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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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking initiatives finds a focus on small business lending: In the U.K., That firm recently secured funding from Visa, which is also in the process of acquiring Plaid as part of its own wide-ranging open banking initiatives.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

NYMBUS secured Series D financing (led by Insight Partners), partnered with Hurdlr for small business banking; with Atty Bank, Saint Louis Bank ’s legal community bank; and with Roger, Citizens Bank of Edmond ’s military niche bank. Credit union lending platform Clutch partnered with Zest.ai

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Recent dynamics of the small business lending market A deep understanding of the small business lending landscape and potential efficiencies can help banks and credit unions grow their portfolios. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Thankfully for bank and credit union executives, lenders, risk managers, and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officers, banking podcasts and podcasts for credit unions are plentiful, and options are growing. BankTalk BankTalk by Remedy Consulting posts twice-a-month episodes for both banks and credit unions.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 30, 2015

With the recession fading into the more distant past, banks – in particular, community banks – have seen several years of loan growth. Banks, according to Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, are starting to reach for additional growth by lending to less creditworthy borrowers, a move that increases risk to the institution.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. Competing and beating FinTech’s digital-platform lenders. By Jonathan Rowe.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Troy Peters, Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. Competition and regulatory risk in car lending race off. Indirect auto lending has played a major role for Security Federal Savings Bank in Jasper, Ala. Half a dozen years ago, the community bank held $13 million in auto loans. By Howard Schneider.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Troy Peters, Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. Competition and regulatory risk in car lending race off. Indirect auto lending has played a major role for Security Federal Savings Bank in Jasper, Ala. Half a dozen years ago, the community bank held $13 million in auto loans. By Howard Schneider.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. This puts consumer data, and potentially credit ratings, reputations and bank accounts, in jeopardy. Siphoning customers.

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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

JUNE 2, 2023

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. I want to read to you the FDIC’s conclusion from their An Examination of the Banking Crisis of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s. Who would’ve thought lending $1 million to a San Francisco cab driver to buy a house at 100% loan to value would go bad? We took a serious reputational hit.

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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. I've got news for you.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 6, 2020

One of Cornerstone’s community bank clients uses RPA to reverse temporary daily POS limit increases, which its related bank system does not permit, eliminating a formerly manual daily process. A very favorable cost/benefit business case means RPA can be leveraged by financial institutions of all sizes.

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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. The Tiny Bank that Did It Award UBank of Texas. Stay frothy!

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The most valuable of these freshly minted unicorns are blockchain startup Ripple ($10B valuation) and challenger banks Chime ($5.8B) and N26 ($3.5B). Eight companies on our list have gone public: Freee , Bill.com, Tyro Payments , Prospa , Lakala Payment , Tiger Brokers , Futu Securities , and PINTEC.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Photo by Linkes Photography.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

Seeing generative AI use cases can help bankers, risk managers, and financial crime professionals better understand it. They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 4, 2020

Readers note: You can also view this post on Penn Community Bank's website. They also implemented large, aggressive borrowing and purchase programs for Treasuries, Agency mortgage backed securities, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, loans, commercial paper, bank lending, and small business loan programs.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success. Pandemic-Induced Transformations. Optimize Technology.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Financial institutions, fintech companies, and other small business lenders will need to begin collecting a wide array of small business lending data under the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s (CFPB) proposed small business lending data collection rule. The proposed rule , unveiled Sept. Controversial Provisions.

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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. FFIEC’s Cyber Security Self-Assessment Tool. Bravo OZRK! C’mon Man!’ Merger of the Year.

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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 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. Sounds like a cool strategy to build a smarter bank.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Digital banking solutions for community banks and credit unions. A turnkey solution incorporating CRM, invoicing and payments into a simple solution for the business delivered through the bank’s digital banking solution. An industry leader in lending and benchmarking solutions for financial institutions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Advisor Software is a Cloud provider of sophisticated wealth management and digital investment advice APIs and apps for financial services enterprises. Alfa-Bank offers a wide range of products and operates in all sectors of the financial market, including corporate and retail lending.

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