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SAFE Banking Act returns to Congress: Is safe harbor for cannabis banking on the horizon?

Abrigo

Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing. Without access to traditional banks, legal cannabis businesses can’t access loans and capital or even use basic bank accounts. “The lack of electronic records in this world makes it easy to move money that shouldn’t be moved.”

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. As David Barr, spokesperson for the FDIC, points out, “a vast majority of community banks remain well-rated and exhibit satisfactory corporate governance programs and compliance management systems.”.

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Trying No-Go Mortgages

Independent Banker

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. Still holding back.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. The score combines the average of the bank’s percentile rank for lending concentration and for loan growth over the past year in each lending category. By Ed Avis. Methodology. AGRICULTURE.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Goes to Tom Brown and the Second Curve Capital team for the inspiring message from Clemson CEO Jim Clements.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio. Alt-lending to small businesses. Marketplace lending analytics. Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, credit, underwriting, investing. Total dollars raised YTD is now $17.4 billion, more than double the $8.4 billion more raised during the same period a year ago. ——-. Online payroll system.

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Dynamic Duo

Independent Banker

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), two lawmakers tapped to lead the Senate Banking Committee for their respective parties, are both independent-minded senators who hold positive views on several priority community banking issues. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). Illustration: Josue Evilla. By Ed Avis. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)