Community bankers across the country are holding their breath hoping they won’t have to pay increased FDIC insurance premiums to pay for the recent $23B drain on the fund by the two large failed banks. A FDIC special assessment is coming but whether all banks will have to pay their proportionate share is still up […]
Banks across the country saw a steep decline in fee income derived from overdrafts in 2020 likely due to pandemic related stimulus checks that pushed up consumer’s checking account balances. It bounced back somewhat in 2021 but there was another sharp decline in 2022. Service charges that banks derive from overdrafts hit an all time […]
Before the early 1990’s, banks typically returned all items that would cause an overdraft on a consumer checking account. When overdraft privilege programs started consumers were thrilled that their overdrawn items wouldn’t automatically be returned to the merchant. Thirty years later, Strunk, the pioneer of overdraft programs, is still helping banks provide efficient, compliant overdraft […]
In 1993 Strunk began their Overdraft Privilege program which was designed to save consumers money and help banks become more operationally efficient. Thirty years later many banks continue to provide the service and their customers appreciate the program. When a small business or consumer has a written a check or debit on their account that […]
Digital banking has been around for years on the deposit side of the house but most banks don’t have a solution to make installment loans quickly and profitably. Fintech’s and other financial services providers have eaten our lunch when it comes to consumer lending since credit cards became a prevalent method for paying for purchases […]
Several federal regulators have recently come up with “guidance” on how banks should handle the payment of debits that cause overdrafts and whether or not a fee should be levied against the account. In August the FDIC warned banks that proper disclosure of charging a fee for an item presented a second time is important […]
Digital banking on the deposit side of the house has been around for years as consumers have moved away from coming into branches to make deposits. Many of them now do their banking either through the bank’s website or mobile phone. Fintechs and other non-banks are now providing consumers with the ability to get installment […]
Banks across the country have seen a significant drop in service charge income with as much as 50% of what it was 10 years ago. Many banks attributed the drop in fee income in 2020 to a reduction in fees charged to consumers as we worked through the pandemic. As we analyze the service charge […]
Many small businesses would like to do more business with their community bank to help their customers finance large purchases. Unfortunately, digital lending programs from the Fintech’s have made bank’s lending products for customers of your small businesses a secondary choice. Companies like GreenSky (now owned by Goldman Sachs) and CareCredit are providing a source […]
How easy is it for your customers to get an unsecured loan from your bank using your underwriting criteria? Many banks provide an online application form for consumers to fill out that can be four to six pages long. Then someone at the bank reviews the data, pulls a credit bureau report, and decides whether […]
An independent certified public accountant has examined Strunk’s operations and found them to be in compliance with the AICPA’s Trust Service Principles. It was determined that Strunk meets the Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy criteria for SOC 2 established by the AICPA.
