Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Would you like other articles on fraud and AML/CFT compliance in your inbox? Using regtech in banking With new federal regulatory and compliance challenges like the CFPB rule on the horizon, more and more community financial institutions are exploring regtech for banks to enhance their processes. What is regtech?

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 5, 2023

AML Compliance Ten qualities of a successful BSA officer Hiring a Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer for a financial institution involves looking for a unique experience level and skillset that ensures compliance with the BSA and related regulations. This includes training staff on BSA/AML policies and fostering a culture of compliance.

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Abrigo

MAY 18, 2023

Considering the scope and depth of your financial institution’s loan review process is a great way to identify gaps in training and create more efficient operations. In a banking context, the scope is the number of different operations you do on the job and the frequency with which you do them.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Compliance and risk? Automating that compliance is now a “need to have.”. The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. Plugging In To Plugins.

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Abrigo

JUNE 23, 2023

For any financial institution, managing, processing, and analyzing data requires a dependable system to help you make sense of the information you’re gathering and use it to optimize operations. Financial data warehouses are centralized repositories of integrated financial data from different operational, internal, and external sources.

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Bobsguide

AUGUST 7, 2022

London, UK – August 3, 2022 – Finastra announced today that The Co-operative Bank has selected Finastra Kondor in the cloud, available via Microsoft Azure, to upgrade its treasury infrastructure and automate manual reporting and processes.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

The Financial Stability Board says Basel III rules have not led to a squeeze of the small business bank lending market, according to reports on Friday (June 7). The FSB announced Friday the findings of its analysis of Basel III regulations on the small business lending space.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2023

Focus loan reviews on risk in the portfolio Continuous loan review monitoring helps banks and credit unions ensure credit review systems support safe and sound lending. discussed how they use continuous monitoring in their efforts to ensure safe and sound lending practices.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

“Without full access to the banking and payments system, legal cannabis businesses are forced to operate in the shadows,” said Sen. As such, companies are forced to operate in a cash-only model, which can result in robbery, money laundering, and organized crime. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In such an environment, community banks should focus on the power of their relationships with customers, according to Kent Kirby, a retired banker with 39 years of experience in all aspects of commercial banking; lending, loan review, back-room operations, portfolio management, portfolio analytics, and credit policy.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Although bank lending partnerships with fintechs continue to receive OCC attention, recent remarks by OCC officials indicate that OCC scrutiny is now also directed at partnerships outside of the lending arena. He advised banks to closely monitor risk and compliance in these partnerships.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Takeaway 1 Loan modifications training, automating processes, and updating policies and procedures can help prepare organizations for change. They are having to outsource a lot and increase their operating expenses without any offsetting revenue and while dealing with supply chain issues.”

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 30, 2022

Of special note, the OCC also believes compliance risk is “heightened” for Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance because of world events and compliance staffing concerns. BSA/AML Compliance Risks. Cybersecurity Risks.

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Abrigo

APRIL 6, 2022

In this guest column by Jeffrey Taft and Matthew Bisanz of Mayer Brown 's Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice, learn more about how to be ready for compliance. The new requirements become effective on April 1, 2022, but compliance is not required until May 1, 2022. Expand and Clarify.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 8, 2019

The CFPB’s annual fair lending report covering its 2018 activities was published in today’s Federal Register. In addition to discussing the symposium and Data Point report in the section on “Access to Credit,” the new fair lending report discusses conducting supervisory reviews of alternative credit scoring models.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. As David Barr, spokesperson for the FDIC, points out, “a vast majority of community banks remain well-rated and exhibit satisfactory corporate governance programs and compliance management systems.”.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

Such as direct lending funds, and insurance companies. Shadow Banking refers to banking-like operations that take place outside of the mainstream banking industry. Shadow bank lending is similar to bank lending but is not subject to the same regulations, and compensating deposit balace requirements.

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Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2022

Not only are there in-house factors to consider, such as staffing proficiency, gaps in expertise, and niche markets to learn about, but if the institutions have dissimilar outlooks on security and compliance culture or widely different loan policies , due diligence requires you to assess potential concerns. Proactive Planning.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As BSA officers, we have continuous expectations placed on us to be knowledgeable in all aspects pertaining to Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance. Continuing education is critical for BSA/AML compliance professionals. Plan BSA/AML continuing education for 2020.

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

In addition, even before the recent banking troubles, regulators have emphasized the financial institution’s responsibility to provide leaders with information on key areas of planning, operations, and risk management. Visualizing the institution’s lending footprint can lead to improved targeting of growth areas.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. While Lexicon Bank doesn’t offer consumer or mortgage lending, it does do small business lending, which suits its market. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

3 asked the Small Business Administration (SBA) to address quickly “significant operational, system and communication challenges,” including applications being erroneously denied due to validation checks in place this round. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending. Learn More.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Asset management, payments and lending are being offered by Microsoft, Amazon, eBay, Baidu, Apple, Facebook and Tencent — all which have colossal databases. The Fed is considering an audit of Big Tech firms’ compliance policies and governance structures. However, there could be risks to financial stability.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

Another BOJ official said that Libra would essentially be “piggybacking for free on a financial system that takes heavy costs,” meaning that Libra will be operating with banks and firms that have to bear the burden of compliance and regulatory costs. . They also talked about how Libra could operate as a brand new global currency. “It

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FICO

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The potential of alternative data in consumer lending decisions continues to be a hot topic in Washington, D.C., When federal banking agencies recently revised their Q&As for CRA compliance , their focus on the use of alternative data caught my eye.

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Abrigo

JULY 7, 2021

Key points in this article include: Risks exist in states where canabis is illegal > LEARN MORE Ensuring compliance when not servicing CRBs > LEARN MORE Determine your tier of acceptance > LEARN MORE Banking hemp vs. marijuana vs. CBD > LEARN MORE The gray area of banking CBD > LEARN MORE.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 10, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission provided its annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on its enforcement and related activities in 2021 regarding the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Consumer Leasing Act (CLA), and Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) (collectively, the “Financial Acts”).

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this blog post, we highlight a stealth expansion of supervisory jurisdiction and focus on the CFPB’s findings in two key areas: Transcript withholding policies at institutional lenders (e.g. Last week, the CFPB issued a “ Student Loan Servicing Special Edition ” of Supervisory Highlights.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2018

“Paul’s wealth of experience in planning for growth, resilience, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, business operations and go-to market strategy will be of great value to BABB’s long-term vision,” said BABB Founder and CEO Rushd Averroes. “We fiscal and regulatory policy.”.

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FICO

MARCH 17, 2022

Mibanco, the largest microfinance bank in both Peru and Latin America, has used FICO Platform’s Decisions Capability to boost its lending capacity and respond quickly to changing market conditions during the pandemic. This meant when any lending changes were needed, software development within the core was required. “It

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 28, 2016

Supreme Court held that financial institutions could be held liable for neutral practices that pose adverse lending decisions against certain borrowers, even when there is no intent to discriminate, but with restrictive guidelines. IB: How could fair lending exams change as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling?

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 18, 2019

Last week, the FDIC published its Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights that provides observations about its consumer compliance supervision activities in 2018. The CFPB has frequently noted similar findings of Regulation E violations.). Lines of Credit – Finance Charge Calculation and Disclosure.

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BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

We show that ring-fencing has an important impact on banking groups’ funding structures , and find that this incentivises banks to rebalance their activities towards retail mortgage lending and away from capital markets, with important knock-on effects for competition and risk-taking across the wider banking system.

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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. Pandemic Issues.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

How has CECL implementation impacted their operations and reserves for credit losses? The Q1 2023 compliance date is near for smaller SEC-reporting financial institutions and private or not-for-profit banks and credit unions, and progress is decidedly mixed, according to the Abrigo 2022 CECL Survey. CECL's impact on operations.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The FTC has sent its annual letter to the CFPB reporting on the FTC’s activities related to compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B. With respect to research and policy development, the letter discusses the following initiatives: Auto survey. Interagency fair lending task force. Fintech forum.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 28, 2023

Ideally, a framework for smaller banks would take into consideration their simpler and specialised business models, the limited financial stability implications of their failure, and the disproportional compliance costs they face compared to larger banks. Operating expenses 8301 1.17 Operating expenses 8301 1.17 Cash 8762 1413.30

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