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How The Market Gets Interest Rate Predictions Wrong

South State Correspondent

Below is a graph of short-term rates, and their historical levels in the blue line and forecasts of those same rates in the dotted red line at various times in history. Below is a graph of short-term rates, and their historical levels in the blue line and forecasts of those same rates in the dotted red line at various times in history.

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Banks Need to Think of Their Customer Service in Terms of Seconds, Not Minutes, Regions Bank Says

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE—Consumers are impatient, and growing less and less inclined to fill out the long forms necessary to apply for a loan, mortgage, or other financial service. This is why banks need to use their treasure troves of data to make sure they don’t need to, Andy Hernandez, executive vice president and head of digital banking […].

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How To Let Borrowers Choose the Wrong Loan Structure

South State Correspondent

We estimate that the average contractual loan commitment for term credit at community banks has decreased from just under five years in 2022 to just under three years currently. We feel that financing long-term assets with short-term debt may be a poor choice for some borrowers. cuts through the end of the year.

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Cross-Selling and Upselling – 2 Drivers of Relationship Profitability

South State Correspondent

In two previous articles ( here and here ) we discussed how loan size and loan term affect the profitability of commercial loans. Cross-selling, on the other hand, is defined as selling the client additional complementary products or services. In this article, we consider the common features of upselling and cross-selling.

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Managing Interest Rate Risk With a Bank Loan Term Sheet

South State Correspondent

We recently reviewed a loan term sheet from a national bank for a $13mm commercial real estate (CRE) loan. The bank offered a 25-year amortizing loan with a ten-year term and required the borrower to hedge its interest rate risk. Bank is willing to provide this Hedge to Borrower upon mutually agreeable terms.

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Cloud Takes Center Stage at 2023 Bank Automation Summit

Perficient

However, due to their sensitive and regulated natures, some industries – especially the financial services industry – have had more complicated cloud transformation journeys than others. Given their unique vulnerabilities, what do financial services institutions need to consider when migrating to the cloud?

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How Managed Services Can Take You to the Cloud

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This is where managed services come into play. What Are Managed Services? We just said you need managed services – what are they? Simply put, managed services are the outsourcing of management of daily operations of your infrastructure or individual applications. The Benefits of Managed Services.