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?

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Amid persistent inflation and core deposit competition, community bankers expand their pools of funding sources, according to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ 2024 community bank survey. The post Cost of funds shoots to top of community bankers’ concerns in 2024 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. PNC ($557 billion in total assets) calls itself a "Main Street Bank." We have not done a good job explaining what a community bank is. They called community banks. Less safe and secure.

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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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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Bank Director Magazine recently came out with its Ranking Banking report for 2024. It uses four metrics to gauge the performance of public commercial and savings banks as defined by S&P. One is I wanted to push it forward to second quarter 2024 (the list was year ended 2023). Click on image to see it larger.

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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. Between December, 2022 and March, 2024, M2 declined on a y-o-y basis, which was the first time that has happened since 1931 to 1933. trillion for fiscal 2024 compared to -$1.7 6 Money Stock report.

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 12, 2024

Federal banking regulators released the 2024 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies eligible to receive CRA consideration. The post Regulators release 2024 list of distressed, underserved communities appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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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

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. Community banks do have a few strategies for mitigating COF pressures.

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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 do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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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 do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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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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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.

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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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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 yield curve impact is having a negative effect on bank profits. Banks reluctant to commit to fixed-rate terms beyond two or three years are disadvantaged.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 29, 2024

The banking industry reported net income of $64.2 billion in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of $28.4 from the previous quarter, according to the FDIC’s most recent Quarterly Banking Profile released today. The figure was down from Q1 2023, when FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions earned $79.8

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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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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 ). A graph for SouthState Bank appears below.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The banking industry’s cost of funds (COF) is highly correlated to short-term interest rates. However, as of Q2/22, the average community bank’s COF has risen only a few basis points. The COF over the past five quarters is shown for three asset peer groups: banks under $1B (3.5k The Data on Cost of Funds.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Community banks are striving to increase loan yield and maintain their cost of funding (COF). We have created and used a novel structure to take advantage of the inverted yield curve to allow community banks to increase net interest margin (NIM) and fee income on these existing fixed-rate loans.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2024

We recently conducted a small sample poll, and out of 21 banks, budgets were down an average of 14% for this year. 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. Usually, a bank spends about 8% of its revenue on IT.

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American Banker

AUGUST 14, 2024

A Northwest credit union announced plans this week to buy a community bank, lifting the 2024 total of such deals to 13 and putting the year on track to set a record. The all-time annual high of 16 was set in 2022.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 21, 2024

2024 could exceed -$2.0 DLJ 03/15/24 Dorothy Jaworski has worked at large and small banks for over 30 years; much of that time has been spent in investment portfolio management, risk management, and financial analysis. Dorothy recently retired from Penn Community Bank where she worked since 2004.

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American Banker

AUGUST 14, 2024

A Northwest credit union announced plans this week to buy a community bank, lifting the 2024 total of such deals to 13 and putting the year on track to set a record. The all-time annual high of 16 was set in 2022.

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American Banker

JULY 12, 2023

The company said long-time chief executive Chuck Sulerzyski would retire in 2024 and be succeeded by Tyler Wilcox, Peoples' executive vice president of community banking.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 9, 2024

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. Community banks should carefully consider the prudence of such a strategy from both a risk and revenue perspective.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 3, 2024

Citing his leadership in advocacy and “his thoughtful, deliberate dedication to the essence of community banking,” BankBeat magazine has named Bryan Bruns — president and CEO of Lake Central Bank in Annandale, Minnesota — as its 2024 Banker of the Year.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As rates stay high, concerns about credit risk and borrower health are top of mind for bank and credit union leaders, especially as it relates to lending to small businesses. Early 2024 figures show a dip in DSCR to 4.62x. However, recent data from Abrigo shows that privately held companies across the U.S.

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American Banker

JANUARY 31, 2024

In this month's roundup of popular tech news: SEC responds to successful hack on its X account, community banks get closer to fintech hubs, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency weighs in on Blue Ridge Bancshares and more.

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