Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Fraud and cyber attacks are on the rise, and at great expense to the industry. Community banks have a choice about addressing the problem: Remain vulnerable or be vigilant. Fraud and cybercrimes continue to increase, causing challenges for community banks. Here are some ideas for strengthening fraud defenses.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 19, 2024

The Importance of Cross-selling and Upselling Studies conducted on banking relationships find that the most profitable commercial clients at banks buy more than one product at those banks, and there is a strong positive correlation between profitability and number of products sold and the bank’s size of customer wallet.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 11, 2014

In September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published final guidelines designed to “strengthen the governance and risk management practices of large financial institutions.” While the final guidance clearly applies to larger financial institutions, community banks should still take note.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists?

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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Abrigo

JUNE 8, 2017

To ensure that underwriting and portfolio management satisfy regulatory expectations as well as industry best practices 2. To provide bank management and the board with an objective assessment of credit quality and ongoing portfolio management 3.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The banking industry has seen a steady stream of media attention since 2008, much of it in the form of stories about data breaches linked to major retailers or mega banks’ profits. Risk management issues were also a high-ranking hurdle to growing banks, with 26 percent calling it a concern for 2015.

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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

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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Jack Henry

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Fintech providers play an important role in the financial services industry. Banks and credit unions rely heavily on fintechs to sustain compliant efficient operations, process payments and other data, protect information and deliver service to customers in a variety of ways.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The current yield curve presents various challenges for community bankers for revenue generation and risk management. In this article, we will outline the significance of the yield curve shape and what it may portend for community banks. This level of inversion has not happened in the last 30 years.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 23, 2014

But how can this growth be managed appropriately? CEIS Review , a New York-based bank consulting firm, highlights the shift in a recent article. Community banks certainly want to remain conservative with risks and follow regulations.

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. They help manage and shape strategy in volatile economic and industry conditions. the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) and the minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio).

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2023

Rising funding costs and decreasing liquidity at community banks are causing managers to change pricing methodology for new credits. This makes some sense, as in other industries, if your input pricing goes up, you often adjust your end pricing. However, pricing to the competition is the worst pricing choice for banks.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Early adopters are earning prestige while investors and a hoard of community banks explore the opportunity to tap into this new source of revenue. From an income perspective, BaaS partner banks create a new revenue stream that has shown to increase non-interest-income, ROA and ROE. assets, citing high NIE.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 28, 2023

Deep expertise in sound business lending has value , which showed up in the market both directly helping community banks and through partnerships. As an industry observer, the relationship Baker Hill built up with Fiserv over the last several years really had my attention because I saw the mutual need and benefit.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

The root cause of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure is poor risk management – plain and simple. Bankers need to understand and manage their business on the fair value of assets and liabilities instead of managing their business on net interest margin and the amortized historical cost of assets and liabilities.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. This reflects a larger industry trend. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket.

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Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

You might also like this whitepaper, "Best practices for purchasing bank or credit union software" DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 As Southwest Airlines learned, technology shortcomings create enormous costs in the short-term and in the future. Possible recession Shouldn’t financial institutions reduce expenses? But experts say that would be a mistake.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

It also aimed to capture the gaming market with its Professional Poker Banking Program, which is open to players who have participated in at least one of the World Series of Poker tournaments. Professional players’ finances can be unpredictable and can bring increased regulatory scrutiny, making this a market many banks won’t touch.

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ForwardBanker

DECEMBER 6, 2017

It’s the role of a CEO in any industry to manage necessary business risks and eliminate unnecessary ones. Financial institution CEOs have to do so in an environment that’s fraught with risk from multiple sources. PWC’s 20th CEO Survey illustrates the worries financial industry CEOs.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2022

For banks and credit unions, a popular tool to monitor credit risk is a standardized risk rating system, which can serve several purposes. They can also form the basis for broader risk management practices – for instance, setting the reserve, stress testing the loan portfolio , setting risk appetites and strategic planning.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Measuring Interest Rate Risk Can Vary by Institution Interest rate risk measurement plays a key role in ensuring an institution's safety and soundness. Would you like other articles on asset/liability management in your inbox? FDIC) noted in its 2021 Risk Review. Credit Risk Management. Learn More.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

Other advisors and trade groups have written plenty on how bankers should not behave on social media, describing some of the risks involved in unmonitored activity. 2) @GonzoBanker – Cornerstone Advisors’ totally opinionated take on technologies, strategies, vendors and “anything else we run across in the trenches of the banking industry.”

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 6, 2017

During a Sageworks webinar on HVCRE risk management Rob Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, explained that clarifications on some of the murkier aspects of the HVCRE (high volatility commercial real estate) rule were anticipated by the industry.

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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. Once they run buzzwords and innovations through management’s “B.S.

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Abrigo

MARCH 23, 2015

It is only natural for community banks to have loan concentrations that result from the market(s) they serve and the markets they pursue. In today’s times, a high commercial real estate (CRE) concentration is often the result of community banks pursuing opportunity in the market. Blog Bank Credit Union'

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

While it has had some benefits, like stronger risk management for our banks, it has made the customer process much more daunting. But community banks have adapted to address that shift. We, as community bankers, will continue to adapt to meet our customers’ needs. Rebeca Romero Rainey.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Elsewhere, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said last week, as reported in ABA Banking Journal , that outsourced risk management guidance may need to be reworked, as complex regulations have been hindering community banks’ efforts to embrace innovation.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 5, 2020

Therefore, it’s essential that the credit memo captures the complete picture of the borrower to ensure proper risk management. Particularly in the current economic environment, lenders and analysts should consider the industry impacts and the influence supply and demand may have on their clients.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Takeaway 3 Many FIs will price-compare vendors, but neglect to consider potential hidden costs , especially when managing multiple vendors. As the saying goes, “the only constant in life is change,” which is certain for the banking industry. Lending & Credit Risk. Credit Risk Management. Risk Ratings.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2021

When I transitioned from a community bank CEO to ICBA president and CEO, my team gave me a beautiful handmade card with notes and best wishes. In this time of change, foundational risk and compliance knowledge will anchor your bank as you navigate new developments. icba.org/events. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“A lot of people have this notion that it will never happen to my business or my bank, because it’s too small,” says Linda Comerford, assistant vice president of incident response and cyber services at AmTrust Financial Services Inc. The bank was only able to get fully up and running after it paid a negotiated ransom.”.

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Independent Banker

MAY 2, 2016

We are more than a community bank; we are a community prosperity engine. We have experienced multiple oil booms and subsequent slowdowns in the oil industry in our state of North Dakota, along with the changes that come with that. Additionally, we strive to reinvest in our local communities.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Shielding sensitive customer information from prying eyes remains a chronic industry challenge. But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Bob Hickok.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

commercial real estate industry, with geopolitical, economic and local regulatory issues in keen focus,” real estate services firm CBRE wrote recently in its U.S. Nearly half of survey respondents (48%) said CRE would have the top focus for growth in their banks’ loan portfolios. Real Estate Market Outlook.

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