South State Correspondent

JUNE 18, 2024

Deposit costs and liquidity remain a challenge for some community banks as competition for core funding remains intense. The graph below compares the liquidity ratio for community banks (under $10B in assets) and banks over $100B in assets. This deposit and loan repricing mismatch caused NIM pressure at community banks.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). Notably, most community banks’ duration risk is in the loan portfolio.

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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 do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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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 do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

Chase has announced it is expanding its retail footprint into nine of the top American markets, as well as opening dozens of new locations in the greater Washington, D.C The bank said about 30 percent of the branches will be in low or moderately low income communities. To us, this is so much more than building branches.

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Perficient

AUGUST 15, 2024

– These are the exact words (with a couple of expletives, that I cannot quote here) – a senior fund administrator from a large investment firm uttered when we were presenting about environment aware financial risk management. I, for one, listen when this legend speaks. What does it mean? How does it impact me?

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). Community banking is no exception. Leveling the Playing Field.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. And that means it can be a challenge to keep up with the latest trends in social media marketing. By Julie Kendrick.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 5, 2022

Loans below 1.50X starting DSCR cannot withstand the current market expected rise in interest rates if cash flow decreases by just 10%. As a reference, the market expects short-term rates to increase by another 1.77% for the rest of 2022. Cap rates for all US properties are at an all-time low. in December 2021).

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Perficient

JANUARY 5, 2021

I’m confident each will bring unique, strategic insights that not only sets us up for long-term growth, but further enhances our ability to deliver transformative digital solutions for our clients.”. She will provide resources to scale client projects and speed time to market. and China global delivery and management consulting.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

New approaches to talent and technology are needed to address changes in the wealth management business model. Wealth management and trust clients are some of the most lasting and profitable relationships a bank can attract, but the banking industry is simply missing the opportunity to realize these businesses’ vast strategic potential.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 14, 2021

In June of 2008 I gave a speech titled "The Death of the Community Bank" and in that speech I made predictions. Much like the General Store fell victim to the supermarket and the lumber yard fell victim to Home Depot, I predicted the community bank that did not pick targeted customer niches or develop product expertise will meet it's doom.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. These experts share nine tips and credit risk best practices to offer stability in an ever-changing market. Our customers don’t just rely on us to facilitate transactions.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In two articles in the past few weeks ( here and here ), we discussed how the “higher-for-longer” interest rate environment will affect the community bank sector – continued increase in the cost of funds (COF), steady yields on loans, and a decrease in net interest margin (NIM) will put severe pressure on ROE for new loan originations.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 4, 2024

Secular changes occur over many business cycles, tend to be slow-moving, and are more difficult to manage with business strategy. However, because bank capital has an average expected life of 15 to 20 years, bank managers must gauge and react to secular changes that will impact their business model.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

For us the pandemic has been an accelerant to change, and a key learning experience. Over the past 10 months, that embrace has been retooled and refined to the point where today the IT department appears to be embedded in the marketing department. sustainability manager for H&M told the NRF conferees.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. A different kind of peer-to-peer payment service is now available, “built by community banks for community banks.”.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 10, 2023

Next week’s article will consider the challenges and possible solutions for community banks to adopt loan hedging programs. A recent paper analyzed domestic banks’ use of interest rate swaps, and we will summarize their findings in this article. Of the largest 250 banks, 90% use interest rate hedges.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2023

Empirical evidence, historical bank failures, and common sense teach us that many risks do not translate to higher yields. This article will compare pay-for-risk vs. relationship banking business models for community banks. Over time, the market does not adequately compensate banks for credit and interest risk.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

How should community banks target and compare their ROE to the industry and their peer group, and what defines a top-performing bank? Community banks (assets under $10B) composed 14.3% Community banks (assets under $10B) composed 14.3% The graph below shows the quarterly ROE for all community banks from 1984 to Q1/2023.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 7, 2024

If rates fall during that period, the borrower will ask the lender to reprice to market or threaten to take business elsewhere. In a competitive market for commercial loans, every feature that can preserve credit quality or maintain pricing can be valuable to the lender.

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Abrigo

MAY 11, 2020

One of the key values community financial institutions have always leaned into is their relationships with their customers, but these relationships have been put to the test amid the coronavirus pandemic. Manage PPP loans through forgiveness. learn more. No more “banker’s hours”.

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Perficient

JANUARY 25, 2021

MY PREDICTION: Leaders from the Provider community will work with the new Federal Administration to develop a “third way” to improve quality and manage costs that is reliant neither fully on the private insurance market nor on governmental backing. Care Disparity Addressed. DISCOVER MORE: How U.S. Rise of the Experience.

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Bobsguide

MAY 11, 2022

London, UK – May 4, 2022 – Today Finastra announces the launch of Finastra Managed Services (FMS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable banks and financial institutions to access FMS in the AWS cloud. It is also a commitment to our FMS multi-cloud strategy which enables us to support customers who value a choice of cloud vendor.”.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 5, 2019

“I don’t think there’s any more important topic at this time in our recovery in the economy and the state of community financial institution management,” said Dave Koch, Managing Director of Advisory Services at Abrigo on the topic of core deposits. An important question to research is, “What makes this depositor engage with us?”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

Community financial institution (FI) Cross River Bank is acquiring Seed , a small business (SMB) digital banking company, reports in Reuters said on Monday (June 24). Its takeover of Seed strengthens its position in the small business FinTech market. Its takeover of Seed strengthens its position in the small business FinTech market.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 27, 2022

Bank will accelerate its cloud strategy with Finastra’s Fusion KTP in the cloud, enabling faster access to innovation and a proactive approach to global treasury management. London, UK – April 27, 2022 – Finastra announced today that Orange Bank in France has selected Finastra’s corporate treasury management solution, Fusion KTP in the cloud.

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Perficient

MAY 28, 2020

From crisis to recovery, healthcare providers have been on the front lines for months, protecting the health, safety and well-being of communities nationwide. So how can providers manage those fluctuations in demand, recover revenue for non-urgent services, and build patient trust in the process? 2: Manage fluctuations in demand.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Some bankers will soon hear about another example of banks using derivatives that, unfortunately, will lead to losses. No ISDA documents.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In an article last week ( Here ), we discussed how the higher-for-longer interest rate environment will affect the community bank sector. We argued that community banks must learn to improve performance in a low-growth environment for the foreseeable future. This is especially important when liquidity is scarce, as it is now.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

We believe that our individual differences make us stronger as a team. This post is the first in a series highlighting the many cultures that enrich our Perficient community. Perficient Champions Our Diverse Community. Six colleagues volunteered to share their stories and cultures with the larger Perficient community.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 21, 2024

The biggest surprise for bank managers using risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) loan pricing models is the low return on equity (ROE) on smaller, shorter, and lower-credit quality commercial loans. Most banks’ origination costs (marketing, underwriting, documentation, and funding) are higher than the fee charged on origination.

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Perficient

MARCH 15, 2021

As we continue our series of posts on making HIPAA work for you, I am going to address a common problem we hear from health care marketers: “My board/boss/CMO/Legal Counsel says we cannot use patient data for marketing communications.”. So what’s a modern, data-driven marketer to do? This is a tough one.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 8, 2020

As with the 2008 market crash, the coronavirus has brought the issue of exposure management to prominence once again. Recent market volatility has sent shockwaves through the financial community and resurfaced some dark memories that most of us would prefer to forget. When the markets are.

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