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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market. Today, CFIs are uniquely positioned to regain the market. Changing Lending Environment. Small businesses are turning to small lenders.

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FDIC cautions of increasing credit, interest-rate risks

Abrigo

Add FDIC Chairman Martin J. The FDIC said that the percentage of loans and securities with maturities of three or more years hit the highest percentage in the 18 years of data records, rising to 34.6 Community banks have grown their share of longer-term assets even more quickly than the rest of the industry, according to the FDIC.

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Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers

ABA Community Banking

Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. The post Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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FDIC: Share of Unbanked Americans Reaches Record Low in 2019

ABA Community Banking

households that are unbanked continued falling in 2019, reaching 5.4%, the lowest rate yet recorded in a biennial FDIC report. The post FDIC: Share of Unbanked Americans Reaches Record Low in 2019 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. The share of U.S.

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Today In Payments: Wirecard Forces German Accounting Regs Reboot; Consumers Sour On Travel Rewards Cards

PYMNTS

FDIC) is looking to modernize bank reporting. FDIC Looks To Modernize Bank Reporting. Nearly every two weeks over the last 12 weeks, PYMNTS has surveyed more than 14,000 consumers to understand the impact of the global pandemic on how they work, shop, buy food, travel and spend their leisure time.

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2020 CRE Outlook: Trends Expected to Shape Commercial Real Estate Lending

Abrigo

Real Estate Market Outlook. These expectations for CRE growth are reiterated in a soon-to-be released survey of just over 300 bankers by Abrigo. Nearly half of survey respondents (48%) said CRE would have the top focus for growth in their banks’ loan portfolios. “2020 could be a pivotal year for the U.S.

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New Community Bank Sentiment Index Shows Bankers Largely Positive

Abrigo

More than two-thirds of community banks surveyed for the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) Community Bank Sentiment Index indicated they expect business conditions will be the same or better in the next 12 months. The survey for the inaugural index included 512 FDIC banks responding from early in the second quarter through July 5.