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3 Ways Banks Can Increase Deposits Amid Slow Loan Demand

SPONSORED | Maximize your SMB's financial potential amidst tough market conditions! Unlock three powerful strategies to help you increase SMB deposits and turn challenges into opportunities.
August 05, 2024 | Independent Banker   Lending 

Ron Haynie & Tim Roy: Deciphering FHFA's Credit Score Transition

The FHFA continues to transition away from FICO, leaving lenders wondering about the potential impact it may have on the industry. Here’s what we know so far.
August 02, 2024 | Independent Banker   Advocacy 

Explore and Evaluate Core Providers With IBT Apps’ Resource Kit

SPONSORED | The Core Technology Survival Kit is available for community bankers! Whether you’re just beginning your core modernization journey and exploring your options or evaluating your current provider and considering a change, you’ll greatly benefit from this kit.
August 02, 2024 | Independent Banker   Payments 

What Is Behavioral Economics, and Could It Help Your Bank Grow?

Much of our financial decision-making is driven by cognitive biases and emotions—and behavioral economics is the science behind that. Learn more about this field and how it’s driving some community banks to introduce products and services that engage and attract customers to make better decisions.
August 01, 2024 | Independent Banker   Growing the Community 

Managing Liquidity in an Uncertain Rate Environment

SPONSORED | With elevated customer demand for safe cash investments, increased competition for deposits, and potential rate cuts on the horizon, banks are strategizing carefully to maintain competitiveness while minimizing risk exposure when it comes to savings rates.
August 01, 2024 | Independent Banker   Growing the Community 

IRS reports problems with crypto tax enforcement

Digital asset seizure values have grown exponentially, topping $7 billion in 2022, but compliance enforcement with virtual currency is difficult, according to a new Treasury Department report.
July 17, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Department of Treasury Digital Assets 

Ohio Community Banker Named TCM Bank Chairman

TCM Bank, N.A., the credit card bank of ICBA Payments, announced the election of new board members Robert Barnes, president and CEO of PriorityOne in Magee, Miss.; Brad Bolton, president and CEO of Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Ala.; and Anita Drentlaw, president and CEO of New Market in Lakeville, Minn. Jack Hartings, Chairman of People Bank Co. of Coldwater, Ohio, who previously served on the board, was elected chair of the TCM Bank Board of Directors.
July 17, 2024 | Press Release   Bank Director/Board Member 

ICBA: New FHLBank lending restrictions will reduce access to home loans

A recent Federal Home Loan Bank of New York decision to impose new reporting requirements on member banks will restrict access to home loans, ICBA said.
July 17, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FHLB 

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