South State Correspondent

JULY 10, 2023

One possible solution to this dichotomy is for banks to offer interest rate swaps to hedge individual loans. This article will review domestic banks’ adoption of interest rate swaps. Next week’s article will consider the challenges and possible solutions for community banks to adopt loan hedging programs.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community Tools Management 195

South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

How To 195

How To Community Bank Community FDIC 195

South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

The reason for the cessation of BSBY is simple – lack of use. BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. We published various articles comparing community bank alternatives to LIBOR (such as SOFR, Ameribor, Fed Funds, and Prime). No ISDA documents.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community Compliance CA 195

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2020

At times in our country, true independence has arisen from points of crisis—critical moments in time that require us to listen and reflect. Just think about the foundation of our nation so many years ago. A crescendo of events drove actions that ultimately led to the birth of a new nation. Where I’ll be this month.

Community Bank 184

Community Bank Community social media National 184

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). Using Loan Maturity as Differentiation.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community Marketing Regional 195

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. He has served as president and CEO of $365 million-asset Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga.,

Community 172

Community Community Bank Georgia San Antonio 172

Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. By Molly Bennett. Covington, Ind.

Community Bank 239

Community Bank Community Industry Texas 239

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

La Plata County commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton champions First Southwest Bank’s innovative lending. It’s one reason why she’s a customer of the bank. Photo courtesy First United Bank & Trust Company. First Southwest Bank isn’t one to borrow a page from another bank’s playbook.

Colorado 119

Colorado Community Bank Community New Mexico 119

South State Correspondent

MARCH 6, 2023

We argued that community banks should favor 1.40X to 1.50X DSCR credits, as that is the minimum cash flow required to withstand a standard recession. Many national and regional banks incorporate a minimum debt yield ratio as an underwriting criterion. debt yield ratio ($135k divided by $1.5mm).

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Community Lending Regional 195

Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2010

Community banks tout themselves as better than national and regional banks because of how close they are to their communities. But this opinion ignores the generations of history many banks across our great land have built. When the bank opened in 1905, Hallstead was already a thriving community.

Community Bank 60

Community Bank Pennsylvania National Community 60

South State Correspondent

APRIL 12, 2022

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. in assets and almost $500B market cap), Dimon emphasizes in multiple ways that the bank’s focus is on the communities in which it operates.

Community 195

Community Community Bank Leadership Lending 195

Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. Name: Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank.

Austin 91

Austin Texas Community National 91

South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In the past, you have seen us rank customer relevance and total experience as a top priority for banks – not in 2023. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital. Yeah, that was a mistake. Now is that period.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Capital Training Lending 195

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.

Community Bank 172

Community Bank Community Montana Taxes 172

South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The yield curve shape is an excellent opportunity for community bankers to provide sound risk mitigation and balance sheet management advice to borrowers. We see many community bank borrowers desperately seeking a trusted advisor to help guide them through this volatile cycle. This question is a layup for us. Conclusion.

How To 195

How To Community Community Bank Examples 195

Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Kennebec Savings Bank.

Community Bank 196

Community Bank Community National Fresno 196

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. Our FinTech industry advisory panel did include a few community banks. This is an area that we are studying.”.

Regulation 147

Regulation Fintech Community Bank Community 147

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.

Texas 182

Texas San Antonio Community Bank Community 182

Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

Ruby Valley National Bank is not much different from other community banks, except our risk threshold is probably higher than most. Serving a marketplace with a population of 7,800, where cows outnumber people by five to one, our community bank has developed strong agricultural lending expertise.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Community National Lending 70

Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2019

I was blown away by the incredible community banks that are featured, and I have a feeling you’ll feel the same way! Even after such a phenomenal ICBA LIVE and the ICBA Capital Summit, which may be happening as you read this, I can still draw such inspiration from our nation’s community bankers. I’m so glad that I did.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Tampa Community Washington 70

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank.

Community Bank 164

Community Bank Community Texas Leadership 164

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But there are ways community banks can help mortgage-seekers get on the property ladder. year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2022, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Burmis, senior vice president and retail lending manager at $450 million-asset Chelsea State Bank in Chelsea, Mich.

Community Bank 143

Community Bank Community Millennials Resources 143

Social Assurance

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

But despite this, community and connection has held us together. These are the bonds allow us to push through this confusion as one. Community bankers play a critical role in creating and strengthening these bonds. Community banks offer more than just banking services.

Community Bank 15

Community Bank Community Branding US 15

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 9, 2020

But the report does suggest that financial institutions in their annual reports disclose all of the above, including how much lending they do to climate related industries. This is about using the power of regulation to exert political will that does not have enough popular support amongst the governed to enact legislation.

Lending 78

Lending Regulation Community National 78

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Community banks have grown their share of longer-term assets even more quickly than the rest of the industry, according to the FDIC. He called out the federal banking agencies’ most recent Shared National Credits Review , which pointed to high credit risk in large syndicated loans. “It percent during the second quarter.

FDIC 150

FDIC Lending Community Bank Industry 150

Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Me to a community banker: Why don't you offer more options than real estate secured lending to help fund early stage businesses? Banker: Because that's not community banking. I've been in this business over 20 years and still don't know the definition of community banking. In other words, be a General Bank.

Community Bank 60

Community Bank Community Baltimore Lending 60

American Banker

JUNE 3, 2016

Auto Loans in the Spotlight: All of those TV and radio advertisements from car dealerships could be coming back to bite the banks making loans for new cars. Speaking about the overheated market for auto lending, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said "someone is going to get hurt." It won't be us," Dimon said.

Lending 28

Lending Community Bank Course Community 28

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. As one executive lamented regarding a vendor, “These guys don’t even have the manners to get back to us with reports on our issues.”. Click here to learn more or contact us to get started.

Technology 145

Technology Regional Community Bank Community 145

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.

Community Bank 122

Community Bank Community FDIC Marketing 122

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. Let us break it down for you. The Tiny Bank that Did It Award UBank of Texas.

Idaho 181

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 181

Abrigo

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ours, who is Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Administration of Summit and its 32-location bank subsidiary, Summit Community Bank Inc., Ours said that for Summit Community, which decided to use the cohort methodology, which is a loss migration approach, the choice came down to the availability of quality data. “We

West Virginia 195

West Virginia Virginia Data Community 195

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

imberly Anderson, senior vice president and chief administrative officer of Cañon National Bank in southern Colorado, became her community bank’s loan compliance officer in 2003. In early 2004, examiners visited her $253 million-asset bank, an experience that revealed a need—someone with a stronger compliance background.

Compliance 70

Compliance Community Bank Community Training 70

Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

More community bank loan officers are using laptops and tablets to allow customers in the field to complete loan applications and obtain faster approvals. Commercial loan officers at Univest Bank and Trust Co. use iPads to submit applications from client locations, says Hugh Connelly, the $1.7 in Souderton, Pa.,

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Community Ohio System 70

Gonzobanker

JUNE 22, 2017

Why on earth would we pay somebody outside of the bank to obtain this knowledge and value-creating capability? Commercial lending/banking training progression – We see too many banks that over-rely on a “steal the talent” approach to commercial and business lending expertise (that’s essentially outsourcing).

Training 89

Training Lending Customer Experience Tools 89

FICO

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This issue was discussed at the NAGGL 2019, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, conference where hundreds of SBA lenders gathered to learn about policy changes, SBA online application submission solutions, how to create successful sales reps, and other trends in the industry impacting SBA lenders.

Community 67

Community Community Bank Policies Leadership 67

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Bank Merger of the Year. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Huntington and TCF merge to create the $170 billion Midwest dynamo and vault them into one of the top 10 banks in the country. The Bank That Gets Fintech.

Fintech 147

Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 147

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

As a point of reference, the SNL US Bank & Thrift index total five year return was 65%. It is the Mountlake Terrace, Washington holding company for 1st Security Bank, a $1.7 billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. It is the $888 million holding company for Plumas Bank.

Indiana 78

Indiana Oregon South Dakota Community Bank 78