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

Jeff For Banks

The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. And quite frankly, I did not know there were so many tranches to mortgage-backed securities.

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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. Which we already do via buying mortgage back securities and using loan brokers in metro areas. Most community financial institution strategies has some sort of “community” focus. It’s implied whenever someone says “we’re a community bank”.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

PYMNTS

This week opened with Hector Barreto — the current Chair of the Latino Coalition and a former SBA Administrator from 2001-2008 – wondering what on Earth had happened to the economic message during this particular election season. million businesses that line the main streets and side streets of the local communities across the U.S.

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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?

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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. Credit Union. The past year has been one of the most trying in recent memory for lenders as well as consumers. Digital Identity.

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