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Community Banks and Our Retirement Problem

Jeff For Banks

Why don''t we play a critical role in solving the nation''s retirement problem? I recently read a report by the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions titled The Retirement Crisis and a Plan to Solve It , led by Senator Tom Harkin (D: Iowa). government controlled or heavily regulated. that reads.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

That is why we are calling on regulators to make the most of the latest mandatory review of federal banking rules. The agencies are required to study their regulations for dead weight every 10 years under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors.

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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

PYMNTS

This kind of small business is a dying breed: recent stats from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis at the University of Iowa found more than 16 percent of independent pharmacies shuttered their doors between March 2003 and March 2018, according to Washington Post reports.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. A pretty clear-cut sizzle. Costco Card.

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State AGs urge Mulvaney to continue use of disparate impact theory of ECOA liability

CFPB Monitor

Referencing the language in Regulation B and Regulation B Commentary regarding the “effects test,” the AGs argue in their letter that the regulations implementing the ECOA have continuously interpreted the statute as providing for disparate impact liability. to discriminate against any person. to discriminate against any person.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

The Bank, Old Second National Bank, lost a whopping $156 million in 2009 and 2010. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. How did they lose it? Welcome to the list! #2.