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How the OCC risk governance framework applies to community banks

Abrigo

In September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published final guidelines designed to “strengthen the governance and risk management practices of large financial institutions.” While the final guidance clearly applies to larger financial institutions, community banks should still take note.

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Important Considerations When Growing the CRE Portfolio

Abrigo

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. This reflects a larger industry trend. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket.

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Budget Surplus? 5 Ways to Invest in Your Financial Institution with This Year’s Excess Budget

Abrigo

Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 31, 2019, and June 3, 2021, according to the Community Banking in the 21st Century report. During the pandemic, fraud activity has increased, and fraudsters have found new ways to scam bank customers and credit union members.

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4 Reasons Community Banks Outsource Loan QC

NCR

Yet banks need one important yet not easily attainable ingredient to do mortgages right in an era of ever-increasing rules and regulations—quality. Some banks choose to overcome the quality hurdle—which is demanded by both regulators, GSEs and investors—by hiring their own QC staff.

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Data Sharing, XaaS Target SMB Financing Efficiencies

PYMNTS

Foreign exchange and cross-border payments solution provider Currencycloud and cloud-based derivatives and FX firm Derivative Path have announced a partnership aimed at enabling regional and community banks to integrate cross-border payments technologies. open banking regulations.

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Clarifying the Ruling

Independent Banker

Supreme Court held that financial institutions could be held liable for neutral practices that pose adverse lending decisions against certain borrowers, even when there is no intent to discriminate, but with restrictive guidelines. IB: How could fair lending exams change as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling? IB: What’s the bottom line?

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

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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