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In a perfect world, when it comes to pricing commercial loans, banks would price customer relationships based on risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) and incorporate shareholder value-added (SVA). Banks would then measure profitability at the customer, product, branch, region, or manager level so that management may properly allocate resources to drive institutional profitability. Banks would…

For a Boxing Day promotion, we are giving away 60 days of free usage for up to five bankers at each community bank for our Loan Command application. The objective is to allow you to see the latest profitability of your loans and deposits, on a forward looking basis. In addition, you can check out…

If you want to know how you can improve your bank’s profitability, one place that you can start is better loan pricing. While chances are your bank prices most of its loans correctly, it is the fringe cases that, in aggregate, end up having a large impact on bank profitability. In this article, we look…