ForwardBanker

JANUARY 30, 2019

Just a few short years ago, banking experts encouraged community banks to tie variable rate loans to LIBOR. They said the switch would help smaller banks compete with big banks, while reducing their basis risk, operational overhead, and more. The post Should you be doing something with reference rates?

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

Sageworks (which is also on Twitter at @Sageworks ) has identified 15 must-follow Twitter accounts for banking professionals. 1) @davidpoconnell – David O'Connell is a former commercial lender and a senior analyst at Aite Group, where he covers commercial banks and their use of analytics. Learn more here.

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Abrigo

MAY 11, 2020

Banking technology has long been associated with the preferences of Millennials , or Gen Z, but Dave Koch, Managing Director of Advisory Services at Abrigo, says that some institutions might have boxed themselves in with that narrow way of thinking. Manage PPP loans through forgiveness. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Whether achieved by internal or external resources, community banks provide valuable support for small businesses. By providing “bonus” services to small businesses, such as startup loan programs and referral services, community banks prove themselves to be reliable financial partners, with mutually beneficial results.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Ken Finley, president of Johnson City Bank, in downtown Johnson City with Shannon Sultemeier, executive vice president (left); and Brenda Haynes, vice president/cashier (right). Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski. Deepening roots.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

And, according to some EDP students that are lenders, are turning to the shadow banking market that do not have deposit demands. Such as direct lending funds, and insurance companies. Shadow Banking refers to banking-like operations that take place outside of the mainstream banking industry.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Ted Whitehurst, Providence Bank president and CEO, led the charge to open a new brick-and-mortar location of the Raleigh, N.C., community bank during the pandemic. Providence Bank chose to open a new brick-and-mortar site during the pandemic, when many other businesses were ceasing operations or shutting down altogether.

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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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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Executives from the two banks appeared Wednesday (July 24) before the House Committee on Financial Services, where Chairwoman Rep. Maxine Waters of California said the merger, the largest in the sector since the financial crisis, may be “too big to manage.”. During questioning by lawmakers, and in reference to scale, Rep.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

But some things do change, and according to Cornerstone Advisors’ 2021 What’s Going On In Banking study, the change in three priorities signal a shift in how FIs are managing technology: 1. A few institutions indicated they’ll roll out new treasury management services in 2021. Money: It’s a Hit. The Organizational Solution.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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. I would call that stakeholder alignment.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Saving money by conducting inside risk management and compliance reviews. 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.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The first bank to crack the Top 5 over $50 billion did so this year. As a reference, the best SIFI bank in five year total return was JPMorgan at 33rd overall. My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. This bank lends to startups without positive cash flow.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

With vigor and a strong commitment to service, Ron Paul leads a rapidly growing community bank in Maryland. Bank assets: $5 billion. Ronald Paul first encountered community banking as a real estate developer in the early 1980s. He became an enthusiastic advocate of relationship-based banking. Bethesda, Md.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 1, 2019

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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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

Against this backdrop, Elan has been waging campaigns to get smaller banks to promote their cards as not only for primary use (and via plastic) but for default use as well, to close the gap with the larger and national players through debit rewards programs and other incentives. And that’s creating a problem for smaller institutions.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. The bank has a goal of closing 100 reverse mortgages each month this year.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Congrats to Randy and a great management team. Has it worked?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

But while Speight agreed that sounds like a terrific way to manage the program — the reality is a bit different — at least right now since the guidance on this topic for bankers has been vague. That then limits how many PPP loans any bank can process for their SMB customers who are interested in the program. Edwards said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In reference to loans, there was a $611 million provision in credit costs in the period, compared with $10.5 Management said on the earnings call with investors that growth in average deposits, sequentially, was 5 percent, reaching a recent $2 trillion. billion to home lending. Morgan reported earnings of $2.92

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Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2022

At recent Abrigo CECL Kickstart webinars, consultants demonstrated CECL implementation practices with an emphasis on the needs of community banks and credit unions. Once factors like the economy, new regulations, management changes, or even natural disasters are factored in, a greater allowance may be necessary.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Technological innovation has enabled FinTech start-ups to compete in a field previously dominated by banks and credit unions. At the same time, early adopters of new technologies, like mega banks, are edging out community banks and credit unions in the fight for customers and creating a rapidly consolidating industry.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 6, 2022

If your bank doesn’t have a relationship pricing model or at least a loan pricing model that handles cost and risk – you should. Making loans is central to your bank’s operations, and lending has a compounding effect on profitability. It is the single biggest thing you can do to improve profitability.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Many hotels and other hospitality businesses haven’t fully bounced back from COVID-19 travel and safety restrictions, but community banks have been by their side through the challenges. MainStreet Bank has a sizable hotel loan portfolio with roughly $100 million in loans on 15 properties. Sushil Patel, State Bank of Texas.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 19, 2015

This is a tale of growth at Warm Pulse Bank and Cold Fish Bank. Warm Pulse and Cold Fish are both mid-size community banks very similar in most ways, including: Roughly same asset size. Conservative lending risk. Full commercial banking/trust/investment product menus. Situated in slow growth markets.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

It’s been almost 20 years since the IPO but this team keeps delivering growth and outstanding financial performance while keeping the values of the hometown bank that started it all. Community bank marketing resources. Bank project management offices. Q2 for the snagging of a marquis client in First Republic Bank.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 15, 2024

As usual, it was full of insight that every community banker should consider. Our focus is on information that pertains to the community banking industry. Lesson 2: Leadership Matters Jamie Dimon cites military decision making referring to the term OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, act) that we have written about HERE.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Bank Acquisition of the Year - BB&T Corp. Nice community bank culture fit between the two as well. Bank Merger of the Year – California United Bank and 1 st Enterprise Bank in Los Angeles. Toxin of the Year (Make that Decade) Award – Lack of commercial automation at most banks.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. The 2016 Gonzo Marketing Medal – Goes to Elevations Credit Union for its “Egg Lending” campaign. No apology.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. The 2016 Gonzo Marketing Medal – Goes to Elevations Credit Union for its “Egg Lending” campaign. No apology.

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Utah System Community Marketing 60

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Market segments include insurance, banks, telecom, utilities, and property management. Advisor Software is a Cloud provider of sophisticated wealth management and digital investment advice APIs and apps for financial services enterprises. Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. Blockstack.io

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Waters announced that she has written Mulvaney – who is currently the head of the Office of Management and Budget as well as Donald Trump’s interim chief of staff – that the House Financial Services Committee will be investigating the actions undertaken during his tenure at the top of the CFPB.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade association representing community banks, endorses the clear, unambiguous standard set forth in the Proposed Rule. According to Avant, this would promote credit availability while deterring abusive lending programs.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 5, 2022

In response to a request from three Democratic House members, the GAO recently issued a report on its review of fair lending oversight conducted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. In three of the five examinations, examiners did not find the banks’ responses disputing their findings to be satisfactory.

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