South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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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. These include family-owned businesses, community businesses and operating companies.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example. Key Community Bank. At the heart of Key Community Bank’s work culture is connection. Greg Dennis, Key Community Bank. “We

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 14, 2021

In June of 2008 I gave a speech titled "The Death of the Community Bank" and in that speech I made predictions. Prediction: The General Bank will become extinct. Much like competitors nip at community banks' customers. Eighteen percent of that group opened an account at a digital bank. Result: Mixed.

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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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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Community bankers are largely positive about the future, based on the first results of a new index gauging business sentiment among the financial professionals who serve a critical role in local economies. How do you expect the regulatory burden on your bank to change over the next 12 months? Grow your loan portfolio. Learn More.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Community banks are voicing their frustration with what they say is a lack of competition in the market for corporate bank technology providers, reports in The Wall Street Journal said Thursday (April 11). Community banks say their services are often too expensive and can sometimes be delayed.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Additionally, a recent survey by FIS shows that 37% of consumers began a new banking relationship with a major national or global bank that had a well-established online portal in the past 12 months. 18% of these consumers opened an account with an online-only direct bank. Benefits of FinTech partnerships.

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Abrigo

MARCH 9, 2015

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. Net income was up almost 28% over the fourth quarter of 2013 led by higher net operating revenue and lower loan loss provisions. Community bank loan balances also rose 2.5

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Abrigo

MARCH 9, 2015

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. Net income was up almost 28% over the fourth quarter of 2013 led by higher net operating revenue and lower loan loss provisions. Community bank loan balances also rose 2.5

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2015

In recent months, the momentum around reducing the regulatory burden on the nation’s community banks has continued to gain steam. There are more than 6,000 banks and thrifts under $10 billion in assets and they are often less equipped to deal with complexities brought by additional regulations.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a recent survey from four Federal Reserve Banks, small regional and community banks have the highest approval rate for small business loans. The 2014 Small Business Credit Survey was a joint operation conducted by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Atlanta, Cleveland and Philadelphia.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 19, 2017

Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group is making a significant digital push this quarter, and highlighted a number of areas this is benefiting the bank’s consumer business. But the most significant revelation from the company’s earnings call yesterday may be that digital banking allows any bank to become national.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

Unfortunately, some banks adopted BSBY as one of their preferred indexes and in doing so created risk in derivatives and operations. With the demise of BSBY, those banks that used the index to hedge their interest rate risk will now be dealing with potential losses. No ISDA documents.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 18, 2022

Historically, community banks have relied on net interest margin (NIM) instead of fee income to drive return on equity (ROE). In contrast, larger banks have emphasized non-interest income rather than NIM to boost ROE and revenue. Larger banks have historically operated on thinner NIM but higher fee income.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 15, 2024

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. Lesson 3: Stay Community Focused Despite JPM’s enormous size (currently $4.1T million small businesses – and this division competes squarely with community banks.

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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.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We recently reviewed a loan term sheet from a national bank for a $13mm commercial real estate (CRE) loan. The bank offered a 25-year amortizing loan with a ten-year term and required the borrower to hedge its interest rate risk. The loan leverage ratio is 10.83 (total debt divided by net operating income (NOI)).

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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. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

Small community banks may not have the ample resources that Wells Fargo or Bank of America have to develop high-tech, experimental solutions internally. At least, Seacoast Bank VP and Digital Project Manager Jeff Lee and CEO Denny Hudson believe so. ” Florida-based Seacoast Bank has $3.5

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. Many banks fall into the “recency trap.”

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 24, 2021

On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, ABA Senior Counsel Shaun Kern discusses the OCC's recent proposal to revise its rules on permissible bank premises for national banks and federal thrifts, as well as ABA's call for the agency to withdraw the proposal.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Takeaway 3 Community banks have seen less volatility in noninterest income, and many are still eyeing growth across the category. To remain competitive, some of the nations’ largest banks have introduced new products. Community banks target growth. Types of Noninterest Income. An important source of revenue.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience. That’s equivalent to 9% to 15% of operating profits, the report notes. That compares to 39% of global or national banks with more than $10 billion in assets.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 22, 2023

The opportunity for the product is that for an average community bank, 83% of their commercial, non-profit, and municipal customers are NOT using treasury management services. This likely creates the most significant single profitability lift for any bank.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2022

In our previous article ( HERE ), we reviewed the banking industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle. Community banks with larger percentages of DDA balances will fare better.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2023

The need for a known, reliable brand creates an excellent opportunity for community banks to help small business customers while building deposit balances. Community banks can now white label this same product to onboard and process employee retention tax credits for the bank’s small business customers AND prospects.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The value driver in cash management is that it is usually some sort of operating account at the bank. As such, operating accounts have low-interest rate sensitivity. We have also included the IBIS World 2024 risk ratings to provide some context for the credit and operating risk of the counterparty.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Community bankers’ awakening to new possibilities has made for an impactful year and will help position community banks to flourish in 2022 and beyond. This awakening to innovation among community banks continues to spread. Take, for example, Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

smaller community banks and credit unions (CUs) stepped up to the plate and, according to the Small Business Association (SBA), ended up facilitating more than half of PPP loan volume to SMBs. That's good news for community banks and credit unions, which could see a wave of new SMB customers and members in the coming months.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Photo by Dero Sanford.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said that there will also be a number of other individuals selected for punishment involving the fake accounts scandal, including other executives at the bank. Another Wells Fargo exec, Carrie Tolstedt, from the Community Bank unit, is still fighting her allegations, the OCC said.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. Name: Locality Bank. Keith Costello, Locality Bank. “We

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 6, 2023

Credits will deteriorate much faster if an economic downturn stresses net operating income (NOI). 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. debt yield ratio ($135k divided by $1.5mm).

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

That said, smart banks will make growth a byproduct and ensure they have all their other processes right. In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. This combination means that banks will need to focus on the quality of their earnings. Conclusion.

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