PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

Brex , the San Francisco financial technology startup, is offering FDIC insurance on its no-fee cash management account, the company announced Wednesday (July 22). The new feature in Brex Cash allows customers the choice to hold cash savings with FDIC insurance, or invest in Money Market Funds.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Managing loan workouts and modifications Tips for preparing your bank or credit union to handle an increased volume of problem loans while ensuring prudent credit risk management. Takeaway 2 Meanwhile, banks and credit unions will likely see a beefed-up regulatory emphasis on credit risk management practices, especially tied to CRE. .

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 4, 2022

The FDIC has issued an “Advisory to FDIC-insured institutions Regarding Deposit Insurance and Dealings with Crypto Companies ” to address the agency’s concerns regarding misrepresentations about FDIC deposit insurance by certain crypto companies. The FDIC identifies two issues that can create customer confusion.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

ALM | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Many financial institutions view asset/liability management as a "check-the-box" regulatory exercise. An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The FDIC has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comment on its regulatory approach to brokered deposits and interest rate restrictions. The FDIC’s current regulations on brokered deposits and interest rate restrictions are set forth at 12 C.F.R. Section 337.6.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

In Ireland, reported CryptoGlobe , the Irish cabinet has approved legislation that will bring more regulation to the sector. Separately, in India, the action toward crypto regulation seems to be … inaction. Banks are well capitalized. The site noted that the new rules still await passage by the country’s legislative body.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The FDIC has issued a final rule setting forth the conditions it will impose and the commitments it will require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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Abrigo

JULY 25, 2017

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. 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.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 24, 2020

The FDIC has issued a proposed rule setting forth the conditions it would impose and the commitments it would require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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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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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Second, community banks should use FDIC-insured institutions as hedge providers, and the hedges must be structured as qualified financial contracts (QFC). We see substantial risk to community banks in dealing with non-FDIC hedge providers or those not offering QFC protection – think Lehman Brothers.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Would you like other articles on asset/liability management in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). FDIC) noted in its 2021 Risk Review.

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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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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2014

My firm will occasionally provide feedback on correspondence to our clients'' regulators. I thought about what we should have said to the regulator, versus the sweet words I was encouraging our client to use. Below is a sample letter to your regulator, saying it like you mean it. So, no, we are not re-doing our capital plan.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 8, 2021

Independent Loan Review Systems in Banking Banking regulators have outlined expectations for effective, independent loan review and credit risk review. . The change reflects regulators’ expectations that financial institutions will develop loan review or credit review systems tailored to their specific risks and circumstances.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite expectations for growth, bankers, regulators, investors, and others are watchful about potentially lower returns and credit risks ahead. And regulators have urged financial institutions to prepare for an eventual cyclical change while credit performance remains strong – and to do so as they originate new loans and in credit reviews.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements. Be aware of existing or emerging risk concerns.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Locality Bank, a digital-first community bank serving south Florida that opened in January, is run by industry veterans with such successful track records that regulators signed off on their application for a charter in less than a year. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. That’s no small feat for any de novo, especially during a pandemic.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For the bankers we talked with, acknowledging challenges—think NIM, credit, regulation, election uncertainty, unemployment and CRE—while portraying resilience created quite a few compelling narratives throughout the event. Five Hundred? (Oh

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Abrigo

JUNE 23, 2017

The desire to avoid examiner scrutiny may tempt some financial institutions to set the bar high when it comes to credit and liquidity risk management policy limits, but regulators are discouraging this approach. That means limits should be properly aligned with the true risk tolerance of your board and management.”

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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. PPP loans carry a 0% risk weighting, meaning they don’t count against the institution from a risk-based capital standpoint.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 22, 2023

Irvine Sprague, Former FDIC Director So Gonzo Bankers … how many of us have been hesitant lately to check our iPhone each morning to see what trouble may have hit the fan in the financial world during a few restless hours of slumber? It’s a good time to surround the executive team with a diversity of smart advisors and capital market players.

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American Banker

MARCH 29, 2016

The ambiguity over whether regulators favor risk sensitivity or simplicity in setting capital requirements does not help risk management efforts.

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FICO

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The most prominent villain for fintech companies is regulation. And so it’s easy to see why a fintech company — believing fully in the virtue of its mission and faced with a litany of illogical and intractable regulations — might just say "F*ck it, we're doing it anyways." Disruption-friendly regulations. and China).

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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. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

The FDIC has nearly quadrupled its enforcement actions (“EA”) over the past three years. The productive view about the similarity of EAs is why haven’t we been doing some of the things required by regulators in the first place? Why do many, if not most of these orders contain Articles relating to strategic and capital plans?

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Portfolio segments should be monitored and managed, not get buried in exception counts. This is particularly true of credit exceptions related to account management (e.g., As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked. It just stays on forever.

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American Banker

APRIL 7, 2020

The OCC and FDIC are holding off on easing debt limits in response to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving billions of dollars locked up at banking subsidiaries that could be used for lending amid the deepening economic crisis.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

And regulators are getting anxious. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 4, 2018

"The FDIC recently has observed instances of liquidity stress at a small number of insured banks." So opened the Summer 2017 FDIC Supervisory Insights issue. Regulators and consultants promulgate this untruth. He was confident in his bank's liquidity position, but felt regulators could artificially create a liquidity problem.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Australia, this blurred line between small business and consumer financial services became the focus of a recent SmartCompany report highlighting the challenge that small business owners face when seeking working capital. But that mix is not a smart tactic for managing company spend and finances.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space. Accordingly, “it is important that [the Agencies] provide coordinated and timely clarity where appropriate to promote safety and soundness, consumer protection, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including [AML] and illicit finance statute and rules.”

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Abrigo

APRIL 23, 2015

During exams, banks and credit unions often receive varying levels of criticism depending on their location, asset size and federal regulator. It would also allow examiners to focus more attention and resources on the nation’s riskier banks.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Many institutions are well on their way to being ready, but others are still working through the process,” said Garver Moore, Managing Director of Abrigo’s Advisory Services. 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

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Five years after the worst of the carnage in the data out of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) showed that lending was beginning to normalize — lending to big businesses had recovered, consumer lending was showing signs of thawing as the mortgage markets began showing signs of coming back from the dead.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

I will say there seems to be more PE, Investment Banker, Investment Management types on the Bottom 5 boards than on the Top 5. This might be explained by the capital formation process, where a low performing bank gets equity injections and those folks go on the board. Perhaps not. What are your thoughts on an effective board?

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