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OCC Highlights, AML & CRA Risks

Perficient

Additionally, the recent rule by the OCC, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC strengthens and modernizes Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. Your Expert Partner Perficient’s Financial Services Risk and Regulatory CoE will continue updating our audience with more upcoming articles dissecting the 1,400+ page CRA.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

In this article, we will discuss what community banks should look for in a hedge provider, specifically in a loan-level hedging program. Meet Competitive Pressures: National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for seven, ten, or 20-year fixed-rate loans. How Your Hedge Provider Can Be Relational .

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Loan Hedging for Community Banks in 2024

South State Correspondent

This article will discuss how national, regional, and community banks may use loan hedging programs in 2024 to face earnings challenges. We estimate that approximately another 500 use hedging programs that keep the derivative off balance sheet (thus not reportable by FDIC). Hedging Adoption As of Q3/23, there were just over 4.5k

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High-Yield Deposit Accounts Come To Robo-Advisory Service Betterment

PYMNTS

The average national yield of savings accounts is 0.10%, whereas Betterment’s annual yield is 2.69%. Profits from the new offerings will come from debit card interchange fees, the article said. Like other FinTechs, Betterment will partner with FDIC-insured institutions since it doesn’t have a bank charter.

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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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Survey: U.S. Household Paid More Than $1.1 Billion in Checking Account Maintenance Fees in 2019

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Sources: FDIC. 2017 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households. Related Articles. Bank (configured with the option to receive paper statements). 2020, March). Statistics at a Glance. 2019, June). Top 50 Commercial Banks and Savings Institutions by Total Domestic Deposits. 2018, October).

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Community banks’ net income, loan balances increase in 2014

Abrigo

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. The FDIC’s “Problem List” dropped to 291 institutions, from 329 in 2013. The positive trends from the third quarter of 2014 continued for the industry sub-set. percent to 75.4