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This Is How Our Regulators Are Viewing Bank Risk, Capital And Org Structure

South State Correspondent

The Kansas City Fed released an interesting research paper titled The Effect of Risk and Organization Structures on Bank Capital Ratios. The research looks at how risk and a bank’s organizational structure impacts its capital levels.

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Brex Offers FDIC Insurance, Adds Chief Legal Officer

PYMNTS

a financial services holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Biber most recently served as general counsel at Anchorage, a cryptocurrency platform, and has a track record of helping to launch innovative products and services, in cooperation with regulators, Brex said.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Ten Questions for Kansas City Fed President Esther George

American Banker

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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How to Measure Interest Rate Risk Effectively in Banks & Credit Unions

Abrigo

Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). Regulators have repeatedly stressed the importance of sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk. EVE Analysis.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

Gonzobanker

An Expanding Regulatory Perimeter With the collapse of crypto and FTX serving as this generation’s Enron, discussions abounded that the reach of traditional regulators will expand into the fintech, shadow banking, and decentralized finance worlds. Bankers and Techies Joined at the Hip There was a special vibe at this year’s AOBA.

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How to stress test your ag portfolio

Abrigo

The report, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , stated that demand could remain high since futures markets for fall crops show prices are likely to remain low because of the potential for another record harvest.

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