PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. FinTech players are also grabbing deposits. Square announced $1.3

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Abrigo

AUGUST 31, 2023

Positive, open communication provides comfort and connections to your customers while obtaining critical insights, thus bolstering your institute’s risk assessments. Uncommon client situations present themselves more often than they used to, and the circumstances presented may need more procedural guidance.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Now, we expand on those basic concepts and present the Unified Deposit Formula. While national banks are getting more sophisticated, many regional banks still think of just price, giving community banks a considerable advantage. As we will soon show, price is often the least important input.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 18, 2023

Options For Prepayment Penalties Banks use four standard prepayment provisions for commercial loans. The first is a step-down, and it is by far the most common prepayment provision used by community banks. For example, on a 5-year loan, the bank may charge a 5,4,3,2,1 prepayment.

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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. This cost to the bank is shown in the graph below.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In two days, you can hear from Chase, US Bank, Capital One, BMO, M&T, PNC, Citizens, Truist, Huntington, and more, a feat that can only be done at a conference of this caliber. We sat through almost every presentation and took pages of notes. Traditionally, helping with the basics, as outlined below, has been common.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. 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. ? By Elizabeth Judd. Strategize for a rising interest rate environment.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. That brings [smaller] banks an immediate string of deposits,” Good said.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 16, 2022

One element that many commercial banks attempt to differentiate with borrowers is the prepayment provision (or sometimes the lack of one). Many community banks will market their fixed rate loans based on the simplicity of the prepayment provision, and this starts by understanding the value that each provision creates.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

Synovus Financial announced on Tuesday (July 24) that it is acquiring FCB Financial Holdings, owner of Florida Community Bank (FCB), Florida’s largest community bank, in a deal valued at $2.9

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Independent Banker

JULY 2, 2022

It may be celebrating its 150th anniversary, but First National Bank of Fort Smith didn’t want presents this year. billion-asset The First National Bank of Fort Smith (FNB) was founded on Feb. The clubhouse at the Jeffrey location, a community gathering place since 1978, was in dire need of improvements. By Paul Sisolak.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

After all, what counts as a bank or not is a little bit different in India than it is in the United States, he said. Agashe said the 50,000 very small community banks and credit unions (CUs) spread throughout India’s rural regions don’t count as “banks” in the official tally.

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Alex Jimenez

APRIL 7, 2024

They present a series covering five elements for successful cost management. Innovation Gap One of the continuing concerns I have by the lack of commitment for innovation in many banks is the growing gap between digital leaders and everyone else. A decade ago, I presented such an idea to my executive team.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

The edge mid-sized and community banks have historically had on the big guys is that they put a face to banking. Today, though, FinTech has changed the game, and new customer demands could be taking away community banks’ leg-up on their largest peers. Power report on retail banking in the U.S.,

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Banks will need to balance these short-term challenges with longer-term strategic goals. For any banker looking for clarity, we present five New Year’s resolutions, no matter your size, that provide a roadmap to accomplish both the short and long-term objectives of a top-performing bank. Why “Growth” is Not on The List.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

The MOU dictates that the banks will train FinTech startups with an eye on cross-border transactions. Deputy Managing Director of MAS Jacqueline Loh said the relationship demonstrates a FinTech that may extend to other countries in the ASEAN region.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3 percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

During the two weeks, there were over a hundred significant cyberattacks by nation-states on national and regional banks that you could watch unfold in near real-time (bel0w) at Gartner and Money 20/20. Any community bank that believes it can keep up and thwart millions of attacks per second is fooling itself.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Goes to Sen.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Maybe instead of Acquire or Be Acquired, this conference should be called Evolve or Be Acquired,” observed Eric Sprink, CEO of Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash., and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). The difference could be seen in what alpha bankers bragged about. price/book multiple.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

The conference was full of community bankers discussing evolving business models and the pressures its placing on their ability to gather deposits. Large banks are now trying to compete on serving the customer and they´re positioning themselves to look and feel like a community experience. Presenters proposed some solutions.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Funds transfer (within same bank). Bill presentment. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. But which ones?

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Funds transfer (within same bank). Bill presentment. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. But which ones?

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

ICBA has planned an educational lineup of more than 60 workshops and networking sessions for next month’s Community Banking LIVE conference in New Orleans. Community banks can beat tech-based, nontraditional competitors at their own game. billion-asset community bank in Winter Haven, Fla., Digital Jujitsu.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

and Ciaran McMullan , former CEO of Suncrest Bank CA extolled the benefits of OTC listing, particularly OTCQX market listing in a session titled How to Maximize Your Stock as Currency. Having Ciaran onstage with Laura as a case study added credibility to the presentation. And at AOBA, Laura Hamilton of OTC Markets Group, Inc.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

While Credibly’s commentary suggests demand is up for alternative lenders and FinTechs, separate data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index revealed traditional banks are also seeing an increase in approved small business loan volume. and the U.K. Despite its successes in that market, its U.K. 34 percent of U.S.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

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. Independent Community Bankers of America. State/Regional Partners Reception*. State/Regional Affiliate Associations & Exhibitor Receptions*.

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Banking 2020

OCTOBER 30, 2014

For our most recent FI Highlight, we spoke with Dianne Larsen, senior vice president, director of marketing, Banner Bank. Dianne shared insight on Banner Bank’s recently redesigned website and new marketing initiatives to further their approach as a “ super community bank.”. Dianne Larsen, Banner Bank.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio. 9) Brand Matters: SVB had one of the best brands in banking.

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American Banker

AUGUST 12, 2016

United Community and Wells Fargo are among the banks building platforms to lend to senior-care facilities. Demographics suggest the business should grow significantly in coming years.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The merger of equals activity in 2021 was sky high, primarily because banks with pinched margins from low rates worked to grabbed scale. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Bank Merger of the Year. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. You tell us.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 14, 2015

Looking around online, the closest competing offers I found were $300 from a couple of regional banks, but none from community banks or credit unions. I also noticed online that OnDeck was alongside Wells Fargo and Bank of America in the Top 5 search rankings for business loans.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 1, 2017

At a recent banking conference, Ray Davis of Umpqua Bank took center stage to tell of his journey from a small, Oregon community bank to a regional powerhouse. And product was not part of the bank's success. One of their slides from that presentation is below. He mentioned products only briefly.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank. It was always clear how much Jones loves his credit union, his team and his community. Change Agent of the Year.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

First Tennessee Bank in Memphis is giving veteran regional leader Pam Fansler an unusual retirement present: a chairmanship.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

At the same time, bank branch closures appear to be accelerating, with small towns across the country losing a combined 14 percent of their banks between 2012 and 2017. Many small businesses, too, are struggling to access the bank products they need to survive and thrive, like bank loans and deposit accounts.

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