South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Since our last update on pricing and credit HERE , commercial loan pricing trends for the first quarter of 2024 continue to be driven by the perceived increase in credit risk, tighter credit supply and banks’ need for wider margins. percentage points bringing forward looking LGD to 44% of the average community bank loan amount.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 2, 2024

Many economists and analysts predict that the Federal Reserve and other central banks will start easing monetary policy in 2024. How should lenders discuss interest rates in 2024, and what advice should relationship managers provide their clients about banking products? Therefore, we can expect no more clarity in 2024 than in 2023.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 23, 2024

ABA has elected Jennifer Jones as chair of the Community Bankers Council for the 2024-2025 association year. The post South Carolina banker elected chair of ABA’s Community Bankers Council appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. Jones is president and CEO of CBL State Savings Bank in Greer, South Carolina.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 19, 2023

However, the adoption of interest rate swaps is much lower at community banks (banks with under $10B in assets), with only a few hundred banks showing interest rate swap volume. The market expects deposit betas to increase through 2023 and 2024. S&P projected COF and betas are shown in the graph below.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Federal Reserve announced the members of the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council for 2024, including the new council president and vice president. The post 2024 Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council Members announced appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Community banking has almost achieved Kleenex or Xerox fame, being generalized to the point of meaninglessness. And the dilution of what it means to be a community bank has been diminished not just by interlopers pretending to be sheep in wolf's clothing, but also regulators, and unfortunately, community banks themselves.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 30, 2024

Attendees return from ThinkBIG energized and informed so they can continue positively impacting their institutions and, more importantly, their communities. The 2024 ThinkBIG conference offers two conference tracks along with larger general sessions that will set financial institutions up for success. Regular registration ends May 10.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 5, 2023

Community bank cost of funds is jumping up. As shown in the graph below, the net interest margin (NIM) for community banks declined 22bps in Q1’23. The question is – what will happen to community bank’s cost of funds from here? The graph below shows community bank cost of funds compared to those banks over $25B.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Bank Director Magazine recently came out with its Ranking Banking report for 2024. One is I wanted to push it forward to second quarter 2024 (the list was year ended 2023). Net interest income is typically greater than 80% of community bank revenues. Click on image to see it larger. I wanted to take another cut at it though.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The ABA Foundation named seven banks as 2024 Community Commitment Award winners. The post ABA Foundation announces winners of Community Commitment Awards, Distinguished Service Award appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. Raul Valles of Dallas Capital Bank in Texas to receive the George Bailey Distinguished Service Award.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 22, 2024

ABA announced the 2024 recipients of its annual Emerging Leader Awards, which recognize the next generation of bank leaders committed to the highest standards of achievement and service. The post ABA announces 2024 Emerging Leader Award recipients appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

low- to moderate-income communities, communities of color, women, rural, tribal, or disadvantaged communities). In June 2024, the US Treasury issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the uses, opportunities and risks presented by developments and applications of artificial intelligence within the financial sector.

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American Banker

JULY 11, 2024

The top five community banks have combined first mortgage loans of more than $2.8 billion as of March 31, 2024.

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ABA Community Banking

DECEMBER 8, 2023

From the Basel III endgame to Regulation II to new Community Reinvestment Act and Section 1071, 2023 has delivered a regulatory onslaught for the industry. The post Podcast: The bank policy outlook for 2024 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. How are bankers navigating the waves of overlapping changes?

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Financial Markets Update – Third Quarter 2024 I had a fantastic September traveling to France and Luxembourg with my sisters. What would this disruption mean especially since there is so much need in states like Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee after Hurricane Helene destroyed so many communities with massive rain and flooding.

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

ABA announced the winners of its 2024 ABA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards, which recognize member banks for their internal-facing programs, leadership and activities focused on improving DEI within their workplace. The post ABA announces 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award winners appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Jack Henry

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This year’s Jack Henry Connect was a remarkable event that captured the spirit of community banking while embracing the continuously shifting world of technology.

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The post ABA nominates officers, board for 2024–2025 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. ABA’s Nominating Committee finalized the official slate of candidates to be presented for election at the association’s annual convention scheduled for Oct. 27-29 in New York City.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 1, 2024

Financial Markets Update – Second Quarter 2024 A dream vacation! That and getting consumed by Euro 2024 and Copa America soccer and of course, the Phillies. In July 2024, we will mark two years of inversion between the 10-year Treasury and the 2-year Treasury yields. for 2024 and 2.0% It was so beautiful and lots of fun.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On October 24, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a final rule amending their regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act. Continue Reading

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

The Federal Reserve has formed a FedNow Community group for its upcoming instant payment offering, the FedNow Service , and needs volunteers to support it, the Fed announced Wednesday (May 6). The Fed acknowledged the challenges brought on by the coronavirus but noted the FedNow Service is still scheduled to be unveiled in 2023 or 2024.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This year, 90 banks made American Banker's 12th annual Best Banks to Work For ranking. The leaders of these institutions share how they keep their employees happy.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Given this new signal, community banks need to analyze what this interest rate environment means for their business model and how to maximize performance. The question is how will this interest rate development affect community banks’ performance, and what must community banks do to remain profitable?

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American Banker

JANUARY 3, 2024

A resilient economy and the potential for interest rate cuts could infuse further bullish sentiment into markets and bolster the shares of small lenders.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 15, 2024

billion in awards from the CDFI Fund in fiscal year 2024, which is more than three times the amount of available. The post CDFI Fund received $1.55B in funding requests in 2024 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. A total of 948 organizations from across the U.S. requested a combined level of approximately $1.55

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 29, 2024

billion in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of $28.4 billion in Q1 2024 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. billion in Q1 2024 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. The banking industry reported net income of $64.2 billion or 79.5% decline […] The post Quarterly Banking Profile: Banking net income $64.2

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Bankers are hopeful that several factors could strengthen profits next year, including higher loan demand and more stable funding costs as the Fed holds the line on — or even lowers — interest rates.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Looking Ahead With the enforcement deadline of April 29, 2024, fast approaching, financial institutions subject to NYSDFS Part 500 amendments must accelerate their compliance initiatives.

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American Banker

AUGUST 25, 2024

American Banker's second grouping of the top institutions for 2024 are guided by leaders working to improve not just their offices, but the surrounding communities as well.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

Bloomberg recently announced that it will shut down its BSBY index on November 15, 2024. We published various articles comparing community bank alternatives to LIBOR (such as SOFR, Ameribor, Fed Funds, and Prime). Historically, community banks have hesitated to adopt derivatives for several reasons. No ISDA documents.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 26, 2023

The bigger risk to community banks’ business model is not a moderate recession induced by aggressive interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve. The Fed may be nearing the end of its hiking cycle, but given the high threshold for interest rate cuts, there may be no changes in the Fed Funds rate until well after 2024.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 18, 2024

Deposit costs and liquidity remain a challenge for some community banks as competition for core funding remains intense. The graph below compares the liquidity ratio for community banks (under $10B in assets) and banks over $100B in assets. This deposit and loan repricing mismatch caused NIM pressure at community banks.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Embracing these changes enables entities to fortify their operations, safeguard stakeholders, and instill trust within the broader financial community. Looking Ahead With the enforcement deadline of April 29, 2024, fast approaching, financial institutions subject to the DFS500 amendments must accelerate their compliance initiatives.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this article, we partner with Gartner to look at 2024 key IT metrics and provide strategic insight into how much your bank should be spending on IT. For perspective, 2023 and what we expect for 2024 can be characterized as keeping up with revenue. of total expenses; in 2024, this number is expected to be 11.2%.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

In two recent articles, we reviewed the banking industry’s deposit behavior with regard to cost of funding earning assets (COF) ( HERE ), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle ( HERE ). Deposit Behavior In This Tightening Cycle Versus Last Three.

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