PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

A bill that would give regional banks a break on regulation was before the U.S. The bill also gives regulators more discretion in deciding when to require stress tests of capital adequacy for banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets in the event of another crisis,” according to a summary of the bill in MarketWatch.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. Benjamin Franklin famously said that “by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. Takeaway 2 Reports that assess capital, growth, and liquidity provide banking professionals data to drive decisions. Regulators review them to assess safety and soundness.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. He has served as president and CEO of $365 million-asset Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga.,

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

This might be explained by the capital formation process, where a low performing bank gets equity injections and those folks go on the board. In terms of bankers, active or retired, this group looks no different than the Top 5. Perhaps not.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

This might be explained by the capital formation process, where a low performing bank gets equity injections and those folks go on the board. In terms of bankers, active or retired, this group looks no different than the Top 5. Perhaps not.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza.

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2016

Nevertheless, the Supervisory Insights publication “incorporates more recent guidance and technical resources, including significant bank-governance insights and experiences that have been gained since 1988.” The system of goals, objectives, policies, controls, values and behaviors present in an organization that influence risk decisions.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 20, 2020

federal and state financial institution regulators have taken meaningful, proactive steps to acknowledge financial inequality issues, reach out to traditionally underserved populations to expand access to credit, and further protect consumers from discrimination. This blog post contains a summary of those efforts.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Within the financial industry, the word “regulation” often receives a mixed reaction. Last week, the biggest names in banking addressed their balance sheets, and announced the results of their mid-year stress testing practice. This could mean significant increases in capital for many credit unions.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

While Washington often moves at a glacial pace, it recently came to life to enact reforms benefiting bank and thrift holding companies. These reforms—one enacted by Congress, another by regulators—are designed to improve access to capital and to even reporting requirements for community bank and thrift holding companies.

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Independent Banker

JULY 28, 2016

Senate Banking Committee. She explained why lawmakers should exempt community banks from Basel III capital rule. Community bankers score big changes in final credit-loss standard. To their credit, federal regulators have already showed they are on board with the approach laid out in FASB’s final standard.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Nearly one year after the Basel III capital rules went into effect, community bankers say that now recognize just how much more complex and how much more difficult this new set of capital rules will make life and business for them if they remain in place. See a summary of ICBA’s policy resolution on Basel III).

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

Advocacy Advocate—ICBA’s Joshua Harbursky works to assist community bankers with their industry policy engagement with lawmakers and regulators. ICBA has a great infrastructure in place and a lot of active advocates among community bankers. Anyone with an interest in promoting community banks can be an ICBA advocate.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

banking industry is in flux, largely thanks to federal policy that has made it easier (and faster) for institutions to merge. Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released new data that found the average merger review time for deals in the banking sector declined to 3.8 months in the first half of 2018, from 5.6

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Abrigo

APRIL 15, 2022

Regulators expect that for institutions to maintain adequate levels of liquidity, banks and credit unions must be able to meet both expected and unexpected cash flow and collateral needs without adversely affecting daily operations or financial performance. ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management. Contingent liquidity.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Regulators warn once again about rising CRE concentrations and risks. Just about every community bank makes commercial real estate loans. A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. By Howard Schneider.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2021

Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? Another challenge is imposed by the very government that tries to assist LMI households: regulation. What does that write-up look like?

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 28, 2016

As in past years, community bankers will have a dynamic regulatory environment to contend with in 2016. Safety and soundness concerns will remain a prominent driver of that supervisory dynamic for community banks. IB: What safety and soundness issues are the regulators watching out for this year?

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Community bankers aren’t the only ones who think so. Top regulators also concur, and some have even offered a proposal or two of their own. Inside and outside Washington, most people agree the time has come to enact real, meaningful and significant regulatory relief for community banks.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 5, 2020

In good economic times, when banks and credit unions are experiencing minimal losses, it’s easy for financial institutions to become complacent when developing credit memos and perhaps allow policy exceptions to slip by. Loan grading is a connector between credit policy and behavior. Asset/Liability. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Community bankers aren’t the only ones who think so. Top regulators also concur, and some have even offered a proposal or two of their own. Inside and outside Washington, most people agree the time has come to enact real, meaningful and significant regulatory relief for community banks.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. In this regard, the bank regulatory agencies need to remain politically independent. To you, manage your interest rate risk.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. This is why ICBA and community banks must continue to push consistent regulation of bank and nonbank financial service providers.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For community banks specifically, they’re already reserving for a lifetime of credit losses,” he said. Prepare documentation—policies and procedures—as you go. Use a software tool [and] ensure your auditors and regulators are in the loop on progress.” Managing capital levels amid credit stress: Advice for credit unions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The global financial crisis in 2008 was, in many ways, a catalyst to this innovation, especially in the area of small business (SMB) finance, as banks pulled their services away from SMBs and FinTechs stepped in to offer another option. despite a flurry of concerns over regulations, economic development and more.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

The Independent Bankers Association of New York State has been actively advocating for several initiatives to enhance community banking and the communities and customers our members serve. These increased burdens and costs have had an impact on the number of community banks. By John Witkowski.

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American Banker

AUGUST 29, 2016

Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George is best known nationally as a critic of the Fed’s monetary policy, but in a wide-ranging interview she talks about Dodd-Frank, bank capitalization and the challenges facing community banking, in addition to interest rates.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., Real-world testing. “I

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., Real-world testing. “I

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The ICBA Capital Summit is the premier event for community bankers looking to advocate for their industry. In person for the first time since 2019, the ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C., Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C. Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Almost every bank and brand we spoke with will increase their investment in these two areas for 2023. This was followed by a focus on banking-as-a-service, embedded finance, open banking, Web 3.0, cyber, infrastructure, and regulation. Small Idea – Policy and Regulations are Lagging But Are Going in Banking’s Favor.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. Eric has always been a student of innovation, and now at Coastal, this fearless leader has spearheaded a number of high-profile banking-as-a-service partnerships. The regulator and media pressure on overdraft fees has been a constant challenge to overdraft revenue.

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

Around the Table—Wisconsin community bankers work with legislative staff members on Capitol Hill during ICBA’s Washington Policy Summit. Keeping community banking interests front and center. 812) and the Community Bank Access to Capital Act (H.R. Washington Policy Summit. 1233 and S.

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Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2022

At recent Abrigo CECL Kickstart webinars, consultants demonstrated CECL implementation practices with an emphasis on the needs of community banks and credit unions. Once factors like the economy, new regulations, management changes, or even natural disasters are factored in, a greater allowance may be necessary. Whitepaper.

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