South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

Several measurable factors drive loan (and, by extension, bank) profitability, including loan size, credit quality, term, cross-sell, and upsell. In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2023

However, that publication, directly and indirectly, identified three discrete risks affecting community banks. We will outline what we think community bankers should glean from this publication. Risks to the Community Banking Sector Moody’s identified three risks to the banking sector, including risks to community banks.

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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. Top trends in payments. Chris Doyle, Texas First Bank. billion-asset Texas First Bank in Texas City, Texas.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Personalized Touch with Efficient Service Can Boost Lending Banks and credit unions can boost business lending by combining a relationship focus with transaction-oriented processing. . Takeaway 1 Many banks and credit unions want to win more business loans but will face higher rates and more competitors.

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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. Despite the painful evolution in retail, many experts expect another year of growth for commercial real estate – and for commercial real estate lenders, including community financial institutions. CRE Lending. Learn more.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

This was the question posed to Bank Profitability students as part of the Oregon Bankers' Association's Executive Development Program (EDP). These were up-and-coming bankers, the future leaders of our industry, identifying industry trends that will have the greatest impact on their bank, in no particular order.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Adapt to a dynamic banking environment with real-time lending & credit data Lender dashboards and reports showing the lending pipeline, pricing trends, emerging risks, workflow bottlenecks, etc. help financial institutions adapt quickly to trends. Learn how to tap your data to generate management insights.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? With various banks and FinTechs producing innovative solutions — like mobile banking and P2P tools aimed at improving the speed of payments — the pressure is on for community banks to keep up. faster payments system.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 30, 2022

Among the migrations recently completed or underway, banks are already seeing material results. Finastra announced that 27 community bank customers are working with Finastra to upgrade their legacy core banking solutions to Fusion Phoenix. This is in addition to 15 banks which went live last year.

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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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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. And that means it can be a challenge to keep up with the latest trends in social media marketing. Illustration by miakievy/iStock.

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Community banks are striving to increase loan yield and maintain their cost of funding (COF). We have created and used a novel structure to take advantage of the inverted yield curve to allow community banks to increase net interest margin (NIM) and fee income on these existing fixed-rate loans.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 8, 2022

For decades community banks have structured fixed-rate loans with adjustable features – the most popular structure is a ten-year fixed-rate loan with a five-year reprice. With short-term interest rates expected to rise through 2022, many community banks are reconsidering their ALCO strategies.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 10, 2015

Here is our quarterly report on banking industry trends and insights ( HERE ). In a nutshell, banking improved by most measures as the average bank became more profitable. In a somewhat rare occurrence, lending got safer, yet loan pricing on new production improved.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Against this backdrop, agtech—the application of technology to every aspect of the food production process, from farm to table—is growing in importance to the mission of ICBA and community banks. In fact, community banks provide about $155 billion in agriculture loans. Farmers and Merchants Bank in Milligan, Neb.,

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? banks is up $157 billion from the same period in 2013. However, Q3 commercial lending is down from the beginning of 2014 (quarter ending 3/31/2014) by about $67 billion. From that subset of all U.S.

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ABA Community Banking

AUGUST 24, 2017

Small-bank lending bounces back in Q2; outlook remains strong Bank Performance Management Financial Trends Community Banking.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 9, 2024

We estimate that the average contractual loan commitment for term credit at community banks has decreased from just under five years in 2022 to just under three years currently. Community banks should carefully consider the prudence of such a strategy from both a risk and revenue perspective.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Josh Prejean (right) of Bank of Zachary, here with mortgage client David Rozas, says community banks must compete through customer service. Nonbank institutions continue to be serious contenders in the home lending space. Josh Prejean, Bank of Zachary. Source: Fannie Mae. trillion this year and $2.72

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

But the latest initiatives reveal a growing interest in transforming internal processes, particularly among smaller banks looking to upgrade their core infrastructure and elevate small business lending operations. The regional bank also noted growing interest among smaller FIs to embrace the bank-FinTech collaboration trend.

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ABA Community Banking

AUGUST 27, 2015

SNL Report: Overall, banks in Western region generate strongest loan growth Bank Performance Management Financial Trends Community Banking.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this week's news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers' digital shopping trends. 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.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

Financial institutions that want to play in the small business lending sandbox need to bring their digital toys. article , former Small Business Administration administrator Karen Mills said community banks with strong small business customer bases that don’t find new ways to serve them digitally are going to face a “reckoning.”

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

As in past years, community bankers will continue to contend with a dynamic, highly competitive lending environment in 2016. Several trends have arisen that are likely to continue shaping the commercial lending market. Here are five commercial lending trends from some of the industry’s top commercial lenders.

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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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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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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Financial institutions considering lending to nonprofits may want to be aware of these recent financial trends, as well as some of the ways lending to these organizations might differ from lending to for-profit businesses. Here are two mistakes to avoid when lending to nonprofits , according to the firm: 1.

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Banking Exchange

DECEMBER 21, 2020

FICO survey finds lack of confidence in short-term finances, but satisfaction with bank support is high Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers Feature3 Financial Research Feature Financial Trends Fair Lending PPP Covid19.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

One area of impact is small business finance and lending, with small businesses and lenders seeing a slowdown in demand. It’s a trend that starkly contrasts with continued growth in small and medium-size business (SMB) finance in the U.S., Geopolitical volatility in the U.K. according to the latest data. and the U.K. .

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

My firm constantly evaluates industry trends and happenings to formulate what we term our Industry Overview. One such theme was the right sizing of community banks'' funding sources. Another theme we hear in community FI strategic planning sessions is how much better we are at serving small businesses. Not so fast.

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Banking Exchange

MARCH 31, 2021

The lending program was due to expire on March 31 Community Banking Feature3 Feature Financial Trends The Economy PPP Covid19.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. This reflects a larger industry trend. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket.

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Banking Exchange

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Ratings agency KBRA has laid out how the digital transition is levelling the playing field for small banks Community Banking PPP Covid19 Feature Financial Trends Duties Fair Lending Feature3 The Economy Technology.

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Banking Exchange

JANUARY 4, 2021

The ABA has urged banks to prepare as a fresh round of economic stimulus payments is rolled out Community Banking Feature3 Survival Strategies Feature Financial Trends Duties Fair Lending PPP Covid19.

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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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