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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. Bob Hickok.

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Business Inspection

Independent Banker

The result will be more Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering information collection and recordkeeping for community banks, says Lilly Thomas, ICBA vice president and senior regulatory counsel. New definitions. The customer due-diligence rules also adopt a few new definitions. Designate a compliance officer.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

The ICBA and community bank campaign to improve those rules has included a comprehensive study on their impact that was released before the CFPB announcement of its proposed changes, which are expected to be formally adopted. Alternatively, ICBA also urged the CFPB to expand its “small creditor” and “rural” definitions.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

The ICBA and community bank campaign to improve those rules has included a comprehensive study on their impact that was released before the CFPB announcement of its proposed changes, which are expected to be formally adopted. Alternatively, ICBA also urged the CFPB to expand its “small creditor” and “rural” definitions.

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The Big Gorilla

Independent Banker

Outsized regulation shapes the business climate and decisions. Far more than any other issue, regulatory compliance is the biggest challenge community bankers experienced in 2015, with 43 percent naming it as such in ICBA’s State of the Community Banking Industry survey. By Denise Logeland. And Center, N.D.,

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The Full Framework

Independent Banker

Establishing a comprehensive Compliance Management System. Does it sound like “reality compliance”? The demands of managing regulatory compliance are uncontested, and depending on the disposition of the participants inside and outside of the bank, compliance management exists with varying degrees of problems and adversity.

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Springboard to Excellence

Independent Banker

ICBA’s in-depth certification programs vault compliance officers to the highest standards. imberly Anderson, senior vice president and chief administrative officer of Cañon National Bank in southern Colorado, became her community bank’s loan compliance officer in 2003. By Ed Avis.