Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

FinCEN Releases 8 AML/CFT Priorities These priorities were published June 30, 2021, highlighting several areas of heightened risk for the U.S. Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. financial system. financial system. How to prepare. financial system.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2022

After moving alone in 2020 to reform its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board in issuing a joint notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed amendments to their regulations implementing the CRA.

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PopularBank

MAY 25, 2021

Popular Bank Senior Vice President and Director of National Healthcare Financing Andrew Boland joined fellow industry leaders for the Environmental Banker Association (EBA) panel discussion How COVID Changed Senior Living & Care Underwriting. Are you following current regulations? We asked questions about their safety.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Locality Bank, a digital-first community bank serving south Florida that opened in January, is run by industry veterans with such successful track records that regulators signed off on their application for a charter in less than a year. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. That’s no small feat for any de novo, especially during a pandemic.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

introduced a LIBOR alternative in March of 2021 (called BSBY). BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. We believe that our program offers an advantage against the national banks. Risk of Derivatives – BSBY Discontinuation Bloomberg L.P.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 27, 2020

In the report, Bureau states that in Fall 2020, the Taskforce intends to participate in a publicly available listening session with the Bureau’s four advisory committees and to engage with federal and state regulatory partners before delivering its final report in early 2021.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 28, 2023

The reforms aimed to ensure that banks have sufficient capital resources to absorb losses and reduce the cyclical effects of bank capital (and regulation) on the supply of bank credit in stress. Additionally, regulators in various jurisdictions have been trying to create simpler (but not weaker) regulatory frameworks for small banks.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 19, 2022

federal district court in December 2020 seeking to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. The lawsuit represented the CSBS’s third challenge to the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies or to uninsured deposit-taking fintechs.

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Cisco

JUNE 7, 2022

In between these events, a different crisis began in the US sub-prime lending market. In the latter half of 2021, regulatory agencies responded to increasing cyber risks with updated guidance for institutions and auditors. Nation-states will influence the financial services supply chain. Regulators will tighten the reins.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 23, 2022

The CFPB has issued a new interpretive rule regarding the authority of state attorneys general and state regulators (State Officials) to enforce the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). . CFPA Section 1042(a) (12 U.S.C.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 23, 2023

Many BNPL products are exempt from regulation because they do not charge interest on repayments. Typically these products are provided by newer fintech firms, for whom BNPL makes up most or all of their lending. Some other BNPL products are regulated and charge interest on repayments. Who uses BNPL?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Experts say the move will not go unnoticed when the accounting standards begin to take effect for public companies in 2021. Community bank representatives at the recent AICPA National Conference on Banks and Savings Institutions noted that some have only one expert designated to implement the standards.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

If 2020 was the year no one expected, 2021 was a year of resetting expectations. Between a smoldering pandemic, the divisive political landscape and strong, albeit uneven, growth, there was a lot to account for in 2021, and some uncertainty remains. Regulators haven’t yet broached the subject with them. Click to enlarge.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Whether that is the case or not, the reprieve is now over. On December 16, 2021, FinCEN announced an $8 million civil money penalty against CommunityBank of Texas (CBOT) for willful Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations and failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program. Lending & Credit Risk. Learn More.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

So, he joined a training program at what was then Citizens & Southern National Bank, once the largest bank in the southeastern U.S., I got a job with First National Bank of Griffin, and I’ve been a community banker ever since.” now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga.,

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2022

Banks have ceased using LIBOR to price assets and liabilities after 2021. However, some community banks are still deciding on the correct term lending index to adopt. Considerations For Choosing A Term Lending Index. The national and regional banks have been mainly adopting SOFR for loan pricing. Market Adoption.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 19, 2022

The Department alleges that 100% of the loans to Connecticut residents originated on the Platform from June 2018 to August 2021 either contained a Lender Tip or a Solo Tip. To lend or borrow using the Platform, lenders and borrowers are required to set up a special account at a designated bank.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 28, 2022

In October 2021, using its authority under Section 1022 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) to send market monitoring orders, the CFPB requested information from six large technology platforms offering payment services. Payday lending. He labeled this “the highest-stakes issue for us to deal with.” Enforcement.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Regulators expect a well-managed financial institution to look at interest rate risk through two different lenses: Earnings at risk (EAR)/income at risk (IAR) – Measures short-term risk; changes to the income statement. Lending & Credit Risk. Clearly shows the impact of key variables on overall exposure levels 4. Learn More.

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FICO

AUGUST 16, 2021

It is relied upon by stakeholders across the entire lending ecosystem – from regulators, investors and boards to consumers, lenders, and brokers – as a baseline metric for assessing credit risk that is fair to both lenders and consumers. . National Average FICO® Score Has Continued to Rise Through the Pandemic. as of April 2020.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Comments on the proposal are due by January 4, 2021. The OCC notes that, in the case of energy industries, the terminated services were not limited to lending “where risk factors might justify not serving a particular client,” but also included advisory and other services unconnected to credit or operational risk.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Consumer Lending Laws & Compliance Financial institutions offering consumer loans need to know about these major consumer lending laws and recent compliance issues. You might also like this webinar, "Consumer Lending 101.". Consumer lending compliance spotlight. Major consumer loan compliance regulations.

Compliance 195

Compliance Lending Risk Management Regulation 195

Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e., You can see that the overall share of regulated banking entities at the federal level is hovering around 20% to 30%.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e., You can see that the overall share of regulated banking entities at the federal level is hovering around 20% to 30%.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2021

The CFPB has published its Spring 2021 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The comment period closed on May 19, 2021. The debt collection rule (Parts I and II) is scheduled to take effect on November 30, 2021.

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Abrigo

JUNE 12, 2023

WATCH NOW Takeaway 1 The number of money transmitters grew by 13% in 2021 in the U.S. According to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors , the number of money transmitters grew by 13% in 2021 in the U.S. Streamlined compliance : Compliance with varying state regulations significantly burdens money transmitters.

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Compliance Fraud Regulation Guidelines 195

Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Decentralized Finance, Blockchain, and CBDCs Why Peer-to-Peer models fail against oligopoly, with Lending Club shutting down p2p platform, Seedrs/Crowdcube merging, and Morgan Stanley buying Eaton Vance for $7B. the Lending Clubs) end up becoming banks and seeking the thing it looked like they would disrupt. They all (i.e.,

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Decentralized Finance, Blockchain, and CBDCs Why Peer-to-Peer models fail against oligopoly, with Lending Club shutting down p2p platform, Seedrs/Crowdcube merging, and Morgan Stanley buying Eaton Vance for $7B. the Lending Clubs) end up becoming banks and seeking the thing it looked like they would disrupt. They all (i.e.,

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FICO

JANUARY 26, 2022

In 2021, the financial services world continued to grapple with the uncertainty brought on by year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. National Average FICO® Score Has Continued to Rise Through the Pandemic; FICO Score® Distribution Shows Similar Trend Towards Higher Scores. FICO® Score, as stated in our top post of the year.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Through trial and error, the company has set up key financial pillars across payments, cash deposits, and lending. As many as 3,000 Amazon Go locations could open by 2021, according to Bloomberg. The 2017 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households shows: Approximately 6.5% Amazon Lending. Amazon Payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

In China, the battle of the regulators versus FinTech behemoth has seemingly been joined. . That delay came following controlling shareholder Jack Ma’s meeting with Chinese regulators. What’s next for Ant Group – and by extension, Jack Ma? . What might a restructuring look like? . What Lies Ahead . What Lies Ahead .

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 17, 2021

The bill signed into law by President Biden on June 17, 2021 to create the Juneteenth National Independence Day results in an important change under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z. Under TILA and Regulation Z, there are two definitions of “business day.” The Juneteenth bill amends 5 U.S.C.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The report was issued in response to President Biden’s July 2021 Executive Order on promoting competition. In particular, the report’s recommendations deserve attention because they are likely to influence future actions by the federal banking regulators and the CFPB. (The

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 21, 2021

As previously reported , the bill signed into law by President Biden on June 17, 2021 to create the Juneteenth National Independence Day actually results in an important change under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z. The bill amends 5 U.S.C 6103(a), Saturday June 19 was not a business day.

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Abrigo

MARCH 17, 2022

The Stress Test Scenarios for Big Banks Are Useful for Smaller Institutions' Own Tests Banking regulators recently released the 2022 scenarios for upcoming stress tests by the biggest banks. The stress test scenarios present hypothetical levels on common national level economic factors. Related Subhead.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

We have poured through the recent 2Q earnings releases, spoken with a rash of institutional bank investors, traded thoughts with analysts, and compiled the following list of concerns that bank stakeholders (employees, shareholders, vendors, and regulators) now have. Top Line Revenue & Lending. and beyond.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 6, 2021

As previously reported , the creation on June 17, 2021 of the Juneteenth National Independence Day resulted in an important change under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z. 6103(a) to add “Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19” as a specified legal public holiday. Right of Rescission Period.

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