CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions. Section 4012 – Temporary Relief For Community Banks. Section 4008 – Debt Guaranty Authority.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 20, 2020

federal and state financial institution regulators have taken meaningful, proactive steps to acknowledge financial inequality issues, reach out to traditionally underserved populations to expand access to credit, and further protect consumers from discrimination. This blog post contains a summary of those efforts.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. A relationship-based, community focus in a digital world. learn more.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite expectations for growth, bankers, regulators, investors, and others are watchful about potentially lower returns and credit risks ahead. Despite the painful evolution in retail, many experts expect another year of growth for commercial real estate – and for commercial real estate lenders, including community financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

We’ll be even better together for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders,” said BB&T Chairman and CEO Kelly King, who will serve as chairman and CEO of Truist, in a press release. The merger is expected to be completed on Dec. Truist will be the sixth-largest U.S. ”

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 25, 2020

On March 23, 2020, the FDIC’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) announced that it will request 2019 diversity self-assessments from FDIC-regulated financial institutions. The FDIC regulates insured state banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System and insured state thrifts.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

Shadow bank lending is similar to bank lending but is not subject to the same regulations, and compensating deposit balace requirements. Regulation and the Political Environment "Last month, the CFPB reported how banks have become more dependent on these fees to feed their profit model on checking accounts.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. A relationship-based, community focus in a digital world. learn more.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It has been a busy year for the world of bank regulations, particularly Know Your Customer (KYC). Financial services regulations are notorious for their complexity and ever-changing demands for financial institutions and corporates, but another fuel for development in the KYC space was the FinTech community. ” .

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FICO

DECEMBER 17, 2018

It’s no coincidence that much of my recent patent work has laid a foundation for what I predict will be the tech industry’s biggest development in 2019: ethical AI. As a data scientist and member of the global analytics community, creating ethical analytic technology is very important to me, particularly in my role of serving FICO customers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

Mastercard has released its latest report on the FinTech landscape, with analysts fixing their eyes on the small business (SMB) community to drive competition and innovation. Small firms “want the same on-demand experience, frictionless engagement and low-cost services that digital-first banks can provide at scale,” the report noted.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Lexicon Bank in Las Vegas opened its doors in August 2019, not long before COVID-19 shut down the city’s entertainment businesses. We have found a way to service that and get the regulators comfortable. By Tom Groenfeldt.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 8, 2019

Supreme Court’s Inclusive Communities decision and confirms its plans to hold a symposium on disparate impact and the ECOA. It states that at the end of 2018, it had a number of pending fair lending investigations into redlining and other areas involving a variety of consumer financial products.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 5, 2019

Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. Initially filed in 2013, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint following Inclusive Communities to allege that the Rule was inconsistent with that opinion.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the hook for billions of dollars in fines tied to a data breach of about 50 million user accounts. Crypto Regulations. community banks and small business lending.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

The London-based trade group for Europe’s ePayments community is waiting for the European Banking Authority , the European Union (EU) banking regulator, to provide the 27-nation bloc with an update on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). The implementation delay gives regulators an opportunity to get it right, Rodgers said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

Regulators should see this as a wake-up call to get serious about the privacy and national security concerns, cybersecurity risks, and trading risks that are posed by cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency market currently lacks a clear regulatory framework to provide strong protections for investors, consumers, and the economy.

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Abrigo

JUNE 13, 2022

The ABA study found four key findings on banks’ proactive measures toward preventing elder fraud: More than half of the banks surveyed offer products with terms that are favorable for older customers (60% in 2021 compared to 53% in 2019). More banks are reporting to APS, rising from 62% in 2017 to 81% in 2019 and 78% in 2021.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 9, 2019

Modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act. Banks and credit unions must learn about these upcoming changes, adjust for them, and meanwhile continue to operate their existing institutions and meet customers’ needs while following all of the regulations that come with being a financial institution. See the entire agenda here.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Australian challenger bank Judo Capital has chosen VERMEG , a leading banking and insurance software solution company, to meet its Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting requirements as it pursues its full banking license. “Regulatory reporting is an essential function for Judo.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

This increase in cash escalates the threat of robberies, assault, and other aggressive crimes both at these businesses and in the surrounding communities. It also allows financial institutions to properly monitor for and report on suspicious activity, ensuring that the CRBs in their communities are legitimate. What about hemp?

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Now is the time for community financial institutions to pay attention. The CBOT penalty is a solid reminder to all community financial institutions that a robust AML program is critical in guarding against money laundering and terrorist financing risks regardless of size and risk. and CDD will be top of regulators' minds for some time.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

India’s NBFC community is in flux amid tightening regulations as the government looks to promote customer protections and risk mitigation while maintaining broad access to financial services. billion in foreign loans so far in 2019, down from $2 billion during the same timeframe a year prior.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Facebook reported a 51 percent spike in its costs and expenses for the full year 2019 — that increase coming as the social media platform faces more questions from regulators and policymakers about its present and planned endeavors. billion — but declined 16 percent for the full year 2019, decreasing to $18.48 31, stood at 2.5

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions of the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing entitled “ An Examination of Regulators’ Efforts to Preserve and Promote Minority Depository Institutions ” on November 20, 2019. This hearing will focus on the prudential regulators that oversee MDIs.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 9, 2019

The Bulletin rescinds and replaces an attachment to OCC Bulletin 1996-11 entitled “Community Reinvestment Act: Guidelines for Requesting Designation as a Wholesale or Limited-Purpose Institution.”

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Abrigo

MARCH 25, 2020

Key Takeaways Banking regulators say short-term, COVID-19-related loan modifications shouldn't automatically be categorized as TDRs. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Some financial institutions may view stress testing as a “check the box” practice to satisfy regulators, but others are making the most out of the process. However, the lack of prescriptive guidance on how to effectively stress the loan portfolio has created challenges for some community financial institutions. CECL Regulation.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) have become common phrases in the anti-money laundering community. has continued to be under scrutiny by FATF for not having strong beneficial ownership regulations to prevent the use of shell companies for nefarious purposes. BSA Rules and Regulation. Learn More.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Strategies to lessen the impact of CECL on smaller community banks. Hal Schroeder, a Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) board member, led a presentation, “Roadmap to the Future: Fact vs. Fiction (on CECL and Other FASB Standards),” at the 2019 ThinkBIG conference in September. WARM was geared specifically to community banks.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. June 4, 2019. April 2011.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Earlier in 2019, Checkout.com announced a $230 million Series A funding round. . As a company whose own leadership team has meaningful connections to the French community, we look forward to being a part of that growth.”.

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Abrigo

JUNE 7, 2021

Banks and credit unions that continue to use their ALM models to manage risk and plan strategically during the projected recovery will generate sustainable earnings that allow them to maintain capital to grow, add shareholder return, or continue bringing value to their communities in other ways. Which risks does ALM address?

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Abrigo

JULY 1, 2021

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. SARs tied to trafficking went from 109 in 2018 to 3,384 in 2019 – U.S. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The memo from the FSC Majority Staff indicates the hearing will focus on the development of a real-time payments (“RTP”) system and the risks, regulation, and market features of any future payments system. There will be a live webcast of the hearing. Carol Benson, Founding Partner, Glenbrook.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Community financial institutions are familiar with utilizing their asset/liability management solutions to limit the risk of rising interest rates. Obviously, protecting financial institutions against the impact to capital and earnings of rising interest rates has been the particular focus of regulators for more than a decade.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The AMLA is extensive, and there are many steps involved before FinCEN can implement the act, such as conducting studies, writing regulations, and publishing guidance. He stated that "…(regulators) should talk to (banks) about the risks that they run within their institutions and jurisdictions if an AML compliance culture is not fostered.

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