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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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.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a recent survey from four Federal Reserve Banks, small regional and community banks have the highest approval rate for small business loans. The 2014 Small Business Credit Survey was a joint operation conducted by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Atlanta, Cleveland and Philadelphia.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 11, 2024

FDIC-insured “Problem Banks” list has been increasing over the past two years. For the community banking industry (banks under $10B in assets), this is particularly troubling as the number of community banks earning negative return on equity (ROE) spiked to 237 institutions in Q1/24, or 5.71% of all community banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. Here, again, lies another opportunity for community banks to fill the void.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

How should community banks target and compare their ROE to the industry and their peer group, and what defines a top-performing bank? Most importantly, is there an ROE level ensuring a bank remains long-term independent and healthy? Bank ROE Historical Performance Total assets for all FDIC-insured institutions was $23.7T

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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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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The FDIC today approved a final rule allowing community banks with a leverage capital ratio of at least 9% to be considered in compliance with Basel III capital requirements and exempt from the complex Basel Calculation.

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2017

FDIC officials in March outlined several types of weaknesses in loan underwriting, administration and oversight practices that are emerging at some banks with CRE portfolios. Eberley, director of the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision wrote in the publication.

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2016

The FDIC is offering a fresh take on how a bank’s board of directors should understand and manage risk. The regulator’s April edition of Supervisory Insights provides what the FDIC called a “refresher” on its Pocket Guide for Directors, the 1988 booklet outlining the basic duties and responsibilities of a bank’s board of directors.

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2025

Kirby cited FDIC statistics showing nearly three-quarters of community banks require three or more levels of approval, regardless of the loan size. A bloated credit memo combined with a multi-tiered approval process creates a slow, frustrating experience for staff and borrowers.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. Julieann Thurlow, CEO of $730 million-asset Reading Cooperative Bank in Reading, Mass.,

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Abrigo

AUGUST 3, 2015

The ABA’s 2015 Survey of Bank Compliance Officers , conducted February through March 2015, had participation from more than 450 financial institutions, with almost 80 percent being community banks. A recent Forbes commentary, Dodd-Frank, Community Bank Decline, And The Effect On U.S.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Takeaway 3 Community banks have seen less volatility in noninterest income, and many are still eyeing growth across the category. Capital One and Fifth Third Bank have launched programs to give customers early access to direct deposits, up to two days. Community banks target growth.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 3, 2017

The FDIC paper The Entry, Performance, and Risk Profile of De Novo Banks published in April 2016 reports that the number of de novo bank failures and acquisitions annually has drastically declined since 2010, primarily due to the fact that new bank formations have become nearly inexistent.

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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 using that six-month lag.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

The failure of SVB is the first example we can recall since the Savings and Loan crisis, where a bank failed mainly because of a duration mismatch between assets and deposits. On the liability side of SVB’s $173B in deposits at the end of 2022, approximately 97% were uninsured and above the $250k in FDIC protection threshold.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2018

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

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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. Banks and credit unions must be able to adjust when necessary to ensure viability of the institution and the ability to supply capital to their local economy.

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ABA Community Banking

JUNE 15, 2021

The FDIC proposed changes to its guidelines for real estate lending policies in order to align standards with the community bank leverage ratio, which does not require electing institutions to calculate tier 2 capital or total capital.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2022

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The main drivers of expected CRE growth in 2020 are: Low interest rates Continued job growth and low unemployment Moderate consumer spending growth Abundant capital and return-seeking investors/lenders, and Increased property values (albeit slowing in appreciation). “2020 could be a pivotal year for the U.S. Watching for CRE red flags.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it had $220 billion of total assets, roughly the size of Silicon Valley Bank when it failed. The FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. This is compared to about 40% at most banks. These inflows help mitigate a run-in-progress.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 19, 2020

The FDIC today issued two sets of frequently asked questions addressing banker and consumer concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. The post FDIC Issues Coronavirus-Related FAQs for Banks, Consumers appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions earned $69.5 increase from a year before, the FDIC reported today in its Quarterly Banking Profile. The post FDIC: Bank Profits Up in Third Quarter as Capital, Liquidity Levels Remain Strong appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2020

PPP loans carry a 0% risk weighting, meaning they don’t count against the institution from a risk-based capital standpoint. Non-bank SBA-approved lenders, however, may not participate in the PPPLF at this time. With the surge in loans and no pressure on capital ratios, both Domine and Bates expressed approval for the program.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

ILCs are used to form industrial loan companies, better known as industrial banks. An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

2/ @Schornack The primary asset of the organization was Flagship Bank Minnesota, a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender with two locations in the Twin Cities Metro Area. 3/ @Schornack The bank was under a cease and desist order and struggling with a high level of troubled assets. I suggest following Andy on Twitter.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. customer impact. TechCrunch, April 2020.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 9, 2017

In addition, “Management can use stress testing to establish and support reasonable risk appetite and tolerances, set concentration limits, adjust strategies and appropriately plan for and maintain adequate capital levels.

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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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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. Name: Locality Bank. Keith Costello, Locality Bank. “We

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

This might be explained by the capital formation process, where a low performing bank gets equity injections and those folks go on the board. Frequently asked. Seldom answered. In terms of bankers, active or retired, this group looks no different than the Top 5. Perhaps not.

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