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Remembering 9/11 – A Pivotal Day for BSA/AML Professionals

Abrigo

September 11, 2001 will stay with Americans forever. T he events that unfolded in that bright blue sky on September 11, 2001 will stay with Americans forever. BSA was intended to detect illicit activity through cash and monetary instruments to catch tax evaders using secret foreign bank accounts. Never Forget.

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 7: Fraud and COVID-19

Abrigo

in 2001 began outlining strategies to combat transnational organized crime. Takeaway 3 It is important to foster communication and build relationship between BSA officers and law enforcement. . Start with Part 1: Implications for Community Financial Institutions. What can community financial institutions do? Learn More.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

PYMNTS

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 We automate complex payment and tax regulations in over 180 countries and offer a variety of payment checkout options,” said Smoter.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

PYMNTS

The pandemic-induced challenges have also been taxing for community financial institutions (FIs) and credit unions (CUs), as many were not designed to operate remotely. regulations.”. Credit Union. The past year has been one of the most trying in recent memory for lenders as well as consumers. consumer paycheck as possible.

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

We have one year to go to match the longest expansion since World War II, which was the prosperous period engineered by Maestro Greenspan from March, 1991 to March, 2001. This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. The economy has grown 2.2%

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Consumer Lending: Should Banks Do It?

Jeff For Banks

Ever since we formed our company in 2001, this has been the case. Most community financial institution strategies has some sort of “community” focus. It’s implied whenever someone says “we’re a community bank”. Regulation has driven up costs and made us gun shy. pre-tax profit as a percent of the portfolio.

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