Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

During my 20-plus years of dealing with community bankers, either as an investment strategist, sales rep or business-development manager, I have come to understand that certain buzz words fall on deaf ears. As a consequence, supply-siders, like your bank’s brokers, tend to avoid using them during a sales pitch. percent for 2014.

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Management Community Bank Community Comparison 70

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

banks is up $157 billion from the same period in 2013. However, Q3 commercial lending is down from the beginning of 2014 (quarter ending 3/31/2014) by about $67 billion. A recent data report culled from Sageworks Bank Information , a web-based data platform that includes financial and regulatory information on every U.S.

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Lending South Carolina Miami Community Bank 186

Bank Innovation

APRIL 7, 2017

Getting customers on track for financial health is a top priority for most banks. But while major FIs have the resources and tools in place for helping customers manage and monitor credit, smaller players often lack that crucial infrastructure. The company, acquired by Bankrate in 2014, rolled out its FI-facing app […].

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Resources Tools Management Company 207

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

According to CB Insight , community bankers felt Q3 was a light one in terms of regulatory compliance. However, the Q3 2014 Banking Compliance Index (BCI), shows otherwise. As a result, banks are having to spend more time and resources on complying with regulations instead of profitable activities such as booking new loans.

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Risk Management Community Bank Compliance Community 170

ABA Community Banking

DECEMBER 9, 2014

SNL Report: State is #3 in M&A deal volume Management Financial Trends Lines of Business CSuite Community Banking. 1Management'

Minnesota 40

Minnesota Community Bank Community Trends 40

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

through its subsidiary BNC National Bank, offers community banking and wealth management services in Arizona, Minnesota, and North Dakota from 14 locations. It also conducts mortgage banking from 12 offices in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona, and North Dakota. Well done! #3. BNCCORP, Inc.

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North Dakota Arizona Minnesota Los Angeles 87

BankInovation

JULY 21, 2020

Radius Bank reaches a national customer base through its digital channels and powers banking services for fintechs like Brex and NorthOne. It’s a business plan the former community bank, which was founded in 1987, spent years developing and continues to improve today. “As

Community Bank 59

Community Bank Community National Fintech 59

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza.

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Community Bank Community Software New York City 91

ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Banner puts deal on deal with AmericanWest Management Financial Trends CSuite Community Banking. 1Management'

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Community Bank Community Trends Management 40

Independent Banker

MAY 2, 2016

We ignite prosperity in all the communities we serve through community reinvestment, lending to local businesses, and providing educational opportunities for the community and our employees. We are more than a community bank; we are a community prosperity engine.

North Dakota 70

North Dakota Community Bank Community Risk Management 70

ABA Community Banking

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Community banking institutions spending average of $100,000 over 2014 to comply Management Duties Compliance Compliance Management.

Community Bank 40

Community Bank Compliance Community Management 40

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Just about every community bank makes commercial real estate loans. A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. He adds that regulators and bank management need to act to prevent those risks from becoming reality. “We

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Community Bank Lending Community Regulation 70

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements.

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Compliance Regulation Community Bank Community 101

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A cluster of community activists and business leaders pooled their resources to form Ponce de León Federal Savings and Loan Association, which opened its first branch on March 31, 1960. They named the community bank after the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, to honor its founders’ roots. “If

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Puerto Rico New York City Community New York 113

Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

It’s an important topic that Celent discussed in a report published last year: And Then There Were None: The Disappearance of Community Banks. The figures below outline the decline of banks in the US, going from 11,462 at the end of 1992 to 5,809 in 2014. prepaid services, P2P lending, etc.).

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Conference Retail Community Austin 100

Abrigo

JANUARY 19, 2015

The Recession taught many institutions that whatever processes had been in place for managing capital were not sufficient. The BASEL Committee, in a January 2014 article , acknowledged four components of a capital planning process: 1. Management framework for preserving capital. The result was insufficient capital.

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Capital Analysis Policies Examples 150

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

With wire fraud on the rise, community banks have to step up precautions to protect themselves and their customers. Wire fraud incidents nearly doubled to 27 percent in 2014, from 14 percent a year earlier, according to the 2015 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey. billion-asset community bank.

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Community Bank Fraud Atlanta Community 70

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

In one recent case study tied to instant issuance, Entrust Datacard stated that Woodforest National Bank, a community bank operating across 17 U.S. states and 700 branches, sought to enhance customer experience with an instant issuance solution and also needed EMV capability.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Increasingly, more digitally connected consumers are saying yes to that question with their community bank. Some even assume their bank will interact with them however and whenever they want. For many community banks, telephone calls still generate the highest volumes of customer service interactions.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Community Operations Retail 70

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

You recognize one of today’s most prominent technology dilemmas for community banks: It’s the great mobile divide. It’s where older, profitable customers have been slower to adopt new banking technologies that not-yet-profitable millennials pick up quickly and easily. billion in payments throughout 2014. By Paul Schaus.

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Mobile Millennials Community Bank Community 70

Abrigo

OCTOBER 2, 2014

” • Net Stable Funding Ratio – Encourages long-term resilience by creating incentives for banks to fund their activities with more stable sources. • Strengthened Risk Capture – Includes more centralized and accurate data management, and more in-depth stress testing and forecasting. Blog Bank Credit Union'

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How To Capital Community Bank Maine 236

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2016

The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. Lynn Drysdale, Managing Attorney, Consumer Law Unit, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY.

San Antonio 60

San Antonio Kansas City Groups CA 60

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

According to a statistic released as part of the ICBA 2014 Top 50 Community Bank Leaders in Social Media, nearly 2,500 banks have a Facebook or Twitter presence, and the numbers continue to exponentially grow. So how do banks use social media and what do they need to be wary of? Following the tweets.

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social media Risk Management Compliance Community Bank 88

Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

The combination has helped make him the star lender at Farmers & Merchants Bank, a $120 million-asset community bank in Miamisburg, Ohio. million of the bank’s $17.4 million in total new loans in 2014. The bank’s portfolio grew 8.84 percent in 2014 and 16.66 He booked $6.9 percent in 2013.

Ohio 70

Ohio Community Bank Maryland Community 70

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. So where do ballyhooed mobile banking and payments developments among the biggest players leave community banks?

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Community bank compliance professionals know three things about effective compliance management: It starts at the top. It permeates all of the policies, processes and procedures of the bank. As a result, most compliance officers were likely not surprised by the August 2014 “Advisory to U.S. By Mary Thorson.

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Compliance Leadership Resources Virginia 80

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Mark Vis, a real estate and commercial loan officer with First State Bank Southwest, a $250 million-asset community bank in Worthington, Minn., This ups the ante for banks courting certain business owners, particularly those managing startup companies. Look for more community banks to do the same in 2016.

Trends 79

Trends Community Bank Lending Community 79

Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

My Remarks to Bank Client's Annual Meeting of Shareholders "I want to thank [Chairman] and the Board, [CEO] and the management team for asking me to come out and remark on where I think the banking industry is going over the next five years. By the way, so is your CEO and much of your management team. Not your chairman.

Millennials 78

Millennials Community Pennsylvania Meeting 78

Independent Banker

MAY 24, 2016

Direct payments made to farmers disappeared with the 2014 farm bill. This leaves federal crop insurance support as a key risk-management tool. However, the farm community already is being forced to defend even this scaled-back safety net. It’s a crucial risk-management tool” for 1.7 Ongoing concerns. Rural housing loans.

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Community Bank Kansas City Community Iowa 70

Jeff For Banks

MAY 31, 2022

Real GDP The first quarter of 2022 was marked by GDP growth of -1.4%, which was the first non-pandemic related negative GDP growth rate since 2014. For most American consumers, the timing of these inflationary pressures could not come at a worse time: after two years of pandemic-related isolation, many corporate managers (and their landlords!)

Marketing 78

Marketing Community Bank Community Management 78

Abrigo

JANUARY 18, 2017

As anyone advising business owners knows, clients are often so busy with day-to-day operations and management that they find it tough to gain a big-picture view of certain financial aspects, such as cash flow. SCORE , a nonprofit association that helps small businesses in partnership with the U.S.

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Technology Cards Software Payments 150

Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Between 1980 and 1995, more than 2,900 banks and thrifts with collective assets of more than $2.2 More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. To you, manage your interest rate risk.

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FDIC Community Bank Regulation Lending 78

PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2016

In his annual letter to shareholders, Dimon went on, at some length, to say that the “mission-critical” services that big banks can supply are the types of things “regional and community banks simply cannot do.”. “In The concept of breaking up the bank was shot down both in 2013 and 2015.

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Washington Regulation Leadership Community Bank 100

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Each employee has an ownership stake in the bank through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan. In 2021, the bank expensed over $530 thousand to the ESOP to benefit employees. Twenty-six percent of the bank is owned by the Board, Executive Management, and the ESOP. I would call that stakeholder alignment.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Community Community Bank 78

Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

With the prevalence and importance of Internet-enabled devices increasing nearly everywhere, community banks should remember to expand the scope of their security policies and network monitoring to cover their hardware, according to computer security experts. which specializes in serving community banks. Upping IT audits.

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ATM Security System Community Bank 70

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 13, 2018

is the parent company of Willamette Valley Bank, a community bank headquartered in Salem, Oregon. The Bank operates five full service offices. That is up from $6 million in 2014. Thanks to good old growth and balance sheet management which saw their net interest margin expand from 3.49% in 2015 to 3.80% today.

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Oregon Ohio California Community Bank 101

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Jill is continually demonstrating just how loud a $300 million community bank can roar!

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Idaho Community Industry Strategy 159