Study: Small Business Fraud on the Rise
Six in 10 lenders saw an increase in small and midsize business lending fraud over the past two years, according to a study from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, with an average increase of 7.3%.
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Podcast: From Financial Crisis to Digital Transformation
“There are so many ways we can bring banking to people,” says Ryan James, president and CEO of Surety Bank in Deland, Fla. “Community is not bound by geography. I look at community as shared interest.”
CEO Q&A: From Financial Crisis to Digital Transformation
Ryan James reflects on how Surety Bank supported its customers through the financial crisis and how he’s positioning the 93-year-old institution for the next 90 years.
Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers
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.
Podcast: The Risks of Delaying CECL for Some Banks but Not Others
Since the ABA Banking Journal Podcast last checked in on the Current Expected Credit Loss standard—which is coming into effect for many banks and the vast majority of bank assets on Jan. 1, 2020—there have been several key developments.
N.Y. Fed Chief: Don’t Wait for Term SOFR to Begin Rate Transition
Market participants should not wait for term versions of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate to begin adopting it in contracts, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said at an event today.
Treasury Announces $25M in Bank Enterprise Awards
The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund today announced more than $25 million in awards to 113 banks through its Bank Enterprise Awards program, which encourages banks to increase their investments and loans in disadvantaged communities.
ABA’s Benton Discusses Importance of Getting Libor Transition Right
With the financial industry facing a future without Libor—which is currently being referenced in an estimated $200 trillion of financial contracts worldwide—American Bankers Association VP Hu Benton discussed how the industry is preparing on a recent episode of American Banker’s Bankshot podcast.
Podcast: Avoiding the ‘Rhetoric of Sameness’ in Marketing
“We just never felt like we wanted to join that rhetoric of sameness,” Tim Marshall says of his marketing approach at Bank of Ann Arbor.
Fed: Non-Employer Firms Face Challenges with Credit Access, Operating Expenses
Fewer non-employer firms—those without full-time or part-time employees on payroll, which account for 81% of U.S. small businesses—reported profitability in 2018 than employer firms did, according to Small Business Credit Survey figures released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.