banks reporting, we have more than a representative sample to see 2Q 2022 bank earnings trends and derive some operational insights on bank performance. In this article, we put some data behind the trends and provide optimal targets to help you run your bank more successfully.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Payment company PayFi and The Clearing House (TCH) have partnered to bring real-time payments technologies to the community banks on PayFi’s Branch99TM Real-Time Platform, according to a release. “We We are in the middle of an unprecedented disruption in the banking and payments industries,” PayFi Head of Growth Peter Gordon said.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

This Community Banking Month, I invite you to try something new to spread your story. Share a new development, community project or initiative. As community bankers, we know relationships matter. I’m headed to Memphis to meet with our state and regional partners, and then I’ll be engaging with the team at CRA Partners.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. We spoke with four community banks in the southern half of Texas to learn how they are serving this buzzing region. By Mindy Charski.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

The company revealed that David Kowach has been named head of Community Banking, while Jim Hays has come onboard as president and head of Wells Fargo Advisors. Kowach has more than 28 years in the financial services industry, most with Wells Fargo Advisors, where he was most recently president and head.

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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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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2017

Stress testing, especially for community banks, can be challenging because of the lack of specific methodologies and practices recommended by regulators. But banks need to take that first step. Regulators are encouraging banks to look at their commercial real estate (CRE) portfolios in greater detail.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Trying to manage this fast-paced environment with annual plans, static operating budgets and gatekeeping project management offices is proving too slow and clunky for an industry that has innovators delivering new apps at 10x the pace of traditional banks. That’s the new DNA we need to increase across the banking industry.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? Total commercial and industrial (C&I) loans across all 6,600+ U.S. banks is up $157 billion from the same period in 2013. Blog Bank' Specifically for businesses, are commercial loans on the rise?

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

ICBA inaugurated its Community Banker of the Year award program this year to recognize the exceptional work of the individual employees of ICBA member community banks. The association accepted nominations online throughout the month of September, allowing anyone to recommend a community banker for consideration.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Community banks (under $10 billion in assets) and regional banks (between $10 and $50 billion) represent 21 percent and nine percent, respectively. Commercial and industrial (C&I) and commercial real estate (CRE) loans comprise 22 percent and 20 percent, respectively.

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Cisco

JANUARY 10, 2023

As a change agent serving the financial services industry for over 20 years, it is a great privilege to collaborate with Bank, Insurance, and Wealth Management institutions to devise and execute digital transformation strategy, solve complex business problems, and leverage technology to strengthen business results.

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American Banker

JUNE 6, 2023

Bankers and a key government supervisor say the downfalls of multiple regional lenders reminded regulators that traditional M&A is better for the industry than failed-bank-deals.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The need to reduce cost, the move to instant payments, and the need to deliver more unique products and services are all driving this effort at credit unions, community banks, and mid-sized banks. Helping small businesses with their cash flow is currently the most significant arms race in banking.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. Other industry data further illustrates the issue. Deposit Trends.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

The edge mid-sized and community banks have historically had on the big guys is that they put a face to banking. Today, though, FinTech has changed the game, and new customer demands could be taking away community banks’ leg-up on their largest peers. Power report on retail banking in the U.S.,

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Maybe instead of Acquire or Be Acquired, this conference should be called Evolve or Be Acquired,” observed Eric Sprink, CEO of Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash., and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). Make no mistake, there is no going back to traditional banking. price/book multiple.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2018

I am proud of what ICBA has accomplished over its 88-year history and optimistic about what the future holds for community banks. I’m honored to be part of that future and look forward to leading ICBA as we write the next chapter of the community bank story. Now, the future is ours for the taking. Mission: Flourish.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

“A cooperative model that helps improve the member experience while benefitting all credit unions is the ideal approach to ensuring the next wave of financial innovation for the credit union industry,” said John Ainsworth, CEO and president of CULedger.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. The industry lacks an efficient tech ecosystem. Banks have not sufficiently built next generation I.T. Bankers shouldn’t feel smug merely pointing the finger at vendors.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 9, 2022

Bank executives should take these new deals’ valuations as a sign that the free market sees the future of finance as unbundled from the traditional industry structure. Let’s be clear Gonzobankers, these deals are NOT about massive numbers of bank core replacements. Let’s take a closer look at each deal: Finxact Goes To Fiserv.

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American Banker

JUNE 1, 2016

Community banks are doing very well, thank you very much, Mr. Dimon. The Wall Street Journal's ongoing series on the banking industry looks at the state of community banking, and pronounces the sector healthy, but facing serious issues. … Receiving Wide Coverage. Return to Form?:

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

The MOU dictates that the banks will train FinTech startups with an eye on cross-border transactions. Deputy Managing Director of MAS Jacqueline Loh said the relationship demonstrates a FinTech that may extend to other countries in the ASEAN region.

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