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For Ag Lenders, Farm Outlook Warrants Watching

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farmers is even more unpredictable than in recent years, so financial institutions will want to keep a close eye on the agricultural sector -- both to protect ag lending portfolios and tap into ag loan growth opportunities. Stay up to date on the farm outlook and ag lending best practices. The economic and financial outlook for U.S.

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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

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Economy , supervisory and risk specialists from the Federal Reserve of Kansas outline top challenges and opportunities regarding the future of community banking. Community banks are critical to ag lending and small business lending. In the recent publication, Community Banks’ Ongoing Role in the U.S. In fact, one in five U.S.

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Ag lending risk increasing as result of declining incomes

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“Although loan volumes have increased steadily since 2011, recent increases have coincided with a period of declining farm income,” said a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The report noted that since 2012, crop cash receipts have declined by more than 20 percent, according to the USDA.

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Crowdfunding, Deferred Loan Payments Jumpstart SMB Relief

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Each week, PYMNTS will round up some of the latest initiatives from governments, banks and FinTechs around the world to lend support for small businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus. have launched new crowdfunding programs to support SMBs’ need for capital. Fed Calls On Small Banks. FinTechs Encourage SMB Crowdfunding.

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How to stress test your ag portfolio

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The report, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , stated that demand could remain high since futures markets for fall crops show prices are likely to remain low because of the potential for another record harvest. The challenge is that market conditions in this type of lending tend to be volatile.

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Onward Financial’s Employer-Backed Payday Loan Alternative

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I think it is pretty obvious when you read stories about the payday lending industry – and how it goes wrong for customers – that consumers need a better alternative,” Onward Financial Founder Ronnie Washington said. In an effort to innovate a solution to these cash flow challenges, Washington founded Onward Financial.

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Why AI Risk Tech And Banks Could Be A Match Made In Heaven

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A solution, he told PYMNTS four years ago , that had nothing to do with financial services or lending at all — they were actually studying hiring and figuring out ways to track employability over time with data. Our simple idea was that better technology and better data science could improve access to credit,” Girouard said.