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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

It has implications for everything from regulatory compliance and risk management to a bank’s ability to engender trust in its customers. The privacy of customers’ personal information is at the forefront of every community banker’s decisions, says Steven Estep, ICBA assistant vice president of operational risk.

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Scotiabank, Royal Bank of Canada Shutter Marijuana SMB Accounts

PYMNTS

“We consider our stringent risk management practices a key strength of our business,” said a spokesperson for Scotiabank on the decision to close marijuana SME bank accounts. Government officials have also been working with Colorado and Washington in the U.S.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Acquisition of the Year – Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Colorado for its acquisition of Home State Bank. Is it in the water? Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region?

Utah 60
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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Acquisition of the Year – Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Colorado for its acquisition of Home State Bank. Is it in the water? Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region?

Utah 60