Bank Innovation

APRIL 13, 2020

Rapidly deployed automation technologies are helping community and regional banks keep up with the deluge of applications. The Small Business Administration launched its Paycheck Protection Program loans more than a week ago and banks have been racing to keep up with the volume ever since.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. That year, installations further south, in the region that includes Brownsville and Corpus Christi, supported an estimated 41,000 jobs and contributed about $4.6

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South State Correspondent

JULY 7, 2024

In commercial banking, lending optionality occurs for liquidity, credit, or interest rates. Another example of interest rate lending optionality is a lack of prepayment protection on loans. This reduction represents 23% of the average NIM for community banks. The only time banks can exercise this right is during a credit event.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. This time around, Sweetbridge is using blockchain in a lending context.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2022

However, some community banks are still deciding on the correct term lending index to adopt. We believe that having more options for community banks is beneficial. Community banks have used overnight indices such as Fed Funds and Prime for decades, and those are not going away. Robustness/Volume. Representative.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We did more loans in a two-month period than we did in 10 years of SBA lending combined," he said. "We Historically, traditional business lending is based on historical financial performance," he said. This not only helps FIs with their own lending processes, but can also enable small businesses to begin to look into their own futures.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

But the latest initiatives reveal a growing interest in transforming internal processes, particularly among smaller banks looking to upgrade their core infrastructure and elevate small business lending operations. The regional bank also noted growing interest among smaller FIs to embrace the bank-FinTech collaboration trend.

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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. Small regional and community banks had a much higher approval rate (90 percent) for those firms classified as “Growers.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest solutions that FinTechs and lenders are developing to ease the PPP lending process for SMBs and FIs alike, with many initiatives focused on enabling regional and community banks to maintain a competitive edge against the biggest banks. LendingTree. Fresno First Bank. Funding Xchange, Experian.

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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. Philadelphia.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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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. have emerged to do.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 6, 2020

Jack Henry, the banking technology provider that specializes in community and regional banks, is expecting banks to increase their human-digital approaches in 2020.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2017

The latest example of this comes from Regions Bank at its corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. Prior to joining the Regions Bank community, Duggirala served as the CTO of Kabbage, a small business lender. The bank’s corporate office has chosen Amala Duggirala as its new CIO. ”

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 10, 2015

In the course of our work with community bankers, we deal with hundreds of banks across the country and talk to thousands of lenders. Competition is intense and every lender is looking for an advantage against the national or regional bank.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2019

Slow lending decisions and frustrating loan application processes are among borrowers’ biggest gripes with traditional financial institutions vs competitors such as online or alternative lenders. Drive faster lending decisions. Contacting a branch manager might yield insight on depositors for potential upsells for loans. Get started.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Utilizing the Bank Information platform, Sageworks recently released a ranking of the top mortgage lending credit unions in the U.S. by geographic region , identifying the top 10 credit unions by mortgage loan volume for the Northeast, South, Midwest and South. Bruemmer, executive vice president for Landmark Credit Union.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 6, 2025

Example of a Credit Tenant Loan A community bank that we work with was lamenting that the competition was undercutting pricing on a CTL by about 10 to 20bps (depending on the term shown). Neither our community bank nor the competitor was properly analyzing this credit opportunity.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But, as Shoihet said, these firms account for roughly 50 percent of trade volume in the LATAM region. The other 50 percent, he said, comes from the SMBs that are being overlooked by the traditional financial services community, he told PYMNTS — and who create a majority of jobs in the region.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Which areas of lending and what banks are driving the expansion? Community banks (under $10 billion in assets) and regional banks (between $10 and $50 billion) represent 21 percent and nine percent, respectively. Agricultural lending represents two percent, and all other loan types represent the remaining 12 percent.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In Q2/24 the average return of asset (ROA) for community banks (under $10B in assets) was 1.08%. But within the community banking sector, performance varied among banks significantly and a large swath of banks need to improve ROA. of community banks reported negative ROA. While the average ROA was 1.08%, approximately 5.7%

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

China’s community banks are raising new fears over the health of the industry after auditor Ernst & Young resigned from its work with regional bank Bank of Jinzhou. Reports said the decision for EY to quit is the latest event to raise concerns over China’s community banking sector.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

AlphaCredit is a FinTech platform with a focus on consumer lending and finance solutions. It provides credit lines to individuals and has usually worked in communities without much access to banks. Latin America-based AlphaCredit has signed up for a funding round to raise $125 million, led by SoftBank’s Latin America fund.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

operations to PNC Bank , creating the fifth-largest regional player in the U.S. No matter the size of the bank or the regional focus, there’s a general realization that disruption is on the horizon. Through the summer of this year, deal making was down 70 percent from a year earlier to 40 transactions. Gearing Up For Disruption.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Small business hiring may have petered out in January, but lending to SMBs certainly didn’t. The latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index found SMB lending among large financial institutions (FIs) continued to climb, reaching a 25.3 percent approval rate in January.

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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. However, when it comes to commercial lending, the difference between banks can be wide. Mortgages, autos, consumer and other retail-type of loans tend to be more standardized since liquidity is greater.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance. However, a community bank’s average commercial loan size is between $250k and $500k. Some of the results are shown in the table below.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

In this article, we will consider how and why loan size is one of the most significant drivers of profitability for community banks and what community banks can do to improve performance. However, a community bank’s average commercial loan size is between $250k and $500k. Some of the results are shown in the table below.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2022

Community banks face intense competition for profitable borrowers and relationships. With short-term interest rates rising and long-term rates still at historically low levels, all bankers should understand how swap spreads may provide a competitive lending advantage. The Impact on Bank Lending. Conclusion.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This week's look at the most recent initiatives in partnerships and open banking reveals a focus on SMB lending and finance, while Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) also gains traction to allow non-banks to offer their own banking services to corporate customers. HSBC is adopting Biz2Credit 's Bix2X Platform to streamline its SMB lending processes.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In its monthly Small Business Lending Index, released Tuesday (Sept. When you combine a strong economy, healthy retail demand and the willingness of small business owners to reinvest their savings from tax cuts, it creates a positive atmosphere for small business lending ,” said Rohit Arora, Biz2Credit CEO, in a statement.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s no accident that technology companies that have historically not operated in the financial services space are expanding into the small business lending arena. While the Southeast Asia region tends to get lumped together, Mehrotra said each market is unique, with two main groups of developed and developing countries.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking initiatives finds a focus on small business lending: In the U.K., This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking initiatives finds a focus on small business lending: In the U.K.,

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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’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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