South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

This article highlights ten not-so-evident lessons of the banking crisis that every banker must consider going forward. While interest rate risk caused the most significant impact on value, several other factors contributed to the terminality of each bank that was closed. SVB’s 43% LTD used to be talked about with reverence.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

EMQ , a provider of global financial settlement services, has begun letting businesses around the world transfer up to roughly $280,000 directly into banks in Japan, the company announced in a news release. EMQ already operates in Japan.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

You might also like this on-demand webinar: "Problem loans: Identifying warning signs and management options" WATCH Takeaway 1 Executive leaders of small community financial institutions face complex issues, including declining deposits. Balance runoff is picking up speed, according to financial consulting firm Curinos.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

In 2022, things changed with whiplash speed, as the Fed hiked interest rates to quell inflation, the mortgage refinance market dried up and the effects of macro changes, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to a talent shortage, began to be felt keenly. Illustration by Jill DeHaan. By Elizabeth Judd. Quick Stat.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

If signed into law, the SAFE Act would allow banks to provide services to cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in states that have passed the legalization of marijuana in some form. According to a letter from the American Bankers Association (ABA) to the Senate Banking Committee, only about 11 percent of all U.S.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2023

This article gives bankers a background on what it is, its risks, and how it will change everything from your infrastructure to your hiring practices. Tell it to text your customers as one of its goals, and it will sign up for a messaging app and send out a text. Instead of automation, banks can now have intelligent automation.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Here are Abrigo’s top banker resources related to managing ALM and portfolio risks: Click the header next to each number to visit the corresponding top banking risk resource. A CECL prep kit was also popular. It covered the significant ways banks and credit unions measure interest rate risk and manage liquidity risk.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2022

As a result, bankers love the idea of a sales funnel – put enough prospects at the top of the funnel, and a certain number of customers will fall out the bottom. Some will not know the answer, and other bankers will talk about more marketing, more salespeople, more geography, better follow-up, or a more focused sales effort.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. Employees are back to work. We are in awe.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Takeaway 3 Insights related to risk rating processes, ag lending, and signs of contractor failure were also popular. Abrigo’s team of former bankers and other experts produced dozens of webinars , whitepapers, and blog articles in 2023 to help lending and credit staff.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 23, 2023

This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. In 2021, we published articles warning bankers against higher rates (for example, HERE ) and the resulting impact on credit. We have seen the higher rates, and now bankers should brace for a credit shock. Lending is getting riskier. This quarter, it is 2.58%.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 7, 2022

As the pace of banking innovation speeds up, the OODA Loop, and its supporting concepts, can help a bank’s management team have a common framework to make decisions faster and more effectively. Despite being one of our most significant military operators, he was well versed in philosophy, science, history, psychology, and strategy.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Smaller banks can be encouraged by these numbers, and S&P Market Intelligence predicts a return to relative construction industry normalcy in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. These experts share nine tips and credit risk best practices to offer stability in an ever-changing market. If their financing costs go up, they can’t renegotiate the contracts.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

The concept that we allow the customer to choose how they want to bank often enables the bank to be passive in its position and give up agency. The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch? Branching, for example, is too expensive to be all things to all people.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. 1 issue raised by CEOs in our surveys, bankers had to craft a new and compelling post-Covid value proposition to attract it. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down. Nobody did.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

“The technology transformation that has taken place in the last 10 or 20 years has put a strain on many community bankers,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview. For many community banks , the commercial side of operations can be a particularly promising place to start.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 9, 2022

Bank executives should take these new deals’ valuations as a sign that the free market sees the future of finance as unbundled from the traditional industry structure. As new cloud-native, API-driven solutions come to market, the term “core” seems to live in the eye of the beholder. Enter Finxact.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2022

Develop better ag lending workflows before demand picks up. Efficient and profitable ag lending will be critical as ag loan demand and competition pick up. Forty-one percent use a tablet computer like an iPad that has mobile access to the Internet, up from 19% when the question was first asked in 2014. Efficient processes.

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Abrigo

MARCH 28, 2020

But important components are clear, SBA officials and leaders with the American Bankers Association said during an ABA webinar Thursday before President Trump signed the finalized bill on Friday. Start reaching out to business customers now, and begin preparing the financial institution's own processes.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

THE BANKER AWARDS. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson. Bank Deal of the Year.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Independent Banker Survey. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success. Meanwhile, businesses that flourished in the pandemic may look to expand operations.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. This is a classic bank deal – one acronym buys another at a good price and plans to cut the hell out of cost while adding markets. ” – Hunter Thompson. Everything.

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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. You have a bank that was born out of COVID and could have gone the other direction but ended up thriving.”. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt. Name: Lexicon Bank.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

5), Alenka Grealish, senior analyst at Celent, penned an article for American Banker with a prediction: The small business (SMB) credit space is headed for a “shake-up.” The market is ripe for consolidation and beneficial partnerships,” Grealish wrote. On Thursday (Oct. The company, based in the U.K.,

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Takeaway 1 Signs point to increased loan modifications and loan workouts, and regulators have urged financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers. . Takeaway 2 Meanwhile, banks and credit unions will likely see a beefed-up regulatory emphasis on credit risk management practices, especially tied to CRE. .

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

An interview with Chris Lorence, ICBA’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Meet ICBA’s Marketing and Communications Contact. Leading a team of marketing and communications experts, he is an outside-the-box thinker who believes strongly in the mission of the organization and the importance of community banks. “Our

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

But there can be a sea change afoot that can mix things up a bit. As noted in American Banker , the deal count came to 371 deals for the first half of the year, with a few triple-digit investment rounds. Unlike the broader VC market, early-stage FinTech companies have continued to attract a solid flow of capital in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Is the credit union market ready for its close-up? It’s a market that is showing clear signs of growth. The Shifting Credit Union Market. Staying competitive in the financial market is a priority for credit unions, and many institutions have issued challenges to regulations in recent weeks.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. Keeping up communication. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. LESS THAN $250 MILLION.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Within mere weeks, 22 women are in the final stages of completing a Perficient-sponsored coding bootcamp in Detroit; their final project includes designing their own apps, all of which serve the world in various ways and all certain to make an impact. Learn More About Perficient’s Bright Paths. Celeste Rowe’s Bright Paths Project: Grow Better.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

However, it had a great group of employees and was in a market that I knew very well. In June 2021, we were up to six locations, $327.6 In 2021, we are up to over $70 million, mostly investment properties. It was so awesome I asked if I can reprint here. Below are the flurry of tweets he sent in his stream. million in loans.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thus far, the numbers do not bear out a massive uptake of a business model, that for the stakeholders, is essentially free (There are roughly 38 banks signed on and 5 million users of CoDi, as measured in late 2020). There are some key differences in place between CoDi and what might be seen elsewhere. Solving For The Chicken And Egg Problem.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. But that’s for next year. First, find a comfy chair.

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Long Lasting Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2015

A generation ago, bankers could count on young people –piggy banks in hand — riding their parents’ coattails to the neighborhood branch. Believe it or not, this is a slice of the market that in some cases has never opened the doors of a bricks-and-mortar branch bank or learned how to write a check.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Most organizations … are like, ‘Where is the most profitable market segment?’” What we do is we take that ethos and apply it to all of our decision-making in our product development or marketing. By Roshan McArthur. Name: Beneficial State Bank. Assets: $1.5 Location: Oakland, Calif. billion-asset community bank in Oakland, Calif.,

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

From my own experience, the reams of complex and confusing paperwork homebuyers must sign—and be bound by—to obtain a home mortgage continually astonishes them. Fortunately, First Federal Savings & Loan Bank (in operation since 1923) has never sold any of our mortgage loans to the secondary market or anyone else.

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