Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

Banking technology decisions now affect future growth With the possibility of a recession, community financial institutions may consider a delay or cut in technology spending. But a community financial institution often has different needs related to origination than those of a giant lender. Experts say that would be a mistake.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Academy Bank COO Tom Kientz notes that the community bank was eager to expand its deposit and loan services. Today, the community bank has successful relationships with HOAs across the country. billion-asset community bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dickinson Financial Corporation, a $3.5 Photo by Jason Tracy.

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Abrigo

JULY 10, 2023

In combating AI fraud, it is imperative to consider that successful phishing or smishing expeditions, or illicit dark web transactions, often result in criminals gaining access to unsuspecting individuals’ online banking credentials. You can also proactively prevent fraud losses and protect your community with fraud detection software.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Name: Locality Bank. Assets: $55 million. Built on a solid foundation.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2022

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it climbed to the 19th largest in the country with its Silicon Valley Bridge Bank acquisition from the FDIC, and that the FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. Communities First Financial Corporation (Now FFB Bancorp) (OTCQX: FFBB) #2.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

All eyes are on the small business community in the commercial card world as industry players increasingly explore how card products can help Main Street recovery and stay in business. FDIC) and the Treasury Department have reportedly launched an inquiry into American Express Co. Amex Under Fed Scrutiny Over SMB Card Practices.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

.” 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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956. ILCs are used to form industrial loan companies, better known as industrial banks. And those can take a while.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2017

The Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group representing about 6,000 small banks holding almost $5T in assets, is lining up against SoFi, urging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to reject its application to launch a banking unit.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Despite banks’ best efforts to move more of their customers online – and thus lessen the need for overhead-heavy branches – consumers are turning out to be way more into visiting the local branch than initially imagined. According to the FDIC, banking branches are at their lowest level in a decade with only 93,283 left open.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

And businesses that deferred moving online or had no reason to operate online have made the leap practically overnight.”. million fundraise including community bank participants Bank of St. Elizabeth, Coastal Community Bank, First Financial Bank, Kearny Bank, Provident Bancorp and Sunwest Bank.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 31, 2018

The state's municipal deposits approximate $20 billion , $13 billion of which are in community banks. And as the chart below shows, these funds are typically paying more than double the community bank money market account rate. Marcus is Goldman Sachs online bank. FDIC insured. A significant source of liquidity.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? In many respects, community banks were caught in the cross-fire through the purchase of those mbs instruments – and subsequent trial through public sentiment. We took a serious reputational hit. credit default swaps anyone?).

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FICO

JANUARY 13, 2020

The road to modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act will include some speed bumps. In December, the FDIC and OCC issued a proposed rule to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). In addition, the Federal Reserve did not join the FDIC and OCC on the proposal. I say Congress gets a deal done in 2020.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

As a group, community banks spend substantial funds hiring outside consultants to help with various management functions, and a substantial share of dollars are spent to help oversee their risk management and compliance activities. Community banks often already have the expertise handy in-house, they say. By Vanessa Drucker.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

We saw things like digital interactive teller utilization going up by 550 percent, for example,” he told Webster, “and online and mobile banking spiking 300 percent to 400 percent in many instances.”. HMBradley offers FDIC-insured accounts through Hatch Bank based in California, and rates of about 3 percent on its savings accounts.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. But community banks should not be without hope, nor should they underestimate the significance of customer relationships.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

While all of ICBA’s members are FDIC-insured, the association represents Federal Reserve member banks, nationally chartered banks and state-chartered institutions. Community Bank Career Center. The ICBA Community Bank Career Center is the community banking industry’s resource for online employment connections.

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Jack Henry

JUNE 17, 2015

When your bank does better shareholders, employees, customers, and communities win. Banking statistics for Q1 2015 were just released by the FDIC. To others it could mean the opportunity to further serve a greater good or additional giving to charitable programs.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

Six years ago I asked in a blog post Will Plain Vanilla Kill Community Banking ? When I wrote that post in January 2011 there were 7,700 FDIC insured financial institutions. Online book stores. In 1998, they decided "why don't we sell everything online?" Did I get caught up in the change-or-die crowd? A 26% decline.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 19, 2015

Washington has a more traditional mix of very large and community financial institutions. Utah has many Industrial Loan Companies (ILC''s), which are FDIC supervised financial institutions that can be owned by commercial firms not regulated by a federal banking agency, like a utility company.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., See sidebar for details on the tool itself.).

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., See sidebar for details on the tool itself.).

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Tools Community Community Bank Security 70

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. See “Closing the Gap” in the November 2015 issue, online at www.independentbanker.org.). Siphoning customers.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 4, 2014

Now the amount of money in US registered investment companies exceeds that in FDIC insured banks. The cash management specialist wanted to advance the product set so corporate customers could use their own interface with the banking core system instead of using the bank''s online banking tool. Was Vanguard a disruptor?

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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. For the most current information about Community Banking LIVE 2016. romerorainey. John Stossel. JohnStossel.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For community banks specifically, they’re already reserving for a lifetime of credit losses,” he said. Banks regulated by the Federal Reserve, the OCC, or the FDIC made up the bulk of institutions represented by survey-takers (73%). The online survey was conducted between June 14 and July 29, 2022. . keep me informed.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

Community banks and their customers don’t need to be concerned about the legality of digitally signed documents. Lenders also can have borrowers identify themselves online by answering questions about where they’ve previously lived or what vehicles they’ve owned. Legal aspects.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facebook … and the Facebook Community. Facebook reported on their website that their teams have made progress: They removed 837 million pieces of spam in Q1 2018 before anyone reported it, disabled 583 million fake accounts “within minutes” of going online and removed 24 million inappropriate pictures related to violence and nudity.

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Banking 2020

MARCH 10, 2015

According to FDIC Data Calls as outlined in the Forbes , in the 4th Quarter of 2014, traditional banks’ commercial loan portfolios saw a 3.1% Here are a few ways Kyle described how this concept might work: Marketing to the local community and actively becoming a part of it. Now is the time to change that perception.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Results also noted this generation is less likely to open a bank account if physical bank locations are not available in their communities.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The recently released FDIC Summary of Deposits showed the second year of branch decline. The most recent ABA study on delivery channel preference showed online banking eclipsing branch transactions for the 55+ set. This dates back to an interview I did with American Banker about a community FI that was opening coffee shop branches.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Takeaway 2 Client fraud education at financial institutions should include takeaways that explain how to protect themselves from phishing and tips for staying secure online. While interacting with friends and family online can be a fun pastime, social platforms are a feeding ground for fraudsters. According to the FTC , $2.7

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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. First Community Bank of the Heartland, Inc.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 17, 2019

The Federal Reserve Board has issued a report, “ Perspectives from Main Street: Stakeholder Feedback on Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act ,” that summarizes the feedback it received during a series of roundtable discussions on the current state of, and potential revisions to, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In 2008, there were 7,061 FDIC-insured commercial banks in the U.S. For many community and regional banks looking to compete with larger financial institutions and grow their bank, the answer has been mergers and acquisitions. Online loan applications , for example, are no longer just for online-only banks.

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