American Banker

APRIL 28, 2024

is arguing that Colorado has the right to establish an interest rate cap that all state-chartered banks must follow. Three industry groups are suing the state in an effort to stop its attempted crackdown. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Colorado FDIC Groups Industry 36

Abrigo

JANUARY 8, 2016

The GAO acknowledged that community banks, credit unions and their professional industry associations reported increased compliance burdens and reduced activity in specific business activities, such as certain mortgage lending, as a result of Dodd-Frank.

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Regulation FDIC Survey Community Bank 150

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“A lot of people have this notion that it will never happen to my business or my bank, because it’s too small,” says Linda Comerford, assistant vice president of incident response and cyber services at AmTrust Financial Services Inc. The bank was only able to get fully up and running after it paid a negotiated ransom.”.

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Montana Policies Resources FDIC 152

ForwardBanker

APRIL 30, 2018

Long before the Great Recession made everyone in the banking industry rethink nearly everything about how they did business, numerous community banks were highly dependent on CRE loans for revenue. The post How Community Banks Can Resecure Their CRE Lending Business appeared first on Deluxe FS.

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Community Bank Community Lending Industry 33

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Saving money by conducting inside risk management and compliance reviews. As a group, community banks spend substantial funds hiring outside consultants to help with various management functions, and a substantial share of dollars are spent to help oversee their risk management and compliance activities.

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Community Bank Compliance Risk Management Community 70

NCR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Larger banks, on the other hand, are generally better equipped to handle loan QC internally. Most banks have at least one compliance officer who possesses a cursory knowledge of the mortgage finance arena. If a bank is already outsourcing other pieces of the mortgage process, it may eventually bring these in-house as they grow.

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Community Bank Community Guidelines Compliance 49

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Q1 2023 compliance date is near for smaller SEC-reporting financial institutions and private or not-for-profit banks and credit unions, and progress is decidedly mixed, according to the Abrigo 2022 CECL Survey. For community banks specifically, they’re already reserving for a lifetime of credit losses,” he said.

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Survey Software Resources Meeting 195

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

And I am weary of the persistent "get big or get out" mentality of many industry pundits. The bank consists of two segments: 1) the traditional community bank, and 2) CCBX, which is its Banking as a Service (BaaS) division started in 2018. Not so over the eleven years I have been keeping track.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Community Community Bank 78

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Just about every community bank makes commercial real estate loans. A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. Seventy to 75 percent of the $871 million community bank’s portfolio involves CRE loans. “We

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Community Bank Lending Community Regulation 70

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Illustration by Jozefmicic/Adobe The CFPB recently issued new guidance on overdraft fees that was unanticipated by community banks. Learn what this means for the industry and how community banks can stay in compliance. How the circular will affect community banks is not entirely clear. “The

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Community Bank Community Compliance Regulation 91

Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

Webster says 75 percent of Private Bank’s borrowers select the electronic signature option after its loan officers explain the process to them. “We Community banks and their customers don’t need to be concerned about the legality of digitally signed documents. Legal aspects. Fewer errors.

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San Francisco Lending System Atlanta 70

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Both of these laws pointedly changed the National Flood Insurance Program requirements over which of the banking agencies have jurisdiction. At first blush, this new general rule might provide for considerable fear among compliance and lending personnel. There is an exception that will be key for many community banks to understand.

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Regulation Policies Community Bank Taxes 70

Gonzobanker

AUGUST 22, 2014

While we may see an uptick in the number of new bank charters from the near zero we have today, too many other industries with less regulation will attract capital. For better or for worse (probably worse), banking has become a scale business. This is a call to arms for mid-size banks to develop their M&A strategies.

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Strategy United States Community New York City 87

South State Correspondent

APRIL 1, 2023

Deposit outflows for the prior week were revised upwards to show a combined decline of $64B, including $185B from community banks—the Fed included a notice with the release stating that data for the week ending March 15 were revised to account for a change in how FDIC bridge banks were incorporated into the community bank data.

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Regulation Community Bank Community Capital 221

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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Community Bank Community National Philadelphia 172

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The data is intended to help the CFPB enforce fair lending laws and could also be used by the government and small business lenders to identify the needs of businesses, said Michelle Lucci, Abrigo Regulatory Compliance Manager. Lucci said the entities required to collect more data will include more than just banks and credit unions.

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Lending Data Regulation Community 195

American Banker

JULY 13, 2016

Millennium Bank is said to have been the target of an enforcement action related to its work with the pot industry. The episode shows why many banks remain reluctant to serve the fast-growing cannabis industry.

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Illinois Industry FDIC Community Bank 28

Jeff For Banks

MARCH 29, 2014

These services are provided through a variety of delivery systems including automated teller machines, private banking, telephone banking and Internet banking. We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve. We focus our marketing efforts in three areas.

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Strategy Texas San Antonio Fort Worth 101

CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Supporters point out the Proposed Rule would result in strong and consistent supervision of bank-fintech partnerships across the country, ensuring fairness and compliance with applicable laws, and note the Proposed Rule would keep the costs of credit down and encourage innovation.

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Lending Colorado FDIC National 60