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Here is The Largest Reason for Community Bank Consolidation

South State Correspondent

Community banks (under $10B in assets) serve a key role for borrowers, local communities, and the broader US economy. Community banks are better positioned than many other creditors to follow and adapt to local economies, industries and trends, thereby, being better stewards of capital. The number of U.S.

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Loan Hedging for Community Banks in 2024

South State Correspondent

Community banks’ use of swaps (banks’ primary tool to hedge interest rate risk on loans) has increased substantially over the last ten years. Meanwhile, community banks face net interest margin (NIM) and fee income pressure. Only 304 banks (or 6.7% of the total) used swaps directly.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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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Why You Need To Use Funds Transfer Pricing in Banking

South State Correspondent

All domestic systemically important banking organizations and most large regional banks engage in some form of FTP practices and building blocks. However, over the years, there has been considerable debate at community banks on how to implement the principles of FTP to various balance sheet accounts like loans and deposits.

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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

A recent data report culled from Sageworks Bank Information , a web-based data platform that includes financial and regulatory information on every U.S. bank and credit union, named the “ Top 15 community banks by commercial loan growth.” Blog Bank' From that subset of all U.S.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

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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