South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. How Your Hedge Provider Can Be Relational . Why Community Banks Use Loan-Level Hedging.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. I don’t know how to describe that feeling, honestly. We don’t operate from a position of fear.”.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) has raised short-term interest rates by 3.00% in the six months between March and September. The market is now forecasting an additional 1.25% in hikes by year’s end, with the next move coming on November 3rd. Bankers As Trusted Professionals.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

These community bankers share how they collect positive reviews, and how to respond to negative ones. Your digital footprint outside of your own properties is increasingly how decisions are made,” says Rob Birgfeld, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for ICBA. Quick Stat. But the $3.9

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 16, 2022

To make it into the podium, bankers must not only understand how to work with structural components but how to position them for the most efficient application of the creation of value. In this article, we focus on prepayment provisions and look at how a past gold medal winner does it. Prepayment Provisions Not Penalties.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Indeed, the financial institutions surveyed most frequently identified the following as their top challenges in small business lending: Efficiency Process, operations, and staffing Competition Over half of the survey respondents cited efficiency as a challenge when it comes to small business lending. Knowing Your Customer. keep me informed.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Working hand in hand with digital transformation, data provides a powerful tool for community banks. Its accessibility, readability and applicability in today’s digital-first environment has enhanced community banks’ ability to serve their customers, creating a heightened experience.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Over the past 10 months, that embrace has been retooled and refined to the point where today the IT department appears to be embedded in the marketing department. At the same time, Travis Boyce , head of global retail operations at fashion sneaker maker Allbirds seemed to straddle the benefits of both selling formats.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. How long is your to-do list? Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists?

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Job seekers are in the driver’s seat across most industries, including community banking,” says Lindsay LaNore, group executive vice president and chief learning and experience officer for ICBA. However, community banks have a big opportunity to stand out from the crowd of potential employers.”. LaNore believes the rules have changed.

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Abrigo

JULY 2, 2019

If that trend continues, operating costs will begin outpacing revenue for many farms, and demand for ag financing will grow for community financial institutions. If your institution is getting paid for the risk it’s acquiring, the higher the probability that it will overcome and thrive, even in less-than-ideal market conditions.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

The payments space can be dizzying for even the most enterprising community bank. How do you navigate the constant churn of innovations or disruptors? A barrage of new payments potential has shaped the market since the start of the pandemic. Experts point to a strategy built on customer input and relationship-building.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. How to reassure customers that their data is protected. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Bob Hickok, Eide Bailly.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

The FDIC today said it has partnered with the nonprofit Operation Hope to promote financial education to minority and women-owned businesses. Through the partnership, Operation Hope will use the FDIC's Money Smart financial education resources to help teach how to do business with the agency.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. And that means it can be a challenge to keep up with the latest trends in social media marketing. By Julie Kendrick.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

The Fed has paused for nearly a year now, and it was our experience in 2006-07 that bank cost of funds continued to increase as the market closed the delta between what someone could earn in a money market mutual fund and a bank account. But not until $1 trillion went from banking to money markets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Small businesses are turning toward their financial service providers now more than ever, not only for access to working capital and key products to run their business, but also for advisory services and guidance on how to navigate today's volatile market. Getting Creative. An Agile Business Model.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. ” This article explores the recency trap and discusses how to prevent it.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The middle market can be an ideal corporate customer for a financial institution (FI). Unlike a small business, the middle market typically holds a lower-risk profile with steady profits and strong growth. But you shouldn’t shove [the middle market] into small business or commercial — you should have a third segment.”.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2023

The need for a known, reliable brand creates an excellent opportunity for community banks to help small business customers while building deposit balances. Community banks can now white label this same product to onboard and process employee retention tax credits for the bank’s small business customers AND prospects.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Faced with several transitional issues, here’s how these community banks gained support from their new providers to adapt to the change. The CEO, CFO, chief lender, chief compliance officer, operation lead, head tellers, branch managers and HR manager of the $330 million-asset community bank participated. Quick Stat.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Community banks can maximize profit and increase loan balances using innovative grid-based pricing for their commercial clients. Therefore, attracting long-term, stable, and lower COF deposits is paramount for community banks. However, grid-based pricing can also be used to increase deposit balances.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Economists are predicting a wave of bankruptcies , which could hit the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) community particularly hard. There is some data emerging that paints a not-so-optimistic picture about B2B payment practices today as a result of market volatility. “That’s going to be a shock to businesses.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? In late July, the Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force released its much-anticipated report on how to strengthen and operate the U.S. faster payments system. faster payment system. When ‘Wait And See’ Won’t Cut It Anymore.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Maybe one day, quick-service restaurant ( QSR ) operators will look back upon 2019 as their cramming experience when it comes to digital security and fraud prevention. For instance, a QSR brand “will promote and market an app,” then take a measure of joy as downloads run into the hundreds, thousands and perhaps tens of thousands.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Hedge Requirements Within a Bank Loan Term Sheet The loan term sheet language dealing with hedge requirements raises the old question of how to allocate interest rate risk (which can translate to credit risk – as we have seen over the last 12 months) between the borrower and the lender.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt. Name: Lexicon Bank.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The real reason that this conference makes our favorites list is that this is one of the few conferences where we can learn what the largest and most progressive banks are doing in the market. However, banks differed in how to get there. Many banks were looking to install more automation to lower operating costs.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

While the current growth rate needs to be left to each bank based on their capital cost, market, and risk tolerance, the general guide is that growth should be in the 3% to 5% range for this year. In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For starters, a customer may carry large balances but not generate franchise value if those balances are all in high-paying money market accounts or are highly volatile. The value driver in cash management is that it is usually some sort of operating account at the bank. As such, operating accounts have low-interest rate sensitivity.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 3 Articles specific to small community banks were among the most-read blogs, with best practices for construction lending at the top of the list.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Maybe one day, quick-service restaurant ( QSR ) operators will look back upon 2019 as their cramming experience when it comes to digital security and fraud prevention. For instance, a QSR brand “will promote and market an app,” then take a measure of joy as downloads run into the hundreds, thousands and perhaps tens of thousands.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. or largely focused on the domestic banking market. Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers 8. So here’s your head start on finding some banking podcasts that might work for you.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Better serving its communities.

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