Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Offering digital lending isn’t about the bells and whistles. Community bankers tell us why. started developing its digital lending platform about three years ago—and the bank is really glad it did. “I’m Community bankers are increasingly recognizing that the future of digital lending is here. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Banks involved in ag lending understand that the volatility of the industry – unpredictable weather patterns, variable commodity prices and more – can often lead to higher amounts of risk compared to other concentrations. By improving policies and procedures, banks can make better and more profitable ag lending decisions.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Examples of "except"-ional problems I have seen cases where something is an exception even though there is a policy or guidance specifically allowing instances for what is being cited as an exception. unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit).

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 18, 2023

Top-performing community banks deploy relationship banking. Many community banks state that they embrace and promote relationship banking, but the model is not easy to deliver effectively, and its implementation is not as intuitive as some bankers may believe. Today, we look at the value of concentric relationship building.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 30, 2022

Me: Commercial Real Estate loans are the most profitable product in a community bank's arsenal and have been through various interest rate environments. The charts below show the pre-tax profits as a percent of the total product portfolio during different rate scenarios compared to the Fed Funds Rate.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

You might also like this webinar, How the 2021 Roadmap for Producers will Influence Ag Lending. When purchasing as an option to leasing, they typically give 10x value (for example, $300/acre = $3,000 to purchase land). Stay up-to-date on the latest on ag lending trends. Market experience Know the land values. keep me informed.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 30, 2023

With the debt ceiling uncertainty, an undecided Fed Reserve, and concern about credit quality, this is a perfect opportunity for community bankers to be trusted financial advisors. For example, below is a graph showing in the blue line where short-term rates have been from 1985 to the present (Prime, LIBOR, or Fed Funds are 99% correlated).

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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2017

One of the biggest obstacles for many community banks and credit unions with aggressive growth goals is staffing. Moreover, many community banks and credit unions are located in more rural areas. While these are wonderful communities to call home, it can be difficult to convince prospects to relocate to less central locations.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 3, 2023

The second article compared and contrasted community banks’ pay-for-risk and relationship business models. Top-performing community banks deploy relationship banking. Many community banks state that they embrace and promote relationship banking. This is where the banks take minimal interest rate risk.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 12, 2018

When I first read Standards Needed for Safe, Small Installment Loans from Banks, Credit Unions by the Pew Charitable Trusts that encouraged financial institutions to get back into small ticket consumer lending, I thought “what are they nuts!” So why would banks expand small-ticket, unsecured personal lending? Even the big banks.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In a letter, the AICPA cited an example that, in many instances, small business owners applying for PPP loans were being incorrectly informed they had a criminal record. Nobody should fault the SBA for trying to be good custodians of our tax dollars or drive internal efficiencies. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees. “We have seen small businesses destroyed by online lending.” ” Knowing Their Options. . ” Knowing Their Options.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 6, 2022

However, in the last 25 years, we have yet to see a community bank perform sensitivity analysis on inflation rates – for obvious reasons. Further, our tax system penalizes free cash flow generation when inflation is high because of the nature of fixed asset depreciation. History Lesson. Conclusion.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As community bankers, we are foremost trusted advisors to our customers. Example of Future Path of Interest Rates. For example, if the borrower intends to retire in two years, the financing needs should be secured for two years. Bankers As Trusted Professionals. There are a couple of key parameters to consider. Conclusion.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Traditional bank loans remain the undisputed leader in small business lending. by regulatory initiatives (designed to spur competition in small business banking, open up the market to new challenger banks and support marketplace lending platforms), the bank loan is often the first place small business owners look when in search of capital.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. Most small businesses don’t have a lending relationship with a bank.

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Abrigo

APRIL 15, 2020

Community financial institutions have worked non-stop since learning of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to understand the details, take applications, and get loans through the SBA E-Tran system so that fellow business owners in their communities can retain or bring back workers. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Corporate relocations and expansions—influenced by factors like affordability, low corporate tax rates, no personal income tax and a rich talent pool—have contributed to a momentum that isn’t likely to subside soon. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2019

It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but for many community financial institutions, a spectrum of different customers and banking needs is something that they see every day. A farmer, a university student, and a business owner walk into a bank. However, they’re probably seeing fewer of these customers walking into a physical branch.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The National Credit Union Administration’s irresponsible power play earlier this year to ignore the explicit member business lending limits Congress has set for credit unions could not be ignored. percent-total-asset cap on credit union commercial lending that Congress purposefully put in place.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Now is the time for community financial institutions to pay attention. Millions of dollars in suspicious activity were not reported to FinCEN in a timely or accurate manner, including those connected to tax evasion, illegal gambling, money laundering, and other financial crimes. . Lending & Credit Risk. Learn More.

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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. Flexibility needed.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Even as nearly one-third of Americans are already members of a credit union, it seems there’s almost nothing the NCUA still won’t try to further expand the market reach and special tax-exempt privileges of the credit unions it supervises. Talk about your captive regulator! When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A group of 96 organizations and individuals, who describe themselves as consisting of “consumer, labor, civil rights, legal services, faith, community and financial organizations and academics,” have sent a letter to the CFPB urging the Bureau to regulate fee-based earned wage access (EWA) products as credit subject to the Truth in Lending Act.

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Ublocal

MARCH 14, 2022

As a homeowner, there may be times when you question the advantages of ownership as you calculate the annual amounts you spend on property taxes, home repairs, homeowners’ insurance, and mortgage payments. If you’re unsure of your home’s value, the lending team at Union Bank can help you determine the current amount of equity in your home.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 23, 2021

Especially for a community bank. And there are plenty of examples of investors throwing barrelfuls of cash to technology firms. And they're in the business of lending! On a consolidated basis with the currently bleeding LendingClub, that might revert to tax-free money. book value and 51x EBITDA, buying a bank.

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FICO

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? They can optimize the use of their capital and who they lend to.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Community bank institutional investment portfolio managers have been put through their paces the past several years. Yet that is exactly what many community banks have accomplished. Investment principles of top bank portfolio managers. By Karen Epper Hoffman.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Conventional wisdom dictates that startups should incorporate with taxes and stock options in mind. Ethereum, for example, raised funds through a public crowdsale, backs a free-floating token, and operates the Ethereum Foundation as a Swiss non-profit corporation. ” Soon, we could see more examples of this with hardware products.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 30, 2017

She cited Post Office banking as an example. For example, the securitizing of the residential lending business moved most of that business away from banks to mortgage bankers and brokers, that far and away were the culprits behind preying on the underbanked. They pay no Federal income taxes. They're called Credit Unions.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 7, 2020

In particular, the Lender Application Form eliminated excessive lender burdens and potential pitfalls reflected in an earlier draft of the Application that had circulated through the lender community. Additionally, the new FAQ makes clear that a review of tax filings is not required before each PPP loan. We disagree with Ms.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Ethereum’s decentralized lending and trading are floating around 2,500 daily users. For example, if you have a payments app and need to trade in and out of an asset, integrating Uniswap is a quick solution. The lending product above is a bit more complicated. But being a leader doesn’t yet mean celebrating industry victory?—?Ethereum’s

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

China’s indices, for example, were down by 25% to 30% for the year. Indeed, banks generally pull back on lending if longer-term loan rates are less than their cost of funds, which are generally based on shorter-term rates. Dorothy has been with Penn Community Bank and its predecessor since November, 2004.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 4, 2023

You can’t get ten triple-digit project ROIs in a row in lending, credit, mortgage, wealth, insurance, or several other areas. With minimal effort, a community bank can rank at the top of the Google search page, where they would gain visibility from 100 to 1,000 searches per month per state. Marketing can.

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2020

“Our goal is to position lenders as the single point-of-contact for small businesses – the application, loan processing, and disbursement of funds will all be administered at the community level,” said Carranza said in a news release. 15 and verify the borrower had employees for whom they paid salaries and payroll taxes. SBA Lending.

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Lars Markull

JULY 19, 2022

Examples of Vertical Banking solutions Why do we need Vertical Banking? The bank could provide financial products such as bank accounts, credit cards, and lending to anyone who needed them. Examples of Vertical Banking solutions What kind of verticals are these providers targeting? What exactly is vertical banking? immigrants).

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries.

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