South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2023

However, that publication, directly and indirectly, identified three discrete risks affecting community banks. We will outline what we think community bankers should glean from this publication. Risks to the Community Banking Sector Moody’s identified three risks to the banking sector, including risks to community banks.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 6, 2021

How can community financial institutions thrive in 2021? Community banks provide unique and important banking services for their customers, but they also face significant obstacles. Takeaway 1 Community banks play an important role in the economy and their communities, but they face significant obstacles.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

We believe that this logic is deeply flawed and studies on vintage credit and profitability analysis do not support short-term maturities for banks’ credit criteria or return on equity (ROE) goals. Some Context Around Maturity and Amortization Currently, we estimate that the average community bank’s commercial loan term is between 3.5

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 7, 2024

We recently worked with a community bank in the Southeast that wanted to win a piece of credit business for a manufacturing company. The manufacturing company had a long-time relationship with a national bank and the community bank lender was struggling to make inroads with the company’s CEO and owner. regulatory ROE. regulatory ROE.

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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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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Businesses' working capital cycles are longer. In conversations with community banks and credit unions across the country, we’re hearing about a significant increase in line utilization, raising questions about both liquidity and credit risk. Companies need more working capital, but they’re still paying their suppliers as they should.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As nonprofits grow and expand their efforts, some financial institutions are providing capital to help organizations bridge any gaps between revenue and spending. notes that some nonprofits facing tighter funding from federal and state governments are turning to community banks for commercial loans and lines of credit.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In a previous article ( HERE ), we discussed the concept of Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP), why systemically important banks and large regional banks incorporate FTP, and why community banks should also consider implementing FTP. Community banks can then better measure the economic value obtained from each action taken separately.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 19, 2015

The Recession and its subsequent rate of bank failures underscore the need for banks of all sizes to invest in developing a capital plan. The Recession taught many institutions that whatever processes had been in place for managing capital were not sufficient. The result was insufficient capital. Forward-looking review 4.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 5, 2024

The typical published analysis considers the industry in aggregate which conflates the challenges and opportunities at community banks (those under $10B in assets). Second, much of the increase in COF for community banks is the result of shrinking non-interest bearing DDA being replaced with higher cost CDs (see graph below).

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You might also like this podcast, "How to sleep easier at night about your capital and risk levels." Source: CBRE Apply scenario tests to CRE Assessing CRE risks for informed decisions Market monitoring and commercial real estate risk analysis are indispensable to sound CRE risk management. CBRE stated recently that the share of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. With clearance to move forward with its plans, the community banking landscape will see its first new industry player in years. have emerged to do.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 26, 2024

The reasoning also explains why banks should not use credit underwriting as a competitive differentiator – or put another way, community banks are not in the business of competing for credit risk. Here, the analysis gets more interesting; bankers do not seem to make mistakes evenly above and below the line. In reality, the market (i.e.,

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South State Correspondent

JULY 21, 2024

The biggest surprise for bank managers using risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) loan pricing models is the low return on equity (ROE) on smaller, shorter, and lower-credit quality commercial loans. We believe that all community bank lenders need to understand this critical value driver.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 9, 2014

This article is the second in a two-part series on top concerns and growth strategies of community banks. • Improper global cash flow analysis. To properly asses the credit risk of that entity, the bank must perform a global analysis. • Inadequate strategic planning. • Inadequate strategic planning.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance. This analysis concluded that smaller loans had an average loss rate of 2.5X that of larger loans.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance. This analysis concluded that smaller loans had an average loss rate of 2.5X that of larger loans.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Top down and bottom up analysis can inform capital assessments. Effective stress testing can benefit many different facets of lending, from risk management and strategic decision-making to capital adequacy and liquidity management. Stress testing and capital adequacy.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 6, 2022

However, closer analysis and lessons from history demonstrate that to counteract inflation’s free cash flow-destroying effects, revenue must grow substantially higher than the inflation rate. Sensitivity Analysis. A sensitivity analysis tests assumptions for lenders to use to assess a project’s ability to service debt.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This article provides an update on pricing trends driven by our Loan Command aggregated community bank data and highlights some commercial loan insights that can improve bank performance. percentage points bringing forward looking LGD to 44% of the average community bank loan amount.

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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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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2024

Takeaway 3 To fully capitalize on the forthcoming C&I wave, institutions need the right products, systems, people, and technology. The emphasis for commercial credit risk management and evaluation is cash flow, fixed charges coverage, and working capital cycles. What will need to change for solid commercial credit analysis ?

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Abrigo

MARCH 17, 2022

Takeaway 3 Using stress testing scenarios helps banks and credit unions determine whether estimated loss rates will push projected capital levels below regulatory thresholds. Regardless of regulatory pressure, measuring and managing key risks are the cornerstone of community financial institutions’ enterprise risk management (ERM) programs.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

An interest rate hedging strategy, specific hedge duration, amortization term, capital infusion covenants, and other loan structure requirements become more critical with higher leverage loans. debt yield, and the CRE capitalization (cap) rate is 7.00%. CRE loans are almost always highly leveraged, and this loan is no exception.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

CRE Risk Background While ten years ago, community and regional banks use to make up some 55% of the CRE market, in 2023, these banks now compose approximately 72% (below). The risk here is that community banks continue to take on an above-average amount of CRE credit exposure. This article explores the risk and what to do about it.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The institution can more easily capitalize on opportunities and avoid unnecessary risk. They can result in sub-optimal lending for community banks and credit unions as well as the communities they serve across the country. Learn how to tap your data to generate management insights. Explore Abrigo Connect.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Small business lending is also a prominent line of business for many financial institutions, especially those driven by a mission to help their communities thrive. Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets. A majority of applicants sought less than $100,000.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Perry's perspective is clearly focused on shareholder value and may be viewed as shareholder primacy, a sometimes derogatory term because pursuing shareholder value could be done at the expense of other stakeholders, such as employees, customers, and communities. Raised capital in late 2019. 14/25 Capital priorities for banks: 1.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

The graph and the analysis demonstrate that no relationship exists between a bank’s NIM and performance as measured by return on assets (ROA). The most common rebuttal by community bankers to using a RAROC loan pricing model is that small banks are price takers and need to price to market to win loans.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

” That same adjustment can be applied to banks’ fixed-rate loans for economic value analysis to better understand value creation and allocation, prioritize future business activity, and better deploy capital. Capital got scarce. However, community banks hold approximately 23.5% A Short History of Asset Marks.

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Abrigo

APRIL 25, 2024

The negative correlation of funded business loans to the Fed funds rate is a staggering 86% as businesses weigh their needs for capital against expensive debt and lenders aim to limit risk. Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets.

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Abrigo

MAY 22, 2024

Small business lending is also a prominent line of business for many financial institutions, especially those driven by a mission to help their communities thrive. Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets. A majority of applicants sought less than $100,000.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Takeaway 2 Asset/liability management models use earnings or income simulation models and gap analysis to measure short-term IRR. Takeaway 3 The most common model to measure long-term IRR is an economic value of equity (EVE) analysis. EAR, Gap Analysis. EVE Analysis. Regulatory Emphasis. Interest rate risk measurement.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. This reflects a larger industry trend. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket.

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