Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Here’s what community bankers need to know when planning their budgets for the next year. Source: 2021 Provident Bank survey. These days, there’s a lot to contend with as a community bank, from changing consumer behaviors due to the pandemic to uncertainty surrounding the economy and inflation. By Cheryl Winokur Munk.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, economists expect the economy to recover back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, and China’s banking watchdog warns of further Big Tech regulations. Economists: Stimulus, Vaccine Key To Full Recovery By Year-End 2021. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

introduced a LIBOR alternative in March of 2021 (called BSBY). BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. Unfortunately, some banks adopted BSBY as one of their preferred indexes and in doing so created risk in derivatives and operations. No ISDA documents.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

We asked community bankers and experts for their advice on ensuring employees feel a sense of belonging. If community banks put in the effort to foster a sense of belonging, the result is a stronger workplace culture, greater employee loyalty and, ultimately, a better experience for customers. By Roshan McArthur.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2024

Banks of all sizes need practical tools to win the fight against fraud, so it should be no surprise that 31% of financial services organizations plan to add new technology systems to fight fraud, compared to 10% in 2021. Historically, the operational functions of fraud and AML/CFT have remained wholly or partially siloed.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 22, 2022

After announcing in 2021 their intent to work collaboratively to update the CRA regulations to achieve a more consistent framework, revisions to the CRA’s implementing regulations were recently proposed by the three U.S. banking regulators (the “2022 Joint Notice” or the “Proposal”). Performance Tests and Standards.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2022

After moving alone in 2020 to reform its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board in issuing a joint notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed amendments to their regulations implementing the CRA.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt. Name: Lexicon Bank.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Takeaway 3 Financial institutions should consider the impact of this rule and prepare for changes to their business operations. Online lenders, platform lenders, and fintechs should also consider sending feedback to the CFPB and considering the ways their operations might be affected. Those implementing regulations were coming.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 23, 2023

Analysts, regulators, legislators, and bankers have been attributing the root cause of SVB’s failure in the past month. Some blame the dilution of the Dodd-Frank provisions, others the lack of oversight by regulators, and others still blame social media for exacerbating the deposit run.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

Shadow Banking refers to banking-like operations that take place outside of the mainstream banking industry. Shadow bank lending is similar to bank lending but is not subject to the same regulations, and compensating deposit balace requirements. and 53% indirect costs: operations, IT, human resources, etc.

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

billion in 2021. Educate customers and members: Provide educational opportunities for your community so they know when to say “no” to investment scams. The goodwill your institution will gain in the community will be invaluable. The analogy is crude but accurate. billion in 2022, a 127% increase from $1.45 billion loss in 2022.

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Abrigo

JULY 19, 2021

Human smuggling activities also intersect with the financial system at many points during the operation, although the data is less clear since the crime is often undetected. Customs and Border Protection, between October 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021, their Office of Field Operations has seized $47,825,514. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Recap and forecast The current state of AML/CFT regulations Terminology change Financial crime professionals have long referred to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance in conjunction with anti-money laundering efforts as “BSA/AML.” billion to fraud in 2021, a 70% increase over the prior year. That represents nearly 2.8

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The ICBA Capital Summit is the premier event for community bankers looking to advocate for their industry. Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C. After a year of virtual visits, the ICBA Capital Summit —the most high-profile and powerful community bank advocacy event of the year—is back in person May 1–4.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

In June 2021, we were up to six locations, $327.6 In 2021, we are up to over $70 million, mostly investment properties. This is not a high level of revenues to handle all the expenses involved with operating a troubled banking organization at the time. It covers all the CAMELS components the regulators grade banks on.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

Bipartisan support The SAFE Banking Act's long road to the Senate Many in the AML/CFT community have been watching the unfolding of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act for some time now with no significant progress. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Name: Locality Bank. Assets: $55 million. Built on a solid foundation.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Community banks operate on a majority of the country’s military installations. Given their selfless service, active-duty personnel rely on community banks that understand their unique needs. Community banks comprise more than two-thirds of the 66 banks operating on U.S. Photo by: Dero Sanford. By Judith Sears.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. Since COVID-19, profitability planning for community banks has mainly hinged on how the government was coping with the pandemic and the key role financial institutions played in keeping the economy afloat. By Elizabeth Judd.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a result, a company that controls an institution that is not a BHCA bank is not required to register as a bank holding company with the Federal Reserve Board and, therefore, is not subject to regulation and supervision by the Federal Reserve Board. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Community banks can get up to speed on current legislation and regulations to both protect their customers from unauthorized or false deposit account transactions and to prevent them from happening in the future. The primary resource for deposit account error resolution is Regulation E—the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA).

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Early adopters are earning prestige while investors and a hoard of community banks explore the opportunity to tap into this new source of revenue. However, if BaaS is ever going to enhance shareholder value, bankers need to ensure they have the strategic focus, operational savvy, and execution commitment to do it right.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Bank regulators created the UBPR “peer analysis” to help further their own mission of prudential regulation, and it’s not a great substitute for the bank’s own performance benchmarking. Looking at NIM, in Q2 2021, the UBPR indicated a value of 3.52 Neither of which add much value. Peer analysis vs. benchmarking?

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Abrigo

JANUARY 14, 2021

Takeaway 1 This round of PPP funding focuses on new borrowers in low- and moderate-income communities. . There is no doubt that the COVID-19 global pandemic has challenged communities across the country and has created a significant economic downturn, which has hit small businesses especially hard. PPP Fraud Spikes.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

SWIFT announced last year that it is planning to allow its users to send data-rich ISO 20022 messages across its global network starting in November 2021. The industry group prefers same-day implementation. . However, a phased-in process could cause cross-border exchange issues with financial institutions.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 5, 2022

a)(14) of Regulation Z, and that Payactiv therefore had a safe harbor from liability under the TILA and Regulation Z in connection with the specified EWA program. EWA products provide employees with access to earned but as yet unpaid wages. The letter took aim at the AO and the Payactiv approval order.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2021: #1. In 2021, the bank expensed over $530 thousand to the ESOP to benefit employees. and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. Nasdaq: MCBS) #3.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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. Shielding sensitive customer information from prying eyes remains a chronic industry challenge. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

When considering each of the eight AML/CFT priorities FinCEN identified in 2021, banks and credit unions must evaluate the risks and incorporate them into their policies and procedures to meet regulatory expectations. Domestic terrorists, known as domestic violent extremists (DVEs), operate primarily within the U.S. from the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 21, 2022

The AO addressed whether an EWA program with the characteristics set forth in the AO was covered by Regulation Z. The AO set forth the Bureau’s legal analysis on which it based its conclusion that the EWA program did not involve the offering or extension of “credit” within the scope of Regulation Z.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. The law opens up much more territory to these operations, which had only been permitted in areas zoned for industry. and San Francisco. Starting Jan.

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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. By Stephanie Vozza. April 2011.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

On its website , ChatGPT describes its limitations as may occasionally generate incorrect information, may occasionally generate harmful instructions or biased content, and has limited knowledge of the world and events post 2021. Assistance in cyber security measures, such as "Describe the 2021 Kaseya ransomware attack.";

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Gonzobanker

JULY 10, 2020

In a recent Fortune survey, 55% of corporate executives said they expect to return to 2019 capital spending levels sometime in 2021. Community-based institutions have unique circumstances (and personal viewpoints) that impact how they see the world in the future and what planning will look like for them. Risk Management.

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