South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. Analyzing the competition can also help a bank be realistic about which products it can sell and at what price.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 23, 2020

Nuts-and-bolts strategies to help banks respond to the coronavirus pandemic . The post Coronavirus Response: Common Practices for Community Banks appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

As social media platforms tinker with their algorithms, marketing experts say one trend is clear: Paid social campaigns are becoming increasingly necessary to cut through the noise and reach customers. They share tips for how community banks can get started. Sometimes, the marketing team is a one-person show.”.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CEO survey reveals banks’ resilience, commitment to employees and communities. The post How Community Banks Survived the COVID Pandemic appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 17, 2022

While certain aspects of ESG are complex and sometimes controversial, many banks are finding that they can embrace investors’ interest in ESG factors. The post Community banks have a good ESG story to tell appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Since our last update on pricing and credit HERE , commercial loan pricing trends for the first quarter of 2024 continue to be driven by the perceived increase in credit risk, tighter credit supply and banks’ need for wider margins. percentage points bringing forward looking LGD to 44% of the average community bank loan amount.

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Have you heard about the community bank that’s been chugging along for over 150 years, took on “Community Bank” as its name—and “bank happy” as its motto? Meet Community Bank, N.A., The post When a Community Bank Expands Beyond Its Community appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 30, 2022

While many larger banks have created "chief diversity officer" roles over the past several years, that role has been more of a rarity at smaller banks. The post Podcast: Breaking Ground as a Community Bank Chief Diversity Officer appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The real reason that this conference makes our favorites list is that this is one of the few conferences where we can learn what the largest and most progressive banks are doing in the market. We asked ten banks how they define small business and where it reports and got different answers.

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BankInovation

JULY 9, 2020

People’s Community Bank, a $300 million institution near of Madison, Wis.,

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

A conversation with Tim Marshall, president and CEO of the Bank of Ann Arbor. The post CEO Q&A: Brand Presence for Community Banks appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

Loans are not fabricated by banks but are negotiated by borrowers and lenders in a broad, relatively efficient market. The lack of relationship between NIM and ROA results from the other factors that are more important to bank profitability, such as loan credit quality, loan size, and relationship value.

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Banking Exchange

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The new branch will expand operations in the Fort Worth market Community Banking Feature3 Feature Retail Banking Branch Technology/ATMs Customers People.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 6, 2020

The products and services community banks are most likely to launch in the next 12 months. The post ABA Data Bank: Products and Services in the Community Bank Pipeline appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

Insight #1 – Deposit & Margin Management: Deposit runoff has started and will make it to community banks by October. For 2Q, larger community banks lost about 0.3% of their deposits, and small banks were either flat or continued to gain. This will decrease savings levels and, in turn, retail deposit balances.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 25, 2024

Once upon a time, First Southern Farmers, Merchants & Community Bank & Trust (or FSFMCBT, for short), a community bank in Anytown, USA, was renowned for its neighborly charm. When Calvin DoRight founded the bank in 1948, delivering exceptional customer service was his dream.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 21, 2019

From simplified 10-step online account openings, to value-added robo-advising, to “certified digital bankers,” OceanFirst Bank delivers a new community banking experience. The post How One Community Bank Is Reinventing CX for the Digital Age appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 12, 2022

Our focus is on information that pertains to the community banking industry. Jamie Dimon believes that the Fed may hike rates more than the market expects and has indicated that the strongest inflation in 40 years may prompt officials to rethink the pace of the hiking cycle. 3) Community Focused.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The company handles payments, retail banking, treasury desks and mortgage lending for about 90 of the top 100 banks in the world. retail and business banking sectors by further enabling digital transformation for community banks and credit unions around the U.S. Vista purchased DH Corp.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. As expected, it was a great way to read the temperature of the banking industry. The conference was well attended, with broad representation from all institution sizes and markets. One spoke of the need to market correctly.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Following up on a threat it made back in 2018 , the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced on October 6, 2022 that it entered into a consent order with Rhinebeck Bank (“Rhinebeck”) to settle discrimination claims involving discretionary dealer markups on retail installment contracts with minority borrowers.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Your digital footprint outside of your own properties is increasingly how decisions are made,” says Rob Birgfeld, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for ICBA. Community banks need to pay attention to what’s being said about them in those spaces. Northpointe Bank, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., But the $3.9

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Why community banks should look like they belong in the community. The post Buildings that are there for good appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 9, 2018

Marketing firm launches low-cost platform for smaller financial institutions Retail Banking CSuite Customers Community Banking.

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ABA Community Banking

JUNE 17, 2020

The post When Will Retail Banking Return to ‘Normal’? appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. The time is right to leverage the experiences of the past few months to make significant and sustainable changes to the branch environment.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition, with the threat of a recession and dramatically increasing cost of funds, there is a solid argument to be made that banks should be shrinking rather than growing. That said, smart banks will make growth a byproduct and ensure they have all their other processes right. Then there is credit.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. That brings [smaller] banks an immediate string of deposits,” Good said.

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Anne Tangen, a bank IT expert-turned-CEO at BankFive in Fall River, Massachusetts, talks about BankFive's efforts to reduce friction in the account opening process, as well as her work to smooth the path for talented women in the community bank C-suite.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 20, 2020

Whether you’re working from home or holding down the fort at the bank, here are five tips for marketers in the new world of the coronavirus. . The post A Marketing Game Plan for COVID-19 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 3, 2015

The ABA’s 2015 Survey of Bank Compliance Officers , conducted February through March 2015, had participation from more than 450 financial institutions, with almost 80 percent being community banks. ABA president and CEO, Frank Keating, commented that Dodd-Frank has impacted banks, their customers and the communities they serve.

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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.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

The payments space can be dizzying for even the most enterprising community bank. Banking-as-a-service (BaaS). Central bank digital currency (CBDC). A barrage of new payments potential has shaped the market since the start of the pandemic. How do you navigate the constant churn of innovations or disruptors?

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BankInovation

OCTOBER 13, 2023

JPMorgan Chase’s expenses increased in the third quarter as the bank invested in people and technology. trillion bank’s consumer and community banking expenses increased 7% year over year to $8.5 WHY […]

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks. FinTechs want to offer compliant banking services, while community banks want new ways to grow deposits. Retail Will Play Major Role In Vaccine Distribution. Platform companies are coming to market with increasing frequency.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Retail Banking Satisfaction Study , retail banking was declared to have bounced back reputation-wise over the past decade, due to improvements in customer service spurred by innovations like mobile banking. In 2018, it took longer to bring new features to market than in prior years. Community banks (45.6

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

Goodfield State Bank, chartered in 1920, has decided that sticking to the basics and focusing on niche markets will provide steady asset growth and a reasonable return to our shareholders. There is no secret sauce to our community bank’s recent strong performance. Retail locations: Three. Chad Martin.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

“Macy’s closing 125 stores signals ‘more pain’ for retailers,” ABC News reported Feb. Retailers like Pier 1, Papyrus and Express are closing 1,000 stores. Community financial institution lenders, however, will want to “pick their spots” for CRE loans this year. “2020 could be a pivotal year for the U.S. Learn more.

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