South State Correspondent

MARCH 26, 2024

Some banks state that they are relationship driven but inadvertently deliver risk-for-pay products. Other banks attempt to provide relationship banking but fail because they may not understand what is involved and how to differentiate from competitors effectively. Identifying the right customer at inception.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

These community bankers share how they collect positive reviews, and how to respond to negative ones. 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. Quick Stat. Source: Bright Local.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

The August Faster Payments Tracker™ , powered by NACHA , highlights notable news and developments from across the faster payments landscape, including coverage of the long-awaited release of the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force report on how to improve the U.S. Community banks meet the millennial generation.

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. How to prepare. Currently, the accompanying regulations have not been written, so what should community financial institutions take away from these priorities now? financial system and national security.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

According to Cornerstone Advisors research, 47% of consumer checking accounts opened in 2023 are at fintech companies or online banks (not traditional banks). Heck, Apple reported in August that it secured more than $10 billion in deposits with its savings product in partnership with Goldman Sachs. Develop your communities Ex.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 8, 2016

As community banks and credit unions look toward 2017, many will be focusing on small business lending for loan portfolio growth, according to a recent Sageworks poll. However, small business lending comes with some unique challenges that banks and credit unions will need to address in order to grow their business lending portfolios.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2023

Rising funding costs and decreasing liquidity at community banks are causing managers to change pricing methodology for new credits. We estimate that 25% to 50% of community banks have a policy requiring minimum yield or credit spreads for new commercial loans.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Here’s how community banks can enhance their payments offerings. of banks’ revenues come from payments. Payments account for up to 30% of bank revenue, and that income stream is under attack. As 2023 kicks off, community banks can respond to today’s payments landscape by addressing five key trends.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Experts say community banks can use education, biometrics and solid cybersecurity practices to fight this growing area of crime. Say a scammer calls a community bank customer and gains their trust by using information obtained from a major data breach. By Elizabeth Judd. Examples of remote authentication fraud.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

As consumers’ changing preferences prompt community banks to deliver new technologies, here are some of the top trends to keep your eye on. Let’s look at a few of these trends, how community banks can determine if they’re right for them and how to get on board. By Mary Yerkes. are now contactless.

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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, 2022

For decades community banks have taken on fixed rate loan risk mostly through the offering of five-year, fixed-rate, commercial term loans. This is probably the most popular structure for real estate-secured term credit at community banks. How to Measure Duration Risk.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Dynamic market Small business lending by banks & credit unions Small businesses are a pillar of the U.S. Small business lending is also a prominent line of business for many financial institutions, especially those driven by a mission to help their communities thrive. A majority of applicants sought less than $100,000.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. How can they counteract these effects and maximize financial efficiency? It’s certainly an interesting time to be a community bank, but there are still plenty of ways to make efficiencies with an eye on profitability. ?

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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. Rates fall and the curve steepens, and bankers need reminding how to lock in yield and harvest gains. Quick Stat.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Although only 60 banks and credit unions (CUs) have made Zelle available to their customers, approximately 230 have signed up for the service. While some larger financial institutions (FIs) have joined the platform, regional community banks and CUs account for 85 percent of Zelle’s participants. There are two sides,” Hsu said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

According to the Cambridge English Dictionary , a bank is an institution in which people and businesses can securely store and access their money and borrow it as needed. Nearly every single consumer uses an institution that provides all of those services as their primary bank. Ask the Simple Question, Get the Right Insight.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We asked community banks how they’re dealing with the resulting shifts in their employment models. Before remote work was an emergency measure to keep employees safe from a devastating virus, it was a perk some community banks offered to retain and attract talent. One bank that is not turning back.

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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. The greater fool theory breaks down in a recession.

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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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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

When Rockland Trust synced up with an ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator grad to launch a virtual digital banking platform, it took relationships between the community bank and its customers to a whole new level. For Rockland Trust, a $20 billion-asset community bank in Rockland, Mass., By Colleen Morrison.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The number of money mule schemes affecting community banks is increasing, in part because of the pandemic. Here’s how two community banks are protecting their customers from falling victim to fraud. More and more community banks are having to deal with money mule schemes targeting unsuspecting customers.

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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. GenAI use case for fostering relationship banking Abrigo client BAC Community Bank in Stockton, Calif.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

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. Community banks have really propelled themselves into this journey in a fantastic way.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

For community banks, there’s power in numbers. According to the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), a trade group that advocates on behalf of about 6,000 community banks of various sizes in the U.S., But community banks still face tough competition from larger financial institutions.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. or largely focused on the domestic banking market. So here’s your head start on finding some banking podcasts that might work for you. Banking Transformed 2. Banking with Interest 4.

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NCR

AUGUST 31, 2016

They must find the right partner—preferably a partner that is experienced enough at all facets of the mortgage process, flexible enough to meet the bank’s specific guidelines and needs, and able to keep pace with an ever-changing regulatory environment. He can be reached at dgreen@stonehillgroup.com.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“A lot of people have this notion that it will never happen to my business or my bank, because it’s too small,” says Linda Comerford, assistant vice president of incident response and cyber services at AmTrust Financial Services Inc. The bank was only able to get fully up and running after it paid a negotiated ransom.”. “The

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

” Sageworks inquired how the new CECL model will impact community banks, and Sprang cites a few examples of challenges the CECL model could cause: • Community banks must be aware of where they are on the economic cycle. How should community banks prepare for the transition?

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Community banks can get up to speed on current legislation and regulations to both protect their customers from unauthorized or false deposit account transactions and to prevent them from happening in the future. of Regulation E specifies the timing and steps banks must take to investigate and resolve EFT errors consumers allege.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This issue was discussed at the NAGGL 2019, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, conference where hundreds of SBA lenders gathered to learn about policy changes, SBA online application submission solutions, how to create successful sales reps, and other trends in the industry impacting SBA lenders. Or visit our website.

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 Silicon Valley Bank's failure is a stark reminder for other financial institutions that when a crisis occurs, it can spread rapidly. Takeaway 2 A good deposit analysis helps institutions do more than simply understand how to manage non-maturity balances in the ALM model. Enter interest rate risk.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

financial institutions as they scrambled to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Lendio already secured its approval to facilitate PPP loans, the alternative lender said, noting that small businesses can now apply for a PPP loan on the Lendio platform.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. How Banks Can Leverage: Niche markets abound in banking, and community banks are in the perfect position to create a following on a national level should they desire.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

With financial institutions continuing to explore how to service small businesses operating in this industry without running afoul of federal law, credit unions, along with community banks, have worked to fill in the finserv gap as larger financial institutions back away, according to Politico. Favorable Regulations.

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