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Top BSA/AML Blog Posts: Cannabis, SARs Topped the List in 2019

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Key Takeaways The most popular BSA/AML and fraud blog posts in 2019 related to staying on top of regulatory changes. Understanding the terminology and risks surrounding banking (or not banking) cannabis-related businesses were some of the themes of posts that attracted the most eyeballs last year. get started.

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Today In Payments: Chinese Tech Investments In US Plummet; Ransomware Attacks Up 41 Pct In 2019

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Also, Karen Webster compares Uber’s path over the last 10 years to Amazon’s and discusses what we can learn from their similarities. Data Shows 41 Pct Hike In Ransomware Attacks In 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2019, companies paid on average $84,116 to get their files back from online thieves.

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On Spreadsheet Day 2019, Celebrate the App, But Acknowledge Its Limitations

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On Spreadsheet Day 2019, Celebrate the App, But Acknowledge Its Limitations. Sub-category | 10 minute read Key Takeaways Spreadsheet Day is a good time to celebrate this popular tool while examining some vulnerabilities spreadsheets pose for FIs. Spreadsheets often contain errors and can be inefficient.

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Can Low Credit Card Balances Save Holiday Spending? Don’t Bet On It

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A new report from TransUnion shows that average consumer-level credit card balances have declined during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and now stand at $5,075 as of Q3 2020, down from $5,668 in Q3 2019. Additionally, total card balances fell to $723 billion, a decline of more than 10 percent year over year and the lowest since Q2 2017.

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Banking On A Rough Earnings Season For Banks

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(and international) consumer and the businesses that serve them will be center stage as earnings season gets underway, starting, as always, with a slew of big banks. The last time we had earnings season, stretching from mid-January into the end of February, banks pointed to the continued strength of the U.S. and the U.K.,

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Loan Portfolio Asset Allocation Is About To Cause Problems For Banks

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Ask most banks how they construct their lending portfolio, and they say that “it is what the market gives them.” That level of passivity will likely cause us to lose 75+ banks during the next downturn. The Elevation of Loan Portfolio Risk Sometimes, when rates are low after a recession, it’s a “risk on” strategy for banks.

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Facebook’s Sandberg Pushes Back On Antitrust Allegations

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Those acquisitions were cleared and if you can buy a company, and eight years, 10 years later, the government can clear them and unwind it — that’s going to be a really big chilling problem for American business, we are not going to be competitive around the world,” Sandberg said in an interview with Tamron Hall published on Thursday, per CNBC.