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GAO: Dodd-Frank beginning to impact community banks and credit unions

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Government Accountability Office (GAO), community banks and credit unions are starting feel the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. The Act, announced in 2010, requires or authorizes federal agencies to issue rules to strengthen the financial services industry. According to the latest report from the U.S.

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Will D&I requirements change this year?

Independent Banker

Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are increasingly interested in diversity and inclusion (D&I) compliance requirements for financial institutions. Here are the key areas of D&I policies and practices that community banks may need if these requirements change or become mandatory. By Mary Thorson-Wright. Legislative updates.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. Bob Hickok.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

Ken Finley, president of Johnson City Bank, in downtown Johnson City with Shannon Sultemeier, executive vice president (left); and Brenda Haynes, vice president/cashier (right). Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski.

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How to prepare for Basel III

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According to the BCBS’s Basel III framework document published in December 2010 and revised in June 2011, the main objective is to improve banks’ “ability to absorb shocks arising from financial and economic stress.” Over the next few years, the percentage gradually increases to 2.5%, effective January 1, 2019.

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Fighting Digital with Digital

Independent Banker

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. But community banks should not be without hope, nor should they underestimate the significance of customer relationships.

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What SEC Filers Have Learned About CECL Implementation

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Ours, who is Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Administration of Summit and its 32-location bank subsidiary, Summit Community Bank Inc., Ours said that for Summit Community, which decided to use the cohort methodology, which is a loss migration approach, the choice came down to the availability of quality data. “We