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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. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Bob Hickok.

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Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking – One Transaction at a Time

Abrigo

As a community, we need to place more pressure on all currency providers (fiat and crypto) to embrace digital ethics and refuse to engage and/or do business with organizations that fail to protect innocent and vulnerable people. In 2010, one of her 15 year old dance students was sold into human trafficking. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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Metro Bank UK: 2023’s Next Bank Collapse? | Samsung’s Trackable Card Unveiled | UBS Tests Tokenized Fund on Public Blockchain

Bussman Advisory

Join our community of 50,000+ subscribers and stay informed on the latest trends and news in the FinTech & AI world with the weekly newsletter provided by Bussmann Advisory. Since its establishment in 2010 as a challenger to major UK banks, Metro Bank’s shares have dropped nearly 66% since mid-September.

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SMB Underwriting Slowed As Demand Fell Off At The End Of 2017

PYMNTS

For 40 percent, the challenges came from paying operational expenses, while 30 percent said securing credit was a pressing issue. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act loosened some of the regulations on small financial institutions, including community banks whose customers included many small businesses.

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Will "Plain Vanilla" Kill Community Banking?

Jeff For Banks

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. But if you read or watch interviews of CEOs of community FIs from 2008 forward, you will be bombarded with the message that they didn''t engage in the things that led to the collapse.

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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

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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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.