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How Federal Debt May Impact Banking

South State Correspondent

Secular changes occur over many business cycles, tend to be slow-moving, and are more difficult to manage with business strategy. However, because bank capital has an average expected life of 15 to 20 years, bank managers must gauge and react to secular changes that will impact their business model.

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Use Our ERC Assist Program to Raise Deposits

South State Correspondent

The need for a known, reliable brand creates an excellent opportunity for community banks to help small business customers while building deposit balances. ERC gave eligible businesses a refundable tax credit of up to 50% of $10,000 for qualified wages paid per employee. In 2020, the U.S.

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Managing Stagflation Credit Risk in Banking – Part III

South State Correspondent

In a stagflation environment, as interest rates rise and cash flow (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), or net operating income (NOI)) decreases, the borrower’s capacity to service debt as measured by the debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) decreases rapidly.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Takeaway 3 With effective technology, the bank can continue to grow its portfolio without necessarily adding staff.

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Jim Reber: Inversion investing

Independent Banker

By Jim Reber, ICBA Securities. This isn’t any idle talk among Fed watchers and other pundits this time around, nor is it peripheral to the management of financial institutions, including community banks. This presents dilemmas, and opportunities, for bond portfolio managers. Quick Stat. Source: Reuters.

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Community Banks and Our Retirement Problem

Jeff For Banks

It called for the establishment of USA Retirement Funds to re-establish pension funds as part of the three-legged stool of social security, pension, and personal savings. The employee can save all of the needed savings tax deferred. The US Government already shares with Social Security. that reads. The only other sharing (i.e.

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Jim Reber: Shop talk 2021

Independent Banker

Here’s another conversation with our consummate community banker. By Jim Reber, ICBA Securities. Hi Jim, this is Charlie Brown with Community Trust Bank. How are things at the community bank?”. “I But be careful: Tax-free munis are the last ones you want to sell at gains.”. This is Jim Reber.”. “Hi

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