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Visualization created with AI assistance based on original reporting. Processing ContentKey insight: Stablecoins present opportunities for community banks to explore new forms of capital formation while…

Key insight: Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., introduced a bill to index the Durbin Amendment’s $10 billion asset threshold to inflation, preventing more…

Key insight: The House is poised to pass a housing affordability package with wide bipartisan margins. What’s at stake: The House bill contains a number of community…

Key insight: The bill would index more than three dozen regulatory thresholds to nominal GDP. What’s at stake: Bank groups say that community banks have been pushed…

Data collected by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors demonstrates a huge disparity in compliance costs between large and small banks. Policymakers in Washington who claim…

Key insight: French Hill said his bill would reduce regulatory flip-flop when administrations change. Processing ContentForward look: Hill said he would introduce the bill this week and…

Key takeaway: Some community banks have found sponsorship of disc-golf clubs and events as effective ways of generating local engagement.Processing ContentSupporting data: Disc golf has ballooned…

Key insight: Midland States’ decision to sell its equipment finance portfolio has boosted its capital ratios and reduced problem loan levels. Expert quote: “The further you get…

Key insight: Two small but profitable community banks opted to sell themselves to larger credit unions. Expert quote: “The deal flow I see on my desk, the…

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE: CHCT) has a remarkable dividend-raising track record. The company has boosted its dividend every quarter since it began paying one in 2015.…