PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

That’s even more true for community banks, which lack the resources larger FIs have to support modernization initiatives and technology investment efforts. At the same time, the logistical challenges and competitive pressures associated with digitization remain just as pertinent for community banks.

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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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South State Correspondent

JULY 10, 2023

Next week’s article will consider the challenges and possible solutions for community banks to adopt loan hedging programs. Adoption of Interest Rate Swaps Swaps (banks’ primary tool to hedge interest rate risk on loans) have increased substantially over the last ten years.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

A new approach to loan protocols is just one way for community banks to grow in new and different directions. Amid changing economic conditions and rising rates, it’s a good time for community banks to re-evaluate their loan strategy with an eye on adaptability. David, Community Bank Consulting Services, Inc.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The pandemic sped up the need for the loan providing services StreetShares offers, the release stated, as lenders sought out software to lend money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) digitally. Since January, the company has grown to 53 FI clients, nearly double what it had before.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Offering digital lending isn’t about the bells and whistles. Community bankers tell us why. First State Bank & Trust in Williston, N.D., started developing its digital lending platform about three years ago—and the bank is really glad it did. “I’m Chris Jundt, First State Bank & Trust.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Financial technology (FinTech) company Numerated , which links financial institutions (FIs) with digital business lending and sales solutions, has announced a partnership with PayNet to integrate risk analytics into its offering. In a press release issued on Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Think of banking and you might think of lending and deposits, where firms make money on the spread between what they pay savers and what they take in from borrowers. But banks cannot live on interest alone. Additional financial products and services must round out traditional banking activities.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

For community banks serving small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), training an eye on credit cards can translate into additional revenue streams and tap into an unmet need for those SMBs. Kearney found 26 percent of small business cardholders have community banking relationships in place. There’s a lot of runway here.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We analyzed the loan performance (return on equity, loan yield, fee income, and loan size) of hedged borrowings in a large group of community banks and compared this to the community bank industry averages. The table below shows a summary of our analysis (community banks are defined as banks under $10B in assets).

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Community banks are striving to increase loan yield and maintain their cost of funding (COF). We have created and used a novel structure to take advantage of the inverted yield curve to allow community banks to increase net interest margin (NIM) and fee income on these existing fixed-rate loans.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 15, 2023

community bank management team. The CLO was lamenting how he was losing quality loans and deposits to three aggressive national banks in the territory. While this community bank is not aggressively pricing new loans, losing this commercial credit with a substantial deposit relationship was painful.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

Financial institutions that want to play in the small business lending sandbox need to bring their digital toys. article , former Small Business Administration administrator Karen Mills said community banks with strong small business customer bases that don’t find new ways to serve them digitally are going to face a “reckoning.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? With various banks and FinTechs producing innovative solutions — like mobile banking and P2P tools aimed at improving the speed of payments — the pressure is on for community banks to keep up. faster payments system.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

But the latest initiatives reveal a growing interest in transforming internal processes, particularly among smaller banks looking to upgrade their core infrastructure and elevate small business lending operations. Yes Bank Woes See API Disruption. Yet maturation is low.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 15, 2022

Sometimes just a graphics tool can help a banker win more loan business. At SouthState, our commercial lending teams use an online proposal generator, and we make that same app available to any community bank. An online loan proposal generator is one of the least costly tools your bank can offer lenders.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 15, 2022

Sometimes just a graphics tool can help a banker win more loan business. At SouthState, our commercial lending teams use an online proposal generator, and we make that same app available to any community bank. An online loan proposal generator is one of the least costly tools your bank can offer lenders.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We have enhanced our website to be a marketing resource for our lenders, and we make it available to all community bankers (without charge or any other obligations). Our online proposal generator is an easy-to-use tool that allows lenders to create, save, update, print, and share standard formatted PDF presentations with borrowers.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

Nonetheless, with the recent collapse of sizeable regional banks, regulators, investors, analysts, accountants, and bankers are now scrutinizing the fair value of banks’ securities and loan portfolios. This development should strongly motivate community banks to consider the benefits of loan-level hedging.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 3, 2023

Fund Transfer Pricing We have written about FTP and how it related to the risk issues we witnessed as the Federal Reserve pivoted to fight inflation and how some banks did not respond sufficiently or quickly. Fundamentally, FTP divides a bank’s overall NIM into two major sub-margins (one for deposits and one for asset origination).

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

Fund Transfer Pricing We have written about FTP and how it related to the risk issues we witnessed as the Federal Reserve pivoted to fight inflation and how some banks did not respond sufficiently or quickly. Fundamentally, FTP divides a bank’s overall NIM into two major sub-margins (one for deposits and one for asset origination).

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2023

Fund Transfer Pricing We have written about FTP and how it related to the risk issues we witnessed as the Federal Reserve pivoted to fight inflation and how some banks did not respond sufficiently or quickly. Fundamentally, FTP divides a bank’s overall NIM into two major sub-margins (one for deposits and one for asset origination).

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

However, despite the challenges of the current interest rate environment, the yield curve creates a tremendous opportunity for top-performing banks to earn outsized fees and higher interest margins in the commercial loan market by using a loan hedge.

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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., Deloitte, Unqork, Plaid Debut Lending-as-a-Service Tool. ” Plaid Unlocks Payroll Data to Support PPP Lending. .”

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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. That said, banks and credit unions have the ability to customize a rating system to best fit the unique risk characteristics of their institution. LEARN MORE ABOUT LENDING.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 31, 2019, and June 3, 2021, according to the Community Banking in the 21st Century report. This strategic tool evaluates changes in deposit accounts, broken down by the institution’s sectors or sub-sectors. Consumer Lending.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 26, 2019

The community bank model is built around customer service, but for many bank and credit union customers, the definition of “good service” has been changing over the last couple of decades. Stay Up-to-Date On Lending Best Practices. Learn More. The 2018 J.D. Credit Risk. Learn More. Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2017

One of the biggest obstacles for many community banks and credit unions with aggressive growth goals is staffing. However, growing the staff can be a real challenges for many banks and credit unions. Moreover, many community banks and credit unions are located in more rural areas.

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American Banker

MAY 19, 2020

The Texas bank is leaning on solutions from Lightico and MANTL to quickly set up accounts and handle loans when customers can’t sign documents in person because of the coronavirus emergency.

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Abrigo

JUNE 8, 2017

To provide bank management valuable information about ongoing and emerging market trends and developing areas of regulatory focus In order for a loan review program to be successful there are two foundational checkpoints for every financial institution: Objectivity of the loan review process, and an evolving lending policy.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

An event at EMS in June brought together (L–R) Clear Mountain Bank president/CEO Dave Thomas, ICBA president Rebeca Romero Rainey, FHLBank Pittsburgh president/CEO Winthrop Watson, and Tim Critchfield, EMS owner/president. Name: Clear Mountain Bank. Consider, for example, its commercial lending approach. By Mindy Charski.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

His role is to research, develop and provide members with superior products and services that meet the ever-changing needs of community banks and to help them to increase their competitive advantage. Having the best products and services will help community banks continue to effectively serve and compete in their communities.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

An award-winning, monthly magazine that provides in-depth industry news, including member profiles, lending and technology trends, and expert insights. Community Bank Career Center. The ICBA Community Bank Career Center is the community banking industry’s resource for online employment connections.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 22, 2023

In a previous article ( here ), we discussed why commercial loan prepayment protection would be a critical return on asset (ROA) driver for community banks in 2023. We outlined the four main reasons why prepayment provisions increase profitability for banks. This cost to the bank is shown in the graph below.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2022

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 13, 2018

As many community banks focus on growing their commercial lending businesses, many are embarking on transformation initiatives to improve their capabilities and competitiveness. making the commercial banking experience slick, intuitive and appealing—is an important step in the transformation journey.

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