This Month In Commercial Banking

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Challenge for 2024: Protecting Profitability Amid Low Margins

Curinos anticipates that competition for deposits will remain fierce in 2024 and, despite expectations to the contrary, the cost of commercial deposits will likely continue to rise.

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December 11, 2023

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ECR Balances Have Been A Boon So Far, But Keeping Them Is Getting Harder

Attracting and retaining ECR balances has been a critical driver of success for banks with lower commercial portfolio interest expense cycle-to-date. But as rates have risen, so too has the shift in mix toward interest-bearing products. That could mean that more commercial customers will shift to paying hard-dollar bank fees and optimizing return on their cash.

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November 21, 2023

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Pressure On Net TM Fees Is Mounting

Stabilizing revenues in these challenging times hinges on optimizing treasury management pricing and aligning fee and ECR strategies. Banks need to periodically validate that they’re charging for all services being delivered and at prices that align with growth goals.

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November 13, 2023

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Commercial Deposit Balances Stabilized In The Third Quarter

Commercial deposit balances grew on average 1.1 % during the third quarter, a significant turnaround from the first half of the year when the average bank saw outflows of 11%. Curinos attributes this growth to three primary factors.

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October 26, 2023

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Understanding And Managing Card Payment Costs

With credit and debit cards now the most commonly used vehicle for noncash payments, corporate treasurers are focusing even more on card processing to better manage their costs and risk. But the cost structure is dramatically different than that of treasury management services, so Curinos offers a brief primer.

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October 24, 2023

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Pricing Is Driving TM Fee Growth, But We See Headwinds Ahead

Despite market disruptions in the spring, commercial banks have been able to hold the line on treasury management (TM) fees in 2023.

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October 5, 2023

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Commercial Balance Levels Stabilize, But Betas Continue To Rise

Fed Funds rates are leveling off in a higher-for-longer range, but quantitative tightening continues. In this environment, commercial banks will have to balance the difficult tradeoff between deposit levels and deposit costs.

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August 30, 2023

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Rising Rates Are Transforming Commercial Deposit Economics

As rates continue to rise, with seemingly no end in sight, the gap between earnings credit rates (ECR) and those paid on commercial interest-bearing deposits continues to widen.

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August 23, 2023

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Overcoming Potential Obstacles To Commercial Onboarding

The bank has just landed a new commercial customer. That’s great – now what?

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August 11, 2023

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