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Banks Won’t Skimp on Technology Spend Despite Bleak Economic Predictions

Bank Innovation

Despite predictions of a bleak economy and decreasing investment spending from businesses, banks will not be cutting down their technology spend in 2019, according to Kurt Spieler, Chief Investment Officer at First National Bank of Omaha.

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Credit Card Charge-Offs Reach Highest Rate Since 2009

PYMNTS

Moody’s Investors Service reported Thursday (June 8) that credit card charge-offs — debts that are so delinquent that lending institutions have basically given up on collecting them — are at their highest rate since 2009 , possibly due to loosening lending standards. Capital One wasn’t far behind at 5.31 percent, up from 4.84

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Why AI Risk Tech And Banks Could Be A Match Made In Heaven

PYMNTS

A solution, he told PYMNTS four years ago , that had nothing to do with financial services or lending at all — they were actually studying hiring and figuring out ways to track employability over time with data. Our simple idea was that better technology and better data science could improve access to credit,” Girouard said.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

“I’m so inspired by the professionalism, integrity and commitment of our executive committee and board of directors as we work together to serve the needs of community bankers across the nation,” says Terry Jorde, ICBA senior executive vice president and chief of staff. Omaha, Neb. ICBA at-large directors (from left).

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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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Senator Sanders to introduce bill imposing 15% or lower consumer credit interest rate cap

CFPB Monitor

Senator Bernie Sanders recently announced that he will be introducing a bill, the “Loan Shark Prevention Act ,” that would amend the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Prevailing interest rate levels threaten the safety and soundness of individual lenders, as evidenced by adverse trends in liquidity, capital, earnings, and growth.”.