South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Many community banks today are willing to underwrite real estate secured loans on just two metrics: debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) and loan-to-appraised value (LTV). Banks typically approve credits above 1.20x DSCR and below 75% LTV – with many loan-specific factors that may skew these acceptable levels.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But there are ways community banks can help mortgage-seekers get on the property ladder. Burmis, senior vice president and retail lending manager at $450 million-asset Chelsea State Bank in Chelsea, Mich. So how can community banks help? By Beth Mattson-Teig. Flexibility needed.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Large financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly turning to FinTech firms and alternative lenders to augment their small business (SMB) offerings, but community banks are beginning to get on board with the partnership strategy , too. They’re very disciplined on credit and interest rate risk,” he said.

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Banking Exchange

APRIL 18, 2021

Federal Reserve data noted the lack of demand for small business loans even while noting that consumer demand is on the increase Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers Fair Lending Profitability Feature3 Financial Research Feature Financial Trends Lines of Business Retail Banking The Economy.

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

Community banking may get a boost from technology, if recent activity is any indication. In Florida, reported American Banker – in the community banking realm – Seacoast Banking has paired with SmartBiz Loans to shorten the loan approvals process. Joint efforts from community banks are reportedly picking up steam.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The company handles payments, retail banking, treasury desks and mortgage lending for about 90 of the top 100 banks in the world. retail and business banking sectors by further enabling digital transformation for community banks and credit unions around the U.S. Vista purchased DH Corp.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 14, 2022

Community banks have solid competitive advantages when competing against insurance companies (primarily life insurance companies or “Lifecos”) and commercial real estate securitization conduit lenders (CMBS) for commercial borrowers. How Banks Can Compete Against Insurance Companies and CMBS. Solution Parameter. Differentiation.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

commercial bank loan portfolios have continued to expand. Which areas of lending and what banks are driving the expansion? A recent issue of Banking Insights , published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. commercial banks. ” In fact, C&I lending grew first following the recession.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Small businesses’ access to traditional loans continues to grow as loan applications at big banks reached new heights last month, the latest Biz2Credit data showed. In its monthly Small Business Lending Index, released Tuesday (Sept. 11), Biz2Credit found that big banks in August approved 26.5 percent from July.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For the last few years, SouthState Bank Correspondent Division has been hosting lender lunches across the country. Lenders Lunch Material We typically host these lunches for 10 to 20 banks and have anywhere from 20 to 40 bankers in attendance. For example, we highlight that the 80/20 profitability rule does not apply in banking.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 20, 2015

One problem with commercial loan portfolio due diligence is that there is no common underwriting standard between community banks. Mortgages, autos, consumer and other retail-type of loans tend to be more standardized since liquidity is greater. One bank’s “3” rated credit can be another bank’s “6.”

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Theoretically, if all variables stay the same, an increase in a bank’s NIM will lead to an increase in a ROA/ROE. In the competitive world of banking (retail, commercial, corporate) all else is not equal. Further, during economic slowdowns, banks tend to lend less, and this leads to lower yields and lower NIM.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 15, 2023

This article provides an update on pricing trends driven by our Loan Command aggregated community bank data and highlights some working pricing ideas. Because of the loan mix, banks are currently pricing their weighted commercial portfolio to a 16% ROE, or under their target. Total industry loans grew 5.1%

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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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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. It’s an important topic that Celent discussed in a report published last year: And Then There Were None: The Disappearance of Community Banks.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 26, 2019

The community bank model is built around customer service, but for many bank and credit union customers, the definition of “good service” has been changing over the last couple of decades. Stay Up-to-Date On Lending Best Practices. Learn More. The 2018 J.D. Credit Risk. Learn More. Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 22, 2018

-based Unity Bank for a digital loan solution. Unity Bank, with $450 million in assets, has begun to leverage loan technology to streamline its commercial lending and consumer lending processes.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

Sageworks (which is also on Twitter at @Sageworks ) has identified 15 must-follow Twitter accounts for banking professionals. 1) @davidpoconnell – David O'Connell is a former commercial lender and a senior analyst at Aite Group, where he covers commercial banks and their use of analytics. Learn more here.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success. Pandemic-Induced Transformations. Optimize Technology.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. As expected, it was a great way to read the temperature of the banking industry. P2P lending), and new payment schemes. The retailer combines the in-store and app experience to enhance the customer buying process.

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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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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Following up on a threat it made back in 2018 , the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced on October 6, 2022 that it entered into a consent order with Rhinebeck Bank (“Rhinebeck”) to settle discrimination claims involving discretionary dealer markups on retail installment contracts with minority borrowers.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

An approach that not only addresses challenges of access to capital for underserved communities, but one that also builds a customer pipeline for the future. The post Bank Community Engagement: Small-business lending can be a win-win. appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. Here’s how.

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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. Ag lending in the South: Relationships matter. By Ed Avis.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 20, 2023

2022 will go down as one of the worst years for community bank loan mispricing when viewed on a spread basis. Rapidly rising rates crushed performance as many banks held a fixed rate constant and/or booked a fixed rate loan at a misguided level. Banks had tight spreads on loans with 1.2

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Business conditions were most often called the single biggest challenge facing community banks, according to an annual survey released yesterday by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. The post For Community Banks, COVID-19 Brings Existential Concerns to Fore appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 12, 2022

As usual, it was full of insight that every community banker should consider. Our focus is on information that pertains to the community banking industry. in assets and almost $500B market cap), Dimon emphasizes in multiple ways that the bank’s focus is on the communities in which it operates.

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Banking Exchange

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For community and regional banks one area that remains largely untapped is commercial lending Community Banking Feature Feature3 Bank Performance The Economy Management Financial Trends Lines of Business Technology Retail Banking.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Millennium Bank, like many community financial institutions, is heavily concentrated in commercial real estate (CRE). Of course, COVID-19 has greatly impacted CRE over the last six months, with lodging, retail, and office spaces suffering a significant blow amid stay-at-home orders and other social distancing measures.

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Abrigo

APRIL 19, 2016

Brian Hamilton, chairman and co-founder of Sageworks, says the issue of how to respond to innovation is important, especially for community banks, which make up 97 percent of all U.S. Community banks find themselves at a crossroads,” he wrote.

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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.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

based bank may be a community bank, but it’s thinking big when it comes to digital transformation. Working with $11.9 million from its shareholders to continue growing and investing in technology this year, Banesco USA entered into an agreement recently with Silicon Valley-based accelerator Plug and Play Fintech.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

FXStreet reported last week that the ESMA wants to track retail investor activities and coordinate its own regulatory efforts stretching across Europe. community banks and small business lending. That document focuses on budgets and regulatory efforts across the region. As has been reported, the U.S.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 30, 2015

With the recession fading into the more distant past, banks – in particular, community banks – have seen several years of loan growth. Banks, according to Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, are starting to reach for additional growth by lending to less creditworthy borrowers, a move that increases risk to the institution.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 27, 2011

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. But if you read or watch interviews of CEOs of community FIs from 2008 forward, you will be bombarded with the message that they didn''t engage in the things that led to the collapse.

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Banking Exchange

OCTOBER 26, 2021

adults are credit invisible, or have no credit at all Community Banking Consumer Compliance Feature3 Financial Research Feature Duties Retail Banking Fair Lending Diversity Inclusion Human Rights. One in ten U.S.

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