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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Banking Exchange

APRIL 18, 2021

Federal Reserve data noted the lack of demand for small business loans even while noting that consumer demand is on the increase Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers Fair Lending Profitability Feature3 Financial Research Feature Financial Trends Lines of Business Retail Banking The Economy.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Key Takeaways Commercial real estate lending will be a top focus for many financial institutions in 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. CRE a top focus for many bankers. Learn more.

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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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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

A boost to many retail establishments, it is often said to be a predictor of retail health. This is germane to banks as commercial real estate exposure related to retail property financing composes an estimated 22% of community bank commercial real estate (to also include mixed use).

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On the latest episode the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Berkshire Bank President and CEO Nitin Mhatre discusss Berkshire Bank's "BEST Community Comeback," a new $5 billion ESG-focused initiative at the Massachusetts-based midsize community bank.

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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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Banking Exchange

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For community and regional banks one area that remains largely untapped is commercial lending Community Banking Feature Feature3 Bank Performance The Economy Management Financial Trends Lines of Business Technology Retail Banking.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 12, 2022

We feel that as community bankers, we can learn much from Jamie Dimon (Chairman and CEO of JPM) and from Warren Buffet. 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. 3) Community Focused.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Teslar Software is preparing to launch a new indirect lending solution for community banks. The Springdale, Ark.-based based software-as-a-solution (SaaS) platform showcased its new product, which automates and digitizes the underwriting process, during the recent FinovateFall 2022 in New York City.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Small businesses’ access to traditional loans continues to grow as loan applications at big banks reached new heights last month, the latest Biz2Credit data showed. In its monthly Small Business Lending Index, released Tuesday (Sept. 11), Biz2Credit found that big banks in August approved 26.5 percent from July.

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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. Last year , Finastra acquired Malauzai , a provider of mobile and internet banking solutions for community financial institutions (FIs). Finastra has been successful, with $1.9

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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.

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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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Banking Exchange

APRIL 8, 2020

Banks are continuing to explore ways of supporting local communities, customers, and medical staff during the pandemic Bank Performance The Economy Human Resources Feature Management Financial Trends Duties Retail Banking Fair Lending Feature3 Customers Community Banking.

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BankInovation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Jack Henry Lending, the automated lending arm of the core solutions provider, announced Wednesday the addition of the Bank of Charles Town to its community bank portfolio. based bank. “We The deal focuses on loan origination, analysis, review and management at the $700 million W.Va.-based

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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. It’s an important topic that Celent discussed in a report published last year: And Then There Were None: The Disappearance of Community Banks.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

commercial bank loan portfolios have continued to expand. Which areas of lending and what banks are driving the expansion? A recent issue of Banking Insights , published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. commercial banks. ” In fact, C&I lending grew first following the recession.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

The ABA has a new report out on how banks are using social media, and much of the report focuses on using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like to boost customer service, make connections in the community and recruit staff. His recent research reports have covered SMB lending, alternative lenders and automating commercial lending.

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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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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

From economic forecasts to company culture, there were important takeaways for all community financial institutions. . Understanding the current state of banking and future expectations. Hearing that information was really good confirmation to us on the things we’ve been doing as a bank.” Drive Growth.

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NCR

DECEMBER 1, 2017

It’s an interesting time to be a community financial institution (FI) right now. For smaller community banks and credit unions in the US, it might seem like a difficult time to do business, with so much change, intensifying competition and regulatory compliance to contend with. “They get better service.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 20, 2015

One problem with commercial loan portfolio due diligence is that there is no common underwriting standard between community banks. Mortgages, autos, consumer and other retail-type of loans tend to be more standardized since liquidity is greater. One bank’s “3” rated credit can be another bank’s “6.”

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Here’s what community banks need to know about these products and how they can take advantage of this model. Emerging as the latest form of point-of-sale (POS) lending, BNPL introduces new ways for consumers to make purchases and spread out their payments. BNPL: The community bank play. By Colleen Morrison.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

“For Ron, giving back to the community is part of the essence of who he is. With vigor and a strong commitment to service, Ron Paul leads a rapidly growing community bank in Maryland. Bank assets: $5 billion. Retail outlets: 22. He became an enthusiastic advocate of relationship-based banking. Bethesda, Md.

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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 full of community bankers discussing evolving business models and the pressures its placing on their ability to gather deposits.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But there are ways community banks can help mortgage-seekers get on the property ladder. Burmis, senior vice president and retail lending manager at $450 million-asset Chelsea State Bank in Chelsea, Mich. So how can community banks help? By Beth Mattson-Teig. Plenty of tools in the box.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Building out the ever-important treasury management suite, targeting deposit-rich customer segments, and creating new savings products are all examples of how banks can build deposit balances at low cost, low-rate sensitivity, and high deposit convexity. Lending Focus – Interest Rate Sensitivity and Credit Accuracy. Conclusion.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 27, 2011

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. But if you read or watch interviews of CEOs of community FIs from 2008 forward, you will be bombarded with the message that they didn''t engage in the things that led to the collapse.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

based bank may be a community bank, but it’s thinking big when it comes to digital transformation. Working with $11.9 million from its shareholders to continue growing and investing in technology this year, Banesco USA entered into an agreement recently with Silicon Valley-based accelerator Plug and Play Fintech.

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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. Online lending startup Social Finance (SoFi) is in talks to go public through a sale to blank-check acquisition company.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

I moderated a strategic discussion at a recent banking conference. In that meeting, the CEO of a community bank said he offsets his branch costs by leasing branches out to unrelated businesses, like a masseuse. The anxiety community bankers feel about consolidating branches is palpable. How can the community bank compete?

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Georgia bank propels major growth through niche SBA lending. When Richard Bradshaw became president of specialized lending three years ago at United Community Bank in Blairsville, Ga., the bank’s three-person Small Business Administration department was lending about $10 million a year.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Cambr, a cloud-based platform powered by investment firm StoneCastle and digital banking software provider Q2 Holdings, is helping neo-banks and fintechs launch and scale up through a network of 850 community banks.

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BankInovation

MARCH 21, 2023

The swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has shaken the banking industry during the past two weeks.

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Abrigo

APRIL 19, 2016

In the paper, the OCC defined responsible innovation as: The use of new or improved financial products, services, and processes to meet the evolving needs of consumers, businesses, and communities in a manner that is consistent with sound risk management and is aligned with the bank’s overall business strategy.

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