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Aaron Stetter: Back to Capitol Hill

Independent Banker

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., No other event provides more opportunities for community bankers to engage with lawmakers, regulators and government officials.

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

PYMNTS

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. Additionally, Kellerman called for a tax credit to encourage firms in the financial vertical to set aside 10 percent of their information technology (IT) budgets at a minimum toward cybersecurity.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it.

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The Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing

PYMNTS

More big names strengthened their blockchain ties this week, too, including IBM and the venture capital arm of Comcast, Comcast Ventures, which announced their support for a new blockchain accelerator, MState. The blockchain hype certainly hasn’t risen without catching the attention of regulators. Regulatory Moves.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

If actual practices vary materially from the written guidelines and procedures, the source of this discrepancy should be identified, and either actual practices or the written policy should be changed. and property tax payments. a significant capital injection into the borrower, or other collateral such as liquid assets).

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Dynamic Duo

Independent Banker

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) appears before ICBA community bankers in 2013 to explain ICBA-backed legislation he co-sponsored that would have increased minimum capital requirements on the country’s very largest banks, as well as provided important regulatory relief for community banks. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) David Vitter (R-La.)

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Cannabis Cos’ Payroll Problems Run Deep

PYMNTS

It caught the Treasury Department, which oversees financial services regulation for the cannabis sector via its FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) branch, off-guard. Our unbanked customers use our system to calculate payroll and taxes — and then they have to remit in cash. Those are separate issues,” he said. “To