Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2022

Takeaway 3 Short-term benefits are alluring, but a merger or acquisition is a long-term investment that requires careful management. Community banks with small asset sizes might merge with other small institutions whose branches complement one another, and larger banks may acquire smaller ones whose services fit their offerings.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements.

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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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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

After the success community banks and credit unions had helping businesses in their local communities with lending during the pandemic , financial institutions continue to turn to small business loans as a source of portfolio growth. Jump-Start Digital Transformation with Change Management. Market Trend. Learn More.

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. They help manage and shape strategy in volatile economic and industry conditions. the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) and the minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio).

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Name: Lexicon Bank. Photo by Sammy Tillery. Assets: $237.6

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

A community bank’s practical guide to compliance cost control. When it comes to reducing compliance costs, recommendations typically fall into complicated territory. Complicated or not, one thing is certain: Community banks can’t afford to skimp on their compliance efforts. By Jim Kisch.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Community banks can get up to speed on current legislation and regulations to both protect their customers from unauthorized or false deposit account transactions and to prevent them from happening in the future. of Regulation E specifies the timing and steps banks must take to investigate and resolve EFT errors consumers allege.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Changing customer banking habits means it’s more important than ever for community banks to use every tool at their disposal. Community banks may have longstanding relationships with their core vendors, but that doesn’t always mean they keep up to date on all the latest features and functionalities. “But

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

Takeaway 1 FinCEN published its first list of priorities for AML/CFT policy, as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA). Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. financial system. Would you like others articles like this in your inbox?

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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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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

Audit to check and balance the compliance management process. While the saying irritated the Russians to distraction, the phrase can be a useful reminder for the essential role that effective auditing plays in the compliance process. In compliance management, the process is only as effective as the bank’s efforts to.

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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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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

While the report recognizes that customer demands and competition from non-traditional banks will shape banking’s future, the report also recognizes that regulatory expectations and scrutiny will continue to increase, for both traditional community banks and non-bank entities that try to enter banking.

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Independent Banker

JULY 28, 2016

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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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)—released on October 3, 2018 an Interagency Statement on Sharing Bank Secrecy Act Resources (“Statement”). Such resource sharing contemplates reducing costs and increasing efficiencies in the ways banks manage their BSA and AML obligations. Patriot Act.)

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Tips on how to keep up with never-ending Bank Secrecy Act compliance. It may seem lately that complying with Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering rules is a Sisyphean task. Of course, keeping up with those four tasks for managing BSA compliance are enough to keep a team of bankers busy.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

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. The person could be a CEO, chairman, managing partner or anyone who regularly performs similar functions. Complicating factors.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Faced with several transitional issues, here’s how these community banks gained support from their new providers to adapt to the change. Two years before changing core processors, Asian Bank began conducting weekly meetings to brainstorm attributes its dream core provider would possess. When Del Norte Bank in Del Norte, Colo.,

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 28, 2016

According to Cornerstone Advisors research , roughly six in 10 community bank and credit union CEOs are concerned with the regulatory burden. We are hopeful that community banks will also pursue efforts to communicate the real cost of regulatory burden to our friends in Washington. Cockroaches.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The FedNow Service is launching in early 2023, giving community banks about a year to plan. Here’s how community bankers, payments experts and fintech vendors suggest using the time to prepare. With less than a year until the scheduled launch of the FedNow Service, community banks are still awaiting updates on specifics.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 17, 2022

Community banks in oil and gas towns grapple with the future of climate risk supervision. The post When climate risk comes home appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example. Key Community Bank. At the heart of Key Community Bank’s work culture is connection. Greg Dennis, Key Community Bank. “We

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

New BSA guidance reinforces having an appropriate ‘culture of compliance’. Community bank compliance professionals know three things about effective compliance management: It starts at the top. It permeates all of the policies, processes and procedures of the bank. By Mary Thorson.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

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.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

According to a statistic released as part of the ICBA 2014 Top 50 Community Bank Leaders in Social Media, nearly 2,500 banks have a Facebook or Twitter presence, and the numbers continue to exponentially grow. It is apparent everywhere you turn that social media is one of the hottest new communications tools in our society.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

“I know that unnecessary regulation saps the strength of community banks.” Federal banking regulators are always alert to emerging safety and soundness issues. So our examiners will be vigilant in evaluating credit risk, and banks of all sizes should be as well. Curry, U.S. Comptroller of the currency.

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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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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

Although shadow banking mostly serves larger corporations, think money market funds buying commercial paper, bankers fear the trend will continue going downstream to more traditional community bank customers. Do bankers make exceptions to policy, ask borrowers to kick in more equity, or push borrowers out of their bank?

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

The Independent Bankers Association of New York State has been actively advocating for several initiatives to enhance community banking and the communities and customers our members serve. These increased burdens and costs have had an impact on the number of community banks. By John Witkowski.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Bank policy, baked into their teller system. She knew it, and apologized, saying it was bank policy. I said that the bank would have collected those funds way before 13 days. Why was I making accommodations to account for money that SIFI Bank would soon have, but would not let me have? Thirteen days.

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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. He adds that regulators and bank management need to act to prevent those risks from becoming reality. “We

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 28, 2016

As in past years, community bankers will have a dynamic regulatory environment to contend with in 2016. Safety and soundness concerns will remain a prominent driver of that supervisory dynamic for community banks. What should community banks anticipate here? IB: This covers a broad area.

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Abrigo

APRIL 14, 2020

Managing through uncertainty. It is no secret that we are all trying to cope with and manage through the uncertainty due to the coronavirus and the health and economic impacts of COVID 19. This flow of repayments is the major source of “liquidity” in the community banking system.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Employees serve the bank’s customers. Jason Lord, Sunmark Community Bank. SunMark Community Bank. At SunMark Community Bank in Hawkinsville, Ga., There’s really no typical day for Jason Lord, an information security officer at SunMark Community Bank in Hawkinsville, Ga. By Judith Sears.

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