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EU Sets Priorities For Anti-Money Laundering Reforms

PYMNTS

The European Council called for enhancements to AML rules and for the legislation to become national law. Last year it was brought to light that €200 billion ($220 billion) in suspicious payments were made through Danske Bank’s Estonian branch from 2007 to 2015 in the EU’s largest money-laundering scandal to date.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. The Great Recession lasted from the fourth quarter 2007 through the second quarter 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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The Federal Home Loan Bank System: Lender of Next-to-Last Resort

Jeff For Banks

Regulators and consultants promulgate this untruth. This week I sat in a bank CEO's office where he complained, ranted really, about his latest exam and the regulators' perception of liquidity risk, driven by the aforementioned Supervisory Insights. This has happened before. What would you do? Prepare for that. Train board members 4.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. Grand Ridge National Bank: The premier league.

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Real Estate: Love it or hate it?

Jeff For Banks

As I understand it, government officials (excluding regulators) want banks to lend, banks have the cash to lend, bankers are hesitant to lend, and regulators would just as soon have you hire another compliance officer and purchase a U.S. Regulators are slightly schizophrenic on the subject. Are these more reliable?

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim! Chuck Snyder, chief executive of National Cooperative Bank (NCB). regulated financial institutions! Bank Merger of the Year.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly. From Q2 of 1993 through the end of 2007, household debt as a percentage of disposable personal income climbed by 26% to13.1%.

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