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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

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. Philadelphia.

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At last, a Washington idea community banks and credit unions can use.

Long Lasting Ideas

Often in this space, we’ve written about how Washington has made community banks its personal punching bag. Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, the FDIC and other financial regulators – as well as Congress and the White House — have not been friendly to community banks, all while bailing out Wall Street big boys.

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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market

PYMNTS

.” Other critics have raised the issue that the OCC is advising examiners to take community group concerns into consideration separately from their M&A approval processes. ” Now, Powell is also raising concerns about how bank industry consolidation could negatively impact the small business community.

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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). Notably, most community banks’ duration risk is in the loan portfolio.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. 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.

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Trump Tax Cuts – Benefiting Wall Street or Main Street?

Long Lasting Ideas

When Congress passed the White House-backed tax reform legislation late last year, we at BankMarketingCenter.com tried to strike a positive chord, pointing to community banks that had increased wages and bonuses for employees. at Bank Marketing Strategy + Ideas. percent increase in first quarter net income.

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Is Your Contemplated Bank Merger Anti-Competitive?

Jeff For Banks

Yesterday at the ABA's virtual Conference for Community Bankers (CCB), Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman gave a speech, My Perspective on Bank Regulation and Supervision. Market shares for a local banking market are based on the deposits of depository institutions in the market.