American Banker

MAY 13, 2020

The Independent Community Bankers of America refused to rule out legal action if Congress doesn't address the National Credit Union Administration's recent decision expanding the low-income designation.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Following up on a threat it made back in 2018 , the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced on October 6, 2022 that it entered into a consent order with Rhinebeck Bank (“Rhinebeck”) to settle discrimination claims involving discretionary dealer markups on retail installment contracts with minority borrowers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, economists expect the economy to recover back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, and China’s banking watchdog warns of further Big Tech regulations. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks. Plus, online lending startup SoFi is looking to go public through a SPAC.

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. While these are general today, the AMLA requires that regulations be written around each Priority, as appropriate. There is no doubt that the Priorities are broad, as regulations have yet to be written.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2016

Although the CFPB has claimed, in many cases, that it allows many smaller banks and credit unions to be exempt from many of the regulations, the congressional members have expressed fear that the bureau may not be doing enough to ensure those smaller financial institution aren’t unnecessarily regulated.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

Change across the regulatory compliance landscape is de rigueur, and global in scope. Also in Australia, and apropos to small business lending, Prospa delayed issuing additional shares on the country’s stock exchange, in part due to pressure from financial services regulators in that country. Closer to home, in the U.S.,

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

These in-depth and timely professional development programs are designed exclusively for community bankers and led by nationally recognized industry experts who know the issues community banks grapple with. They are industry consultants who spend countless hours working in banks and assisting the industry.

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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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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

According to Cherry Bekaert LLP , Bank of America has allocated a 50-person team to prepare for adjusted credit loss standards. However, small community banks without such resources are sounding their concerns.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

New Military Lending Act regulations kick in next fall. 1, 2015, and compliance with the rule is required by Oct. Credit card accounts are exempt from compliance until Oct. armed forces or servicemembers on active National Guard or Reserve duty, their spouses and their card-carrying dependents. 3, 2016, compliance date.

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American Banker

JUNE 27, 2016

Community banks and credit unions would be forced to stop making short-term, small dollar loans if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's payday lending proposal is adopted, two trade groups said Monday.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

That is why we are calling on regulators to make the most of the latest mandatory review of federal banking rules. The agencies are required to study their regulations for dead weight every 10 years under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors.

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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. IB: What safety and soundness issues are the regulators watching out for this year?

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Behringer, McGladrey’s national leader for credit risk services. Portfolio stress tests can provide a number of benefits beyond compliance with regulatory expectations, Behringer said recently at the 2015 Risk Management Summit hosted by Sageworks.

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American Banker

MAY 19, 2016

A new Labor Department regulation designed to make more American workers eligible for overtime pay stands to add costs and slow hiring at community banks.

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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. Escrow obligations. Loans with terms not longer than 12 months.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Known by his nickname Buz, John Gorman helped the Conference of State Bank Supervisors launch its nationwide cooperative agreement in 2006 and the National Multistate Licensing System for mortgage lenders two years later.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

Against this backdrop, Elan has been waging campaigns to get smaller banks to promote their cards as not only for primary use (and via plastic) but for default use as well, to close the gap with the larger and national players through debit rewards programs and other incentives. And that’s creating a problem for smaller institutions.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Regulators, investors, and other stakeholders will be watching and listening for updates on the impacts of the accounting change. Even now, however, banks and credit unions with 2023 deadlines are seeking information about what the earliest adopters have learned so far in their implementation efforts. Be willing to change as needed. .

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American Banker

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The American Bankers Association has filed a lawsuit against the National Credit Union Administration, arguing that the regulator's new field-of-membership rule go too far.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Bank Merger of the Year. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Huntington and TCF merge to create the $170 billion Midwest dynamo and vault them into one of the top 10 banks in the country. The Bank That Gets Fintech.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Consumer compliance is already an important issue for regulators. Banks that seek deal approval should make sure their cross-sale and incentives policies – along with those of their targets – are run properly.

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Banking 2020

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Several banks resisted the effort—citing concerns over confidentiality and the expenses involved—and at least one apparently changed its status as a community bank. There’s a strong case to be made why such regulations, however well-intentioned, represent government intrusiveness. Now, all those worries are moot.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In this feature, we’ll look at a number of ways you can continue to build trust—an especially crucial task as the pandemic continues, telecommuting persists and consumer banking practices evolve. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

GenAI is seeing varied use cases in banking. Takeaway 3 Regulators are closely watching expanded uses of AI and generative artificial intelligence. Harnessing benefits Generative AI use cases are increasing The excitement kicked up by generative AI, or genAI, has some banks exploring its uses.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. The bank’s mortgage company has developed a national retail lending presence over the last 18 months using phones and email, rather than branch offices. “We Legal aspects.

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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.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. Heavy-handed regulators. THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. FinTech threats and distractions.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Banks already have a difficult time collecting data on mortgage lending to minorities. New data requirements scheduled to take effect in early 2018 could lead to even more mistakes — and financial penalties — not to mention higher compliance costs and longer delays in closing loans.

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American Banker

MARCH 7, 2016

Smaller players are losing ground to deep-pocketed large banks that can both absorb compliance costs and invest in the most up-to-date technology, M&T's longtime CEO said in his annual letter to shareholders. He also worried about banks' shrinking role in ever-changing lending landscape.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

New, stricter regulations on loans to active-duty service members take effect on Oct. Here’s a guide for getting ready.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 8, 2016

His new bank uses some Hill-related companies for marketing and other services but says that it has structured the relationship in a way that passes muster with regulators. The new chairman of Republic First was famously ousted from Commerce Bancorp because of conflict-of-interest concerns years ago.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

New regulations? But how to account for the flight of customers, prospective employees and economic opportunities from rural areas is perhaps the biggest challenge facing community lenders and policymakers, warns a longtime Oklahoma banker. Technology? Bankers can keep up. We've got people to handle that.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

Earlier this month, NACHA (the National Automated Clearinghouse Association) sent its Government Relations Advisory Group on its annual pilgrimage to Capitol Hill. The CHOICE Act rolls back regulations that Sullivan said can pin down a community bank and prevent it from serving its function.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Supreme Court, it is, and the high court’s recent ruling to that effect is likely to affect community banks, their regulatory examinations and their potential exposure to fair lending lawsuits. Furthermore, community banks still have the defense of “showing a business reason to justify their policies.”.

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