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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. The article allowed banking executives to weigh in on the subject. For smaller institutions, compliance can be especially costly.

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

Abrigo

Given the AMLA emphasis and the Priorities release, it may be time for community financial institutions to rethink the risks of these more serious crimes and keep criminals at bay. There are many steps community banks and credit unions can take to stop these illicit funds from flowing through our U.S. financial system.

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Federal banking agencies encourage Bank Secrecy Act resource sharing

CFPB Monitor

regulatory agencies—the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the U.S. Ultimately,” the Statement warns, “each bank is responsible for ensuring compliance with BSA requirements.

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Growing your firm’s advisory services: Financial management

Abrigo

The transition from compliance to consulting makes sense: tax season is just that, a “season,” and nearly 60 percent of respondents to a Sageworks survey indicated they saw an increase in total revenue by adding financial services to their accounting practice.

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3 Do’s and 4 don’ts ahead of CECL

Abrigo

What is the impact to the bank? Will I still be in compliance with capital ratios? And given that Basel III is out and effective, will I be in compliance with fully phased-in Basel III capital ratios?”. And given that Basel III is out and effective, will I be in compliance with fully phased-in Basel III capital ratios?”.

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The business case for portfolio stress testing

Abrigo

Behringer, McGladrey’s national leader for credit risk services. Portfolio stress tests can provide a number of benefits beyond compliance with regulatory expectations, Behringer said recently at the 2015 Risk Management Summit hosted by Sageworks.

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Hundreds comment on OCC proposed “true lender” rule

CFPB Monitor

We recently published a blog about the OCC’s proposed rule “National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders” (the “Proposed Rule”), which would clarify that a bank (or savings association) is properly regarded as the “true lender” when, as of the date of origination, it is named as the lender in a loan agreement or funds the loan.

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