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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Some bankers will soon hear about another example of banks using derivatives that, unfortunately, will lead to losses. No ISDA documents.

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

South State Correspondent

The discussions were healthier, more compliance-focused, and with little expectations that banks were going to offer crypto to their customers any time soon. Sunday Programming: consisted of a federal lobbying track, AI Summit, Small Business, Fraud, running a fintech, cannabis banking, and modernizing the banking core system.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. Paulina Gonzalez, Executive Director, California Reinvestment Coalition, San Francisco, CA. Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY.

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Lawmakers Urge CFPB To Ease Up On Small Banks

PYMNTS

Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Steve Stivers (R-OH) and included the signatures of 329 lawmakers. “Credit unions and community banks do not pose any systemic risk, yet the CFPB continues to issue rules that disproportionately hurt those community financial institutions,” Stivers said in a statement.

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Bank Shareholder Liquidity Matters

Jeff For Banks

and Ciaran McMullan , former CEO of Suncrest Bank CA extolled the benefits of OTC listing, particularly OTCQX market listing in a session titled How to Maximize Your Stock as Currency. To qualify for listing, companies must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance, demonstrate compliance with U.S.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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Heritage Oaks Freed from BSA-Related Consent Order

American Banker

has been freed from a consent order tied to Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance. Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles, Calif.,