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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

Path to removal – Sometimes an exception is like the Hotel California – you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked. and property tax payments. It just stays on forever.

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E-Signature Approval

Independent Banker

Community banks and their customers don’t need to be concerned about the legality of digitally signed documents. Webster says FDIC officials had “no issue” with the mortgage company’s use of electronic signatures during a recent exam of PrivatePlus Mortgage. Howard Schneider is a financial writer in California. Legal aspects.

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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

PYMNTS

Frankly, whenever miners arrive, communities aren’t so willing to roll out a red carpet — because, as neighbors go, miners are kind of a fizzle. Read, bitcoin is something of a public nuisance for the community, as miners have started showing up in droves to set up companies that can make use of the town’s unusually low power costs.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

In California , the industry will be worth at least $5.1 Such prohibition could involve limiting FDIC protections for those deposits, for example, or trying to prevent loans to those businesses. The speakers told stories of violent armed robberies, money laundering and tax evasion, among other negative impacts of a cash-based industry.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight in Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

In California, the industry will be worth at least $5.1 Such prohibition could involve limiting FDIC protections for those deposits, for example, or trying to prevent loans to those businesses. They told stories of violent armed robberies, money laundering and tax evasion, among other negative impacts of a cash-based industry.

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