South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

Loan-level hedging has become an important tool that many community banks have started to adopt in 2024. Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC). Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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Community Bank FDIC Community National 195

Perficient

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Once published by regulators, Perficient’s Risk and Regulatory CoE will be here to walk our clients through the changes. YOU MAY ENJOY: Regulatory Reporting in Financial Services Modernizing CRA Regulations Managing compliance risk frameworks in alignment with existing risk profiles is crucial as customer needs evolve.

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Compliance FDIC Regulation Fraud 221

South State Correspondent

MAY 7, 2024

On April 26, 2024, Republic First Bank (DBA Republic Bank) was seized by state regulators and the long running bank drama came to an end. With the assistance of the FDIC, Fulton Financial acquired certain assets, debt and deposits of Republic Bank.

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Risk Management Security Management Groups 195

CFPB Monitor

MAY 22, 2020

The OCC has issued a final rule revising its regulation implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the OCC’s proposed revisions were issued jointly with the FDIC, the FDIC did not join in the final rule. The final rule applies to national banks and federal savings associations.

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FDIC Lending Retail Compliance 78

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The FDIC approved a final rule to increase initial base deposit insurance assessment rates by 2 basis points until the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) achieves the FDIC’s long-term goal of a reserve ratio of 2% of insured deposits. The FDIC’s long-term goal for the reserve ratio of insured deposits. Source: FDIC.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. The OCC acted alone in issuing the final CRA rule without waiting to achieve consensus with the FDIC, the agency with which the OCC had jointly issued the proposed rule.

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Community FDIC Lending Examples 60

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Check fraud alone, the most significant current fraud threat, is projected to create losses of $24 billion in 2024. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that U.S. consumers lost more than $7 billion during the first three quarters of 2023, up 5% compared to the same period in 2022.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 25, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. Small and intermediate banks must comply with the rule by January 1, 2024. This is the second in a series of five blog posts about the final rule.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 28, 2021

Specifically, large banks and wholesale and limited purpose banks must comply by January 1, 2023, and small and intermediate banks that choose to opt-in to the performance standards contained in the OCC’s final rule have until January 1, 2024 to comply.

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FDIC Community Lending Survey 131

CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On February 2, 2024, three Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Chair Martin Gruenberg expressing concern regarding what the congressmen perceive to be the FDIC’s attempts to reduce engagement with industry participants on financial technology and innovation.

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