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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

To you, manage your interest rate risk. According to the FDIC, the causes of the 2008-09 financial crisis lay partly in the housing boom and bust of the mid-2000s; partly in the degree to which the U.S. M&T assumed their $411 million of loans and securities with a $289 million FDIC loss-share agreement.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Underlying BankVista’s success has been a management philosophy focused on open debate about how to improve, Freeman adds. Using FDIC data, we took into account pre-tax return-on-assets (ROA) figures from the past three years, with the most recent year weighted at 3x, second most recent year at 2x and third most recent year at 1x.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

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. Using FDIC data for 2021, we calculated a lender score out of 100 for each community bank. By Ed Avis. Methodology. Photo by Steve Puppe. Farmers State Bank.