Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. Grand Ridge National Bank: The premier league.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Another full year is in the books As 2022 came to a close, the economic environment in the United States is teetering on the edge of a recession. Inflation is easing as funding rates have risen to 15-year highs, but the technology sector is beginning to lay off employees in masses – through 2022 low levels of unemployment kept the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

division of L’Occitane has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, while AutoFi is shifting into high gear with the debut of its “lending as a service” division. California’s AutoFi is shifting into high gear with the rollout of its “lending as a service” arm targeted toward corporate clients. “In In today’s top retail news, the U.S.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Home Blog FICO Top 5 Scores Posts of 2022: Steady FICO Score, BNPL and Alternative Data 2022 marked the first year in over a decade the average FICO Score did not increase, while the industry’s attention remained on topics such as alternative data and BNPL. Read the full post 3. Average U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Following up on a threat it made back in 2018 , the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced on October 6, 2022 that it entered into a consent order with Rhinebeck Bank (“Rhinebeck”) to settle discrimination claims involving discretionary dealer markups on retail installment contracts with minority borrowers.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

FICO has announced its panel of independent judges for the 2022 FICO® Decisions Awards , which honor businesses achieving outstanding results using analytics and decision management technology to grow their business, manage risk and reduce costs. 2022 Judges (Left to Right): Sidhartha Dash, Paul Deall, Senthil Erulappan, Armando Junior.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On November 17, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced in a blog post that it is in seeking to build a new data set that “will allow for a more robust understanding of market trends” in the auto market. trillion nationally) are on pace to surpass student loans as the second-largest debt category in 2023.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 10, 2023

In a National Bureau of Economic Research paper (working paper 31166), the authors (McPhail, Schnable, Tuckman) analyzed individual swap positions for the largest 250 US banks. The largest 20 banks in the country by asset size and their interest rate notional swap position at the end of 2022 are shown below.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 29, 2022

On July 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and 18 state attorneys general led by New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that they have entered into a settlement with Harris Originals of NY, Inc. The action is notable in that it is the first time the FTC has brought an action under the Military Lending Act (“MLA”).

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Abrigo

APRIL 6, 2022

New Rule Outlines Computer-Security Incident Notification Obligations for Banks Financial institutions and their service providers should prepare to meet new computer-security notice requirements by May 1, 2022. . The new requirements become effective on April 1, 2022, but compliance is not required until May 1, 2022.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 21, 2022

This decision coincided with rate hikes by the Swiss National Bank, its first since 2007, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank announced at an emergency meeting that they would raise interest rates next month and again in September. What worked effortlessly for the last 14 years may not work for the next business cycle.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA) ( S. Specifically, the NDAA does not contain provisions that would have: Expanded coverage of the Military Lending Act’s 36% “all-in” rate cap to all consumers.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) recently filed two complaints against appraisers with the Department of Housing and Urban Development asserting different treatment based on race in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

A potential economic slowdown, slower rate rises, an inverted yield curve, and deposit stress likely make 2023 a trying year compared to 2022. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital. Yeah, that was a mistake.

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FICO

AUGUST 29, 2022

Each year, we provide insight into the national average FICO ® Score to help ensure consumers have a baseline measure of credit health standing. Tue, 08/30/2022 - 12:00. Each year, we provide insight into the national average FICO® Score to help ensure consumers have a baseline measure of credit health standing. in April 2022.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 19, 2022

On July 13, 2022, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing entitled “Protecting Military Servicemembers and Veterans from Financial Scams and Fraud.” A recording of the hearing is available here. .

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding the Motor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation Rule (the “Rule”) closed on September 15, 2022 after the FTC declined in August to extend it. These included many comments seeking stronger consumer protections.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

While the outline addresses an upcoming joint rulemaking to implement quality control requirements for AVMs, the CFPB specifically focuses on the potential for AVMs to pose fair lending risks to homebuyers and homeowners. However, automated valuation models can pose fair lending risks to homebuyers and homeowners.

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Abrigo

JUNE 4, 2019

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have put out a joint statement addressing many frequently asked questions about the new standard. Non-PBE: December 15, 2021.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

From credit union overreach to onerous overregulation, the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors has plenty on its to-do list. When the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors was introduced at ICBA LIVE in San Antonio, Texas, there was a palpable sense of excitement in the air. Photos by Chris Williams. By Molly Bennett.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Sometimes 20 minutes, sometimes 50 minutes, this podcast digs into such topics as creating branch experiences that go hand-in-hand with digital ones, identifying risk, and consumer lending. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. Ahead of the Curve: A Banker’s Podcast Bonus Episode – ThinkBIG 2022.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

According to a survey by Lending Tree , nearly 70% of BNPL users admit to spending more on purchases when BNPL is an option than they do if they have to pay for everything upfront, bringing up the average value per order and resulting in higher profits for participating merchants.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

set a new record, hitting $1.465 trillion, and is expected to reach $2 trillion by 2022. ” “This is a system rife with fraud and predatory lending,” he said, adding that some consumers might have issues with their employers having access to the details of their debt. In November, student loan debt in the U.S.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. COVID may have accelerated things, but talk of booster shots and workplace policies wasn’t the most striking contrast at AOBA 2022.

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Bobsguide

MAY 11, 2022

London, UK – May 4, 2022 – Today Finastra announces the launch of Finastra Managed Services (FMS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable banks and financial institutions to access FMS in the AWS cloud. FMS being available in the AWS cloud has already demonstrated its benefits, helping a large multi-national U.S.

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Bank Activities

JULY 5, 2022

By Zoran Temelkov July, 2022. The announcement of ceasing operations came on the 29 th of June 2022. The neobank informed its customers, around 6000, to withdraw their funds from their Volt accounts until the 5 th of July 2022. Xinja neobank was closed in 2020 due to a mismatch between interest expenses and interest income.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

George Weisz, Scottsdale Community Bank But for all its embrace of technology, the community bank took its inspiration for an innovative lending program from an old-school tradition: kids’ lemonade stands. We are a dynamic bank for a dynamic community, and we conduct business in one of the fastest-growing areas of the nation,” Weisz says. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Despite all of this, the economic outlook is more positive this year, said Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz of the National Retail Federation (NRF). But he said he doubted the economy would be able to get back to pre-pandemic levels until well into 2022 or beyond.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. Name: Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. By Aileen McDonough. Assets: $9 billion.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Williams (second from left) with ICBA’s 2022/23 executive committee, including outgoing chairman Brad Bolton, at ICBA LIVE 2022 in San Antonio. So, he joined a training program at what was then Citizens & Southern National Bank, once the largest bank in the southeastern U.S.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

” “There is no doubt that the lease accounting standards will add new complexities to a broad range of business functions, including sales, lending, contracting and financial reporting,” wrote Whitney Schiffer, CPA, in an article last week for accounting and advisory firm Berkowitz Pollack Brant.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 4, 2022

A new lender debuts at FintechLabs this month: National Funding. And most importantly, National Funding’s stellar reputation as demonstrated by its 4.8 In comparison, the best-known digital lending startup Kabbage ( now owned by American Express ), has a 3.3 Related: The 322 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Aug 2022).

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Cisco

JUNE 7, 2022

In between these events, a different crisis began in the US sub-prime lending market. The FS-ISAC’s predictions for 2022 and beyond reflect the challenging cyber risk environment for financial institutions: Nation-state cyber campaigns will mirror geopolitical tensions. Ransomware groups will continue to professionalize.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2023

On our loan hedging desk, we work with hundreds of banks ranging in size from just over $100mm in assets to some national banks with over $1T in assets. Loan portfolio pipelines (below) are at about 35% from what they were in 4Q of 2022. This means that banks must be choosy on credit and how loans are structured.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 14, 2022

In March 2022, OppFi filed a complaint in a California state court seeking to block the DFPI’s attempt to apply the CFL rate cap to loans made through its partnership with the Bank.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 3, 2024

Net lending represents the overall surplus or deficit, and it is theoretically the same whether you look at it from the income or financial account viewpoint. Evolution of the net lending positions of households and corporates The pre-GFC era was a period of strong growth and low inflation , which coincided with a large expansion of credit.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2022

Comments on the NPR must be received on or before August 5, 2022. In the retail assessment areas, large banks would be evaluated only under the Retail Lending Test, and not under other performance tests. Retail Lending Test. Below we provide highlights of the proposal. Performance Tests, Standards, and Ratings.

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