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	NCOMMUNITY CASE STUDY: $16 Billion-Asset First Financial Bank Relieves the Burden of CRA Data Analytics with Ncommunity Ncontracts

NCOMMUNITY CASE STUDY: $16 Billion-Asset First Financial Bank Relieves the Burden of CRA Data Analytics with Ncommunity

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Predictive Quality Analytics Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	First Financial Bank, a growing community bank with $16 billion in assets, was facing challenges in understanding the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) implications of new markets as it expanded. The bank had to analyze demographic and census information and learn about the new communities it served. It also had to understand how adding these new markets to its marketplace impacted its overall CRA performance. The bank needed to compare its performance with peers, ensure it was serving all assessment areas, and ascertain if its staffing was adequate for the needs of the community. This was a significant task for a large institution with over 150 branches and 2,000 employees. Data came from various lines of business at the bank, including mortgage, commercial, consumer, agriculture, and real estate lending, and all of it had to be reviewed. The bank was also navigating a changing regulatory environment with new requirements and expectations. Read More
About Customer	First Financial Bank is a community bank based in Cincinnati, OH. The bank has been a customer of Ncommunity since 2013 and is primarily examined by the Federal Reserve. Over the past few years, First Financial Bank has doubled in size to $16 billion in assets. As the bank expands into new geographic markets, it is tasked with analyzing demographic and census information and learning about the new communities it serves. The bank needs to understand how adding these new markets to its marketplace impacts its overall Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance. It needs to see how its performance compares to peers, if it's serving all assessment areas, and if staffing is adequate for the needs of their community. The bank is a large institution, with over 150 branches and 2,000 employees. Read More
Solution	First Financial Bank sought a solution that would help it review information from across its large footprint, delivering data-driven insights that reveal how well the bank is serving its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) assessment areas—including low- to moderate-income census tracts—while uncovering new opportunities. The bank found what it needed in Ncommunity, a secure, web-based analytics software that enables banks to measure and manage CRA performance to ensure CRA compliance. Ncommunity helps First Financial monitor CRA compliance, assist with exam preparation, reduce the reporting burden, and gain insights about marketing and sales opportunities. More than 10 different users are aligned through their work on the platform. After modeling the bank’s board-approved assessment area, Ncontracts reviews the data for quality, imports it into the Ncommunity platform, and ensures that everything is ready for analysis. Ncommunity then crunches the numbers, and a compliance analyst reviews the geocoded maps and analysis reports to get a sense for the story the data tells and performs a final round of quality checks. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Predictive Quality Analytics

Regulatory Compliance Monitoring

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

First Financial Bank, a growing community bank with $16 billion in assets, was facing challenges in understanding the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) implications of new markets as it expanded. The bank had to analyze demographic and census information and learn about the new communities it served. It also had to understand how adding these new markets to its marketplace impacted its overall CRA performance. The bank needed to compare its performance with peers, ensure it was serving all assessment areas, and ascertain if its staffing was adequate for the needs of the community. This was a significant task for a large institution with over 150 branches and 2,000 employees. Data came from various lines of business at the bank, including mortgage, commercial, consumer, agriculture, and real estate lending, and all of it had to be reviewed. The bank was also navigating a changing regulatory environment with new requirements and expectations.

About Customer

First Financial Bank is a community bank based in Cincinnati, OH. The bank has been a customer of Ncommunity since 2013 and is primarily examined by the Federal Reserve. Over the past few years, First Financial Bank has doubled in size to $16 billion in assets. As the bank expands into new geographic markets, it is tasked with analyzing demographic and census information and learning about the new communities it serves. The bank needs to understand how adding these new markets to its marketplace impacts its overall Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance. It needs to see how its performance compares to peers, if it's serving all assessment areas, and if staffing is adequate for the needs of their community. The bank is a large institution, with over 150 branches and 2,000 employees.

Solution

First Financial Bank sought a solution that would help it review information from across its large footprint, delivering data-driven insights that reveal how well the bank is serving its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) assessment areas—including low- to moderate-income census tracts—while uncovering new opportunities. The bank found what it needed in Ncommunity, a secure, web-based analytics software that enables banks to measure and manage CRA performance to ensure CRA compliance. Ncommunity helps First Financial monitor CRA compliance, assist with exam preparation, reduce the reporting burden, and gain insights about marketing and sales opportunities. More than 10 different users are aligned through their work on the platform. After modeling the bank’s board-approved assessment area, Ncontracts reviews the data for quality, imports it into the Ncommunity platform, and ensures that everything is ready for analysis. Ncommunity then crunches the numbers, and a compliance analyst reviews the geocoded maps and analysis reports to get a sense for the story the data tells and performs a final round of quality checks.

Impact #1	Ncommunity has saved time and energy for First Financial Bank. The software has improved data quality by reducing the potential for errors that can occur with spreadsheets and Excel formulas.
Impact #2	The software has made CRA exams easier for the bank. First Financial uses Ncommunity during CRA exams to explain the story their data tells, answer regulator questions, and explore risk.
Impact #3	Ncommunity has provided deeper insight into assessment areas. The bank has the ability to dive deep into its data and identify risks across a large market area.

Impact #1

Ncommunity has saved time and energy for First Financial Bank. The software has improved data quality by reducing the potential for errors that can occur with spreadsheets and Excel formulas.

Impact #2

The software has made CRA exams easier for the bank. First Financial uses Ncommunity during CRA exams to explain the story their data tells, answer regulator questions, and explore risk.

Impact #3

Ncommunity has provided deeper insight into assessment areas. The bank has the ability to dive deep into its data and identify risks across a large market area.

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NCOMMUNITY CASE STUDY: $16 Billion-Asset First Financial Bank Relieves the Burden of CRA Data Analytics with Ncommunity

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