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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. economy needs.

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The pro-cyclicality of capital ratios and credit supply, a tale of two sizes

BankUnderground

The reforms aimed to ensure that banks have sufficient capital resources to absorb losses and reduce the cyclical effects of bank capital (and regulation) on the supply of bank credit in stress. Additionally, regulators in various jurisdictions have been trying to create simpler (but not weaker) regulatory frameworks for small banks.

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

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. Anxiety, anxiety, anxiety.

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Why Better Data Is The First Step In Curing The Startup Slump

PYMNTS

When the economy crashed in 2008, and fully bottomed out in June 2009 credit across the board froze. While other forms of credit were showing signs of returned in 2014, SMB lending still trailed its 2007 peak by 17 percent. The good news is that the bad news wasn’t worse news — the economy recovered, albeit unevenly and slowly.

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Cryptocurrency risks, rewards and red flags for financial institutions

Abrigo

Cryptocurrency regulation is on the horizon The ups and downs of the cryptocurrency scene have illuminated a need for guidance for traditional financial institutions. Cryptocurrency was first introduced in 2009 and is lauded for providing a level of privacy and security that traditional banking cannot guarantee. DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER.

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Director Chopra promotes aggressive enforcement in remarks to National Association of State Attorneys General

CFPB Monitor

In his most noteworthy remarks, Director Chopra: Identified federal preemption as having played a major role in the 2007-2009 sub-prime mortgage crisis and suggested that the OCC had used preemption “to attack state consumer protection enforcement.”

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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. Ashbaugh’s presentation begins with a quick summary of why regulators care about HVCRE. How did we get here? What are HVCRE loans?