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SVB, Fed guilty of poor management

BankInovation

Silicon Valley Bank and federal regulators alike let poor management slide for several years — leading to the largest banking failure since 2008. SVB lacked board effectiveness, risk management and internal audits within its operations, and had 31 outstanding supervisory warnings when the bank collapsed in March.

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Lessons Learned From the Fourth United States Bank Failure of 2023

Perficient

Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. He was promoted to President and CEO in 2008. Bank Closed By Regulators Almost all bank closures happen on a Friday so that regulators can work all weekend to reopen the bank on Monday.

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Should Congress Increase FDIC Insurance Limits?

South State Correspondent

The regulators are considering three options: raising the limit above $250k, raising the cap for only certain accounts (such as banks’ business accounts), or eliminating the cap entirely. We have witnessed more bank failures by asset size in 2023 than in 2008 and 2009 combined. economy needs.

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Libra Forces Cryptocurrency Regulators To Reexamine Procedures

PYMNTS

Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. Between 2008 and 2018, approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance. financial services firms is $26.4

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How Data Helps Lenders Manage The Balancing Act Of Risk

PYMNTS

Historically, banks are taking a reactive approach to risk: reactionary measures were largely behind financial institutions’ pullback from the small business lending market following the 2008 global financial crisis, for example. On top of that balancing act is the rising pressure of regulatory compliance, too.

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ICC Says Regulation Limits Trade Finance

PYMNTS

Reports in Reuters on Tuesday (May 28) said UBS expects its regulatory costs to remain high in the years ahead after a decade of more stringent regulations leading to heavier, more costly burdens on banks. “That has tied up enormous resources.” “Why is this so significant?

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Will the cost of regulation impact community bank customers?

Abrigo

The banking industry has seen a steady stream of media attention since 2008, much of it in the form of stories about data breaches linked to major retailers or mega banks’ profits. Two recent surveys addressing the community banking landscape have pointed to increasing regulations as the primary cause of stress for these institutions.