PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

“Most of the decline [in optimism] was concentrated in assessments of current conditions in the national economy, but future economic prospects remain at the same level as last quarter,” explained University of Michigan Institute for Social Research’s Associate Professor Dr. .” Beyond the U.S., Beyond the U.S. ,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, Dave Gilbert, founder and chief executive officer of SMB alternative lending firm National Funding , said he’s seen a trend of growing traction within the small business community. In its report, S&P found nearly 50 percent of SMB borrowers are too unfamiliar with digital lenders to use alternative finance.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

On October 29, 2019, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to explore the issue of lending and housing discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community. A recording of the hearing is available here. Michael Adams, Chief Executive Officer, SAGE.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For example, at present, return on equity performance is about 12% for the average community bank. You can’t develop lending expertise overnight. A three-year time horizon isn’t long enough if say you want to take your lending platform nationally such as specializing in lending on robotics. Why is that?

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At an industry fair lending conference last week, officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) outlined fair lending priorities for their agencies. along racial, ethnic and national origin lines. Patrice Ficklin, Fair Lending Director of the CFPB, was also a keynote speaker.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The yield curve shape is an excellent opportunity for community bankers to provide sound risk mitigation and balance sheet management advice to borrowers. We see many community bank borrowers desperately seeking a trusted advisor to help guide them through this volatile cycle. Community banks pride themselves as relationship lenders.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 6, 2023

We argued that community banks should favor 1.40X to 1.50X DSCR credits, as that is the minimum cash flow required to withstand a standard recession. Many national and regional banks incorporate a minimum debt yield ratio as an underwriting criterion. debt yield ratio ($135k divided by $1.5mm).

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Abrigo

AUGUST 9, 2019

Modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act. Crenshaw, billed as a master of building productive leaders, during his presentation will explore how to respond to workplace interruptions, how to take control of technology, and how attendees can grow their careers while maintaining balance in their personal life, and more.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) recently filed two complaints against appraisers with the Department of Housing and Urban Development asserting different treatment based on race in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

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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. One might think that once a borrower is presented with a 358 percent rate, they’d run – fast. ” Knowing Their Options. .

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 8, 2019

The CFPB’s annual fair lending report covering its 2018 activities was published in today’s Federal Register. In addition to discussing the symposium and Data Point report in the section on “Access to Credit,” the new fair lending report discusses conducting supervisory reviews of alternative credit scoring models.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

CRE Risk Background While ten years ago, community and regional banks use to make up some 55% of the CRE market, in 2023, these banks now compose approximately 72% (below). The risk here is that community banks continue to take on an above-average amount of CRE credit exposure. This article explores the risk and what to do about it.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. Lending Focus – Interest Rate Sensitivity and Credit Accuracy. Why “Growth” is Not on The List. Yeah, that was a mistake.

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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. The graph above shows the economic spread reduction for various loan terms when a meaningful prepayment protection is not present.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2018

alternative lender Sorodo says small businesses (SMBs) in the nation remain unaware of the option to access a merchant cash advance, and that’s something the company plans to address this year, according to a press release the company issued Monday (Jan. The results are presented directly to the applicant.”.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 19, 2022

On July 13, 2022, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing entitled “Protecting Military Servicemembers and Veterans from Financial Scams and Fraud.” A recording of the hearing is available here. .

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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. Durbin pushed to add card-not-present transactions to his amendment, then proposed the same for credit. 2008 called and wants its headlines back. Goes to Sen.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Australia’s alternative finance community has vowed to heighten transparency following criticism over Prospa ‘s high interest rates, which caused the FinTech to scrap its initial public offering (IPO). Lending platforms must also provide compliant mediation services and ensure compliant draft contracts.

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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. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

AI can help solve customer pain points—but does it mean community banks will lose the personal touch they pride themselves on? As community bankers themselves tell us, the answer is no. First, with AI’s ability to mimic human intelligence, community banks can quickly process huge amounts of data to ease customer friction.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

When the impact stretches across oceans, nations and demographics, though, and those affected number in the hundreds of millions, a sea change is a-swelling. How should they adjust to a new reality in which the data they are presented looks legitimate but may be stolen? Equifax brings a few key questions to mind.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Instead of promoting a commercial lending product, a bank will roll out augmented reality that overlays maximum loan values and indicative rates on buildings to help potential buyers decide when they drive areas looking for locations. Any community bank that believes it can keep up and thwart millions of attacks per second is fooling itself.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The CFPB’s Fair Lending Director, together with senior officials from other federal agencies, have sent a letter to The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) commenting on proposed changes to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). (TAF

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 26, 2020

For this reason, I educate the elderly community as well as civic groups on scam activity and elder financial exploitation.” – Jacqueline Wells, The Farmers & Merchants State Bank. “I When the opportunity to be promoted from within my organization to a BSA Officer presented itself, I accepted. SBA Lending. learn more.

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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., The grassroots of community and regional banking will no longer be vanilla operations geographically focused. price/book multiple.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 9, 2020

Over the past six weeks, opposition to the OCC’s Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) final rule has hardened on two fronts. The plaintiffs also argue that the new rule would dilute bank investment in low- and moderate-income communities in ways that are “contrary to the letter and spirit” of the CRA. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Rep.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Australian FinTech firm Tyro says the gap in small business lending among traditional banks is “staggering” at A$7 billion (about $5.2 At present, Tyro said, inefficiency and a lack of access to capital are the top challenges for SMEs looking to grow and thrive. On Wednesday (Sept.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ours, who is Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Administration of Summit and its 32-location bank subsidiary, Summit Community Bank Inc., Paula King, CPA, Senior Advisor with Abrigo, which has advised Summit and other SEC filers on CECL implementation and was a co-presenter on the webinar, agreed. “I Get started.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2023

We challenged several commonly held assumptions and presented data that would indicate that tiering accounts just by account balance may not be all that it is cracked up to be. Offering a limited-time promotion to bring over balances from certain named accounts (such as those at national banks), has proven effective.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. Jill is continually demonstrating just how loud a $300 million community bank can roar!

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2023

On our loan hedging desk, we work with hundreds of banks ranging in size from just over $100mm in assets to some national banks with over $1T in assets. The question for every banker is which fee is the higher value to the bank and which fits the bank’s business model as presented to clients.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

25,000 per month – to leverage their social networks to turn their future financial health into a collaborative goal for their community of friends and family. In addition, India is a very young nation, demographically speaking: Half the population is under the age of 25, and 65 percent is under the age of 35.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Trust is also an issue, particularly for consumers coming from nations where banking services are far less reliable and trusted than in the U.S.,” Different diasporas have completely different sets of needs, and this is where our community integration plays a big role,” he said. For $5 per month, Majority members in the U.S.

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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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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

The demand for professional development opportunities for community bankers has never been greater. Last year Community Banker University’s eight certification programs provided more than 4,000 community bankers with highly tailored training.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Trust is also an issue, particularly for consumers coming from nations where banking services are far less reliable and trusted than in the U.S.,” Different diasporas have completely different sets of needs, and this is where our community integration plays a big role,” he said. For $5 per month, Majority members in the U.S.

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