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Cutting the red tape for community banks

Abrigo

Many community banks see this as a welcomed move towards offering smaller institutions some relief from the regulatory pressures of their larger, national counterparts. An article in American Banker noted that preparing call reports have become increasingly time-consuming and complex. Sound is a $500 million institution.

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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. There will likely be other banks that adopted BSBY that will take similar charges. We published various articles comparing community bank alternatives to LIBOR (such as SOFR, Ameribor, Fed Funds, and Prime).

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What You Need to Know About Moody’s Banking Sector Review

South State Correspondent

However, that publication, directly and indirectly, identified three discrete risks affecting community banks. We will outline what we think community bankers should glean from this publication. Risks to the Community Banking Sector Moody’s identified three risks to the banking sector, including risks to community banks.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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FinCEN Releases AML/CTF Priorities: Implications for Community Financial Institutions

Abrigo

Would you like others articles like this in your inbox? Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. While these are general today, the AMLA requires that regulations be written around each Priority, as appropriate. financial system.

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Beyond compliance: Advantages of customer-centric KYC in 2023

Abrigo

From a security standpoint, forcing customers into Western nomenclature can lead to missed OFAC specially designated nationals (SDN) list matches, and open-source information searches could be lost or overlooked. For example, form letters often filter information from core systems, automatically assigning “Mrs./Mr./Miss”

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Regulatory Burden Is Capturing Big Headlines

Finer Points

While ICBA continues our full-court press toward advancing community bank regulatory relief all the way through Congress and to the president’s desk, we are also making noticeable headway in raising public awareness of the problem via the national news media.