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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American Banker

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

New York Community's acquisition of Astoria Financial will not get the necessary regulatory OK this year, but both parties “remain committed to the transaction,” the CRE-heavy acquirer said.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.

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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m. Every business starts small.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Industrial Bank CEO Doyle Mitchell has spent countless hours in New York since his bank bought the failed City National in November, meeting with existing customers and plotting his growth plans.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

The BBC reported on Sunday (March 31) that Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell introduced the proposal to turn thousands of current post offices into banking centers, creating a new Post Bank that would increase access to community banks. A similar proposal was introduced in New York State last year.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

New York Community Bank in Westbury will have its name attached to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, former home of the New York Islanders hockey team, when the renovated arena reopens next spring.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

An old computer system and too few employees are making it hard for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to meet the high demand for coronavirus relief loans, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday (April 7). Further, community banks are nearly out of cash.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Here, a tool like IBIS World comes in handy for setting bank strategy as you can look up any of the below industries to see their geographical dispersion. National and regional banks control 70% of the cash management market, yet most cash management customers choose their bank because of service.

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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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American Banker

MARCH 16, 2021

DLP Bancshares, an affiliate of DLP Real Estate Capital, plans to use the acquisition to create a national platform for commercial real estate and warehouse loans. ]].

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Charlotte, Houston, Phoenix, New York, Austin, Denver, Orlando, Miami, and Nashville, many banks have not adjusted pricing or their credit appetite. The answer is that because operating leverage and customer relevance are now so important, banks can no longer compete on rate and the abundance of credit. Conclusion.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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Abrigo

JUNE 25, 2015

During leaner years is often when the demand for ag loans increases , as it’s common for those full-time farmers to tap into their community bank to cover operating costs or invest is other lines of the agricultural business. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, the non-traditional bank held more than $1.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

In addition, Ally Bank and Barclays have high-yield offerings that earn 2.2 Of course, those more than beat the national average on checking accounts, which is currently at a 0.08 In addition, Wealthfront works with FDIC-insured partner banks — including East West Bank , New York Community Bank and others — to hold customers’ deposits.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2016

The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY. Lisa Servon, Professor, The New School, New York University, New York, NY.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

SaveBetter.com from Deposit Solutions lets consumers shop for different savings products through one portal and provides national exposure for participating banks, which include Ponce Bank in New York and Central Bank of Kansas City.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 9, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a letter to all depositories and non-depositories regulated by them regarding climate change and financial risks. The top 10 banks already control over 50% of all US banking assets. This post is not about climate change.

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American Banker

MAY 6, 2016

Maria Vullo, still stuck in limbo as acting superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, is hindered from putting her mark on the agency until she gets confirmed. So a quiet guessing game is going on about how her supervisory philosophy will compare with her predecessor Benjamin Lawsky.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

New inspirations, fresh experiences await at ICBA’s national convention. Welcome to the Crescent City, where the largest educational gathering of community bankers convenes this month. It’s Community Banking LIVE 2016 in New Orleans. The Peoples Bank Co. Centinel Bank of Taos. Jack Hartings.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Safra National Bank of New York has agreed to buy Bank Hapoalim's private-banking business in Miami.

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Banking 2020

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

In 2012, the city of New York passed legislation known as the Responsible Banking Act. In August, a federal court found it unconstitutional, ruling that despite valid concerns, “the means by which it sought to harness banks to redress those concerns intrudes on the province of the federal and state governments.”.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. The upshot of the analysis, in my opinion, is that the risk can be further limited to CLD lending, more so than straight, plain vanilla CRE lending that is so common in community financial institutions. We perform this service for dozens of community banks.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Last month, the $700 million-asset Adirondack Bank announced a long-term partnership with 28-year-old Hamlin who will promote the bank and its products to customers throughout upstate New York. She is also friends with some of the bank’s 175 employees and, along with her family, is a customer. “We

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American Banker

AUGUST 3, 2016

Unity Bancorp is raking in money from holding and selling 7(a) loans, but don't expect the bank to extend its operations beyond New Jersey and New York. Management learned that lesson the hard way during the financial crisis.

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American Banker

APRIL 5, 2016

Amalgamated Bank in New York City has recruited an ex-American Express executive to develop its online banking platform and has created a new position to oversee corporate philanthropy.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

How do we balance strategic direction, customer demand, and the futurist or wildly over-caffeinated millennial that tells us we have to implement every shiny new object or we'll die? Six years ago I asked in a blog post Will Plain Vanilla Kill Community Banking ? Leader Bank - A $1.2 Was I, gulp, a futurist?

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. And in New Albany, Miss.,

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

CRE Risk Background While ten years ago, community and regional banks use to make up some 55% of the CRE market, in 2023, these banks now compose approximately 72% (below). The risk here is that community banks continue to take on an above-average amount of CRE credit exposure.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Bank Merger of the Year. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Huntington and TCF merge to create the $170 billion Midwest dynamo and vault them into one of the top 10 banks in the country. The Bank That Gets Fintech.

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American Banker

APRIL 20, 2016

Competitive pricing and softening demand at the high end of the apartment- and condo-building market had executives at BankUnited, Signature and New York Community answering tough questions about their growth projections and diversification strategies.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 22, 2014

Mid-size banks are in the proverbial catbird seat – they can offer most of the products and sophistication of the top national banks combined with the service culture, community involvement, and local market knowledge of a smaller community bank.

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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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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

. “Buzz Insight will enable community banks and credit unions to better comprehend how their customers and members are interacting within their communities,” Buzz Points CEO Dwayne Spradlin said. “(This) gives them the power to implement more targeted and effective campaigns and offers.”

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American Banker

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Signature Bank in New York reported a sharp decline in quarterly profits after suffering steep losses on its Chicago portfolio of taxi medallion loans.

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American Banker

JULY 20, 2016

Signature Bank in New York more than tripled its loan-loss reserves for taxi medallion and other loans in the second quarter yet still managed a double-digit increase in profits primarily on loan growth.

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