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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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. Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC).

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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. Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC).

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FDIC Releases Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions Manual

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The FDIC released a manual on Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions. The FDIC released its manual on Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions. For the first time, the FDIC released its manual on Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions to provide greater transparency to those processes. Key Takeaways.

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Popular Association Banking’s Molly Hime to Retire. Carlos Hernandez Named New Division Manager.                                       

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Molly Hime, a long-time Division Manager for Popular Association Banking (PAB), a division of Popular Bank , has announced her retirement, effective December 31, 2023. Molly has been with Popular Bank since 2005 and was instrumental in growing PAB into a $2 Billion loan portfolio business and the national platform it is today.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures: National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for seven, ten, or 20-year fixed-rate loans. Second, community banks should use FDIC-insured institutions as hedge providers, and the hedges must be structured as qualified financial contracts (QFC).

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Loan Hedging for Community Banks in 2024

South State Correspondent

This article will discuss how national, regional, and community banks may use loan hedging programs in 2024 to face earnings challenges. We estimate that approximately another 500 use hedging programs that keep the derivative off balance sheet (thus not reportable by FDIC). Hedging Adoption As of Q3/23, there were just over 4.5k

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Cryptocurrency risks, rewards and red flags for financial institutions

Abrigo

Takeaway 2 While these financial products are appealing, the lack of stability and consumer protections surrounding them are a concern for the FDIC. ? . Takeaway 3 Financial institutions should notify the FDIC of crypto-related activity and be familiar with the risks of the cryptocurrency world. . Crypto turbulence. What's next.