South State Correspondent

JULY 29, 2024

However, we would like to identify one important macroeconomic variable that will affect the banking industry regardless of the makeup of the legislative and executive branches of the US government. Regardless of who wins, our national debt will continue to increase, and community banks should be prepared for its consequences.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Given recent news about decreasing ag incomes , combined with increasing demand for ag loans , banks need to evolve in this area of lending. By improving policies and procedures, banks can make better and more profitable ag lending decisions.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time? The result?

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2017

Banks exceeding supervisory criteria for concentrations for total CRE loans or total loans for land acquisition, development and construction currently reflect higher pre-tax return on assets than other institutions, according to the FDIC.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

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Independent Banker

MAY 25, 2016

Tax credits for Main Street lending. As a small urban community bank, North Valley Bank is increasingly challenged with heavily government-subsidized competition. In response, ICBA is promoting a new tax policy idea as part of its Plan for Prosperity regulatory-relief legislative package. Chuck Johnston.

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The unequal tax treatment of credit unions is driving acquisitions of community banks—making it more attractive in many instances for a bank to choose a credit union as its buyer. The post When the Truth About Credit Unions Hits Close to Home appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

By Paul DavisA series of tax cuts that are poised to expire next year should be on the radar of banks of all sizes.The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law in December 2017, is largely viewed as the most-sweeping overhaul of the tax code in three decades. It ushered in a […] The post End in sight?

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

ABA expressed its support for a bipartisan bill to permanently extend a tax credit created to attract private investment in distressed communities. The post ABA urges passage of New Markets Tax Credit extension appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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American Banker

MARCH 20, 2025

The Independent Community Bankers of America wants Congress to eliminate tax exemptions for credit unions with more than $1 billion of assets, scaling back an earlier request that would have targeted the entire credit union sector.

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Citing possible adverse unintentional consequences to CECL practices at community banks, ABA said it opposed changes proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board relating to estimating credit losses on non-bank accounts receivable.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This upcoming year has a lot of good in store for our industry, because ICBA continues to pursue even more successes for community banks nationwide. Few would have thought a highway bill would become the vehicle that would allow multiple community bank regulatory relief provisions to be signed into law by the president.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 17, 2025

This year could be a banner year for bank mergers and acquisitions, with improving economic conditions, enhanced net interest margins and the possibility of tax cuts, according to a recent analysis by the law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 30, 2024

Credit unions are swallowing up tax-paying banks at an alarming rate, using the tax break lawmakers granted them to serve people of modest means. Following a record 16 credit union bank buys announced in 2022, credit unions’ share of total bank purchases hit an all-time high last year.

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

Around the Table—Wisconsin community bankers work with legislative staff members on Capitol Hill during ICBA’s Washington Policy Summit. Keeping community banking interests front and center. 812) and the Community Bank Access to Capital Act (H.R. Washington Policy Summit. By Courtney Schoenborn.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

The Independent Bankers Association of New York State has been actively advocating for several initiatives to enhance community banking and the communities and customers our members serve. These increased burdens and costs have had an impact on the number of community banks.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

The provision will ultimately provide thousands of community banks a reduction in deposit-insurance premiums of up to 30 percent. Without the proposal’s provision protecting most community banks from higher assessments, banks under $10 billion in assets may not have seen any rate decreases until the DIF reserve ratio reached 1.35

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

When meeting with our member community banks, the top concern is always the continuing crush of regulatory burden emanating from Washington, D.C. IBAT believes this is ultimately a significant issue not only for community banks and their customers, but also for local economic viability. Property tax lenders.

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Given their extraordinary and unnecessary tax benefit, large credit unions should be held accountable for meeting the needs of the very communities they were created to serve in the first place. The post How Large Credit Unions Are Failing to Meet Their Mission, and How Congress Can Fix It appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Investment principles of top bank portfolio managers. Community bank institutional investment portfolio managers have been put through their paces the past several years. Yet that is exactly what many community banks have accomplished. By Karen Epper Hoffman.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Job seekers are in the driver’s seat across most industries, including community banking,” says Lindsay LaNore, group executive vice president and chief learning and experience officer for ICBA. However, community banks have a big opportunity to stand out from the crowd of potential employers.”. Put people first.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 23, 2020

In an American Banker op-ed today, American Bankers Association Chair Laurie Stewart called attention to the “disturbing trend” of large, tax-exempt credit unions purchasing taxpaying community banks. The post Stewart Op-Ed Highlights ‘Disturbing’ Trend of Credit Unions Buying Banks appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Bank policy, baked into their teller system. She knew it, and apologized, saying it was bank policy. I said that the bank would have collected those funds way before 13 days. I had year-end tax planning, charitable contributions, and an upcoming holiday trip to fund. My community bank was acquired by it.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

There is an exception that will be key for many community banks to understand. Biggert-Waters) the bank was not required under federal or state law to escrow taxes or insurance. for the entire term of the loan and did not have a policy of uniformly and consistently escrowing. taxes and insurance.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

It was a prescient move for Hartings and the $450 million-asset community bank, which comfortably weathered the downturn even though residential mortgages are its biggest business line—but not everyone appreciated Hartings’ common-sense approach at the time. Policy Development. Housing Policy Task Force, member.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Consumer groups and banks are pushing for increased regulation on credit unions, aligning on concerns over tax exemptions, consumer protection standards, and the rising trend of credit union acquisitions of community banks.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC. Tax cut and tax reform proposals have been floated. We are at a standstill when it comes to fiscal policy. I believe that tax cuts will spur economic growth, but only if they do not increase government borrowing and the federal deficit.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2021

Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? The most efficient banks in the U.S. That is a fully absorbed number, with support center expenses allocated to it.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 27, 2019

I admire his business savvy, his wealth of knowledge about the economy and the financial markets, his ability to deal with crisis, and his dedication to making people’s lives better through JP Morgan Chase Bank community initiatives. The impact of the tax cuts has faded. Dimon believes that we will see weak GDP growth this year.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

yesterday introduced the New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2023. Cardin, Daines introduce ABA-backed bill to make NMTC permanent appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) The post Sens.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Fed policy works with a long lag, so letting the effects of earlier rate hikes catch up would be good. A tightening campaign that started in December, 2015 and has totaled 2.25% has basically offset the boost from tax cuts and the tightening also succeeded in flattening the yield curve. It is actually a good strategy.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 8, 2017

Janet Yellen, like Ben Bernanke before her, is using the Phillips curve to shape policy. DJ 07/04/17 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. OMG- The Phillips Curve!

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Although the Federal Home Loan Bank System was too close to the industry it regulated during the early years of the crisis and its policies greatly contributed to the problem, the Bank Board had been given far too few resources to supervise effectively an industry that was allowed vast new powers.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 14, 2022

Time is running out for the Federal Reserve to make a simple but critical fix to ensure infusions of funds reach disadvantaged communities. The post Without ECIP Fix, Many Eligible CDFIs, MDIs Will Be Left Out of Key Investment Opportunity appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 31, 2022

The outgoing FDIC chairman discusses bank innovation, FDITech, post-COVID exams and the agency's COVID response in part one of this interview. The post Podcast: Exit Interview with Jelena McWilliams, Part 1 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 25, 2020

The post Senate Clears Massive Coronavirus Stimulus to Support Economic Growth appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. The Senate unanimously passed a sweeping $2 trillion stimulus package to provide relief to American consumers and businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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