Abrigo

JANUARY 8, 2016

The GAO acknowledged that community banks, credit unions and their professional industry associations reported increased compliance burdens and reduced activity in specific business activities, such as certain mortgage lending, as a result of Dodd-Frank. A lengthy report released recently by the U.S.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

One of the topics continually making headlines in banking today is the cost of regulation. A popular opinion, brought to the forefront last week by a Harvard University report , is that these regulations are imposing a significant burden on small financial institutions such as community banks and credit unions.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is our second blog post on the final rule issued on October 24, 2023 by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency amending their regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) (the “Final Rule”). .

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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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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Add FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg to the list of regulators and industry officials warning about growing credit risks in the U.S. The FDIC said that the percentage of loans and securities with maturities of three or more years hit the highest percentage in the 18 years of data records, rising to 34.6

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 22, 2020

The OCC has issued a final rule revising its regulation implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the OCC’s proposed revisions were issued jointly with the FDIC, the FDIC did not join in the final rule. We will share our reactions to the final rule in subsequent blog posts.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Many community banks see this as a welcomed move towards offering smaller institutions some relief from the regulatory pressures of their larger, national counterparts. Laura Stewart, CEO of Sound Community Bank in Washington said of preparing the call report: "It almost feels like a full-time job."

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

2) To enable communities, governmental entities, and creditors to identify business and community development needs and opportunities of women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses. Those implementing regulations were coming. In fact, it took a lawsuit initiated by a California community group in 2019 to get things moving.

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Abrigo

JULY 10, 2023

Your financial institution can help build awareness and encourage best practices for protecting personal information by providing educational materials to your community. You can also proactively prevent fraud losses and protect your community with fraud detection software.

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Abrigo

MARCH 25, 2020

Key Takeaways Banking regulators say short-term, COVID-19-related loan modifications shouldn't automatically be categorized as TDRs. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Yesterday, eight federal agencies joined together to issue an “ Interagency Statement on Special Purpose Credit Programs Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B ” (Interagency Statement). The agencies consist of the CFPB, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board, NCUA, HUD, DOJ, and FHFA.

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2016

The FDIC is offering a fresh take on how a bank’s board of directors should understand and manage risk. The regulator’s April edition of Supervisory Insights provides what the FDIC called a “refresher” on its Pocket Guide for Directors, the 1988 booklet outlining the basic duties and responsibilities of a bank’s board of directors.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). Regulators have repeatedly stressed the importance of sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk. FDIC) noted in its 2021 Risk Review.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2020

Key Takeaways Financial institutions have 10 calendar days to disburse PPP loans To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending. To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending. How to fund PPP loans.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Some options include: In-person fraud prevention seminars, either held at a branch location or a local community center. These events are a great way to show leadership and support to the community while having face time with customers, members, and prospects and maximizing time spent.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Due to new and emerging technologies, changing regulations, and ever-evolving customer expectations, banks and credit unions across the country are taking an assortment of different strategies to achieve their growth goals in 2020. In 2008, there were 7,061 FDIC-insured commercial banks in the U.S. Fraud Prevention. Fraud Trends.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

And regulators are getting anxious. and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. We perform this service for dozens of community banks.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 3, 2015

The ABA’s 2015 Survey of Bank Compliance Officers , conducted February through March 2015, had participation from more than 450 financial institutions, with almost 80 percent being community banks. ABA president and CEO, Frank Keating, commented that Dodd-Frank has impacted banks, their customers and the communities they serve.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. This is the first in a series of five blog posts about the final rule and related topics that we will publish in the next few weeks. of Community Development Fund Advisors. to 1:00 p.m.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 7, 2022

The four groups are the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers, the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in which the Court struck down an EPA regulation pertaining to carbon dioxide emissions because it constituted a major change in the law which was not contemplated by Congress.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 25, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. This is the second in a series of five blog posts about the final rule. Small and intermediate banks must comply with the rule by January 1, 2024.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 1, 2021

In what could be an important step towards needed regulatory updating to accommodate the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial institutions, the CFPB, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board, and NCUA issued a request for information (RFI) regarding financial institutions’ use of AI, including machine learning (ML). Cybersecurity.

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Abrigo

JULY 25, 2017

Ashbaugh’s presentation begins with a quick summary of why regulators care about HVCRE. That 13% represented 80% of the losses to the FDIC insurance fund. The regulators want to make sure you have all your ducks in a row, that you have more capital applied to those loans, and you have processes to identify those loans”.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 7, 2020

The Bureau states that “neither ECOA nor Regulation B mandate the use of any particular list of reasons. In 2019, in addition to the Bureau’s three referrals to the DOJ, the FDIC referred two matters and the Federal Reserve and the NCUA each referred one matter. On May 20, 2020, from 12 p.m.

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Social Assurance

JULY 10, 2020

The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) released its final rule that aims to modernize and update the Community Reinvestment Act’s framework. While the FDIC and Federal Reserve did not join the OCC in releasing this rule, they have released their proposed rule. Expanded Qualifying Activities for CRA Consideration.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Communities First Financial Corporation (OTCQX: CFST) Communities First Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Fresno First Bank , which opened in December 2005 dedicated to meeting the banking needs of businesses, professionals, and successful individuals in Central California. Triumph Bancorp, Inc. Nasdaq: TBK) #4.

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FICO

OCTOBER 4, 2016

with the latest evidence seen in developments related to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Adopted in 1977, the CRA is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 13, 2020

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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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

This blog has dug deep into the numbers to support the notion that bigger is better. Bank of the Ozarks began in 1903 as a small community bank in Jasper, Arkansas, and by 1937, included an additional bank in Ozark, Arkansas. Bank of the Ozarks and their regulators were not so myopic in their view.

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FICO

DECEMBER 19, 2018

I believe this will slip a few months but by June 2019 the proposed regulations will finally be available for public review and comment. Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) regulatory reforms are top of mind for regulators and legislators. AML/BSA Reform Talks Will Intensify but Meaningful Changes Will Have to Wait.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 19, 2015

Washington has a more traditional mix of very large and community financial institutions. Utah has many Industrial Loan Companies (ILC''s), which are FDIC supervised financial institutions that can be owned by commercial firms not regulated by a federal banking agency, like a utility company.

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Filene

JULY 15, 2016

I sat down with Adam Lee , Filene's Incubator Director, to follow up on the blog post he wrote last week about the ongoing payday lending proposed regulations debate, to go a bit deeper into the issue. H: What are you keeping an eye on in the debate over the proposed payday lending regulations? Here’s what I learned.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 16, 2011

Take Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, co-author of 13 Bankers , and commentator on the NY Times Economix blog (see photo). In the post, Mr. Johnson states "The problem is that some community banks do not have big enough loss-absorbing buffers — the role that bank equity plays."

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 23, 2016

But this is a bankers' blog, and I want to remain topical. For example, in my firm's profitability measurement service for community financial institutions, credit unions make 80-90 basis points pre-tax profit on consumer loans, while banks make an anemic 5-10 basis points. Most readers are accustomed to me being analytical.

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