Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

While the pace of bank regulatory changes has diminished from a few years ago, several issues will either become effective or likely develop in 2023. Community banks must continue to stay focused on regulatory discussions and remain nimble to respond to proposals and address requirements quickly and accurately. Evolving risks.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This article is the first in a two-part series on top concerns and growth strategies of community banks. Regulatory compliance. Risk management. These are all phrases that resonate with community bankers. Regulatory Compliance. Community bankers are not keeping these concerns to themselves.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists?

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

Seeing generative AI use cases can help bankers, risk managers, and financial crime professionals better understand it. They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 23, 2014

CEIS Review , a New York-based bank consulting firm, highlights the shift in a recent article. Community banks certainly want to remain conservative with risks and follow regulations. But shareholders also expect profitability and growth, while keeping costs, especially those related to regulatory compliance, down.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In its biannual report on supervision and regulation, the Federal Reserve Board noted an uptick in governance issues with large banks. Regional and community banks, meanwhile, were plagued by IT problems and risk management struggles.

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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. increased operational risks.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 5, 2022

In response to a request from three Democratic House members, the GAO recently issued a report on its review of fair lending oversight conducted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The GAO conducted the performance audit from January 2021 to June 2022.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

According to CB Insight , community bankers felt Q3 was a light one in terms of regulatory compliance. However, the Q3 2014 Banking Compliance Index (BCI), shows otherwise. For most community banks, this is difficult to address, especially if regulatory changes continue to increase. Blog Bank Credit Union'

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

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. Two years ago, more bankers surveyed for that report named core deposit growth as their greatest challenge than any other issue.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Digital Banking Report. Executives must center their communication on the vision for the technology and what employees will gain from it. For the employees resistant to change or feel that there is no reason to change their processes, management must explain the benefits of implementing new software.

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Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

Experts have highlighted numerous lessons from Southwest’s experience, many of which can benefit bank and credit union executives, regardless of their institution size, as they manage competing priorities for spending and growth initiatives on banking solutions. Systems often fail at the worst time.

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2016

Directors overseeing a bank’s operations are important partners in supervisory efforts, the FDIC noted in the article (“A Community Bank Director’s Guide to Corporate Governance: 21st Century Reflections on the FDIC Pocket Guide for Directors.”). Risk management culture What exactly is a risk management culture?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

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. Visa Invests in Open Banking FinTech Railsbank.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Takeaway 2 Section 1071 would require the collection and reporting of 13 specific data points and allow the CFPB to require additional data. The CFPB plans to issue a final rule implementing Section 1071 small-business reporting requirements by the end of March 2023, according to court filing. The proposed rule , unveiled Sept.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The discussions were healthier, more compliance-focused, and with little expectations that banks were going to offer crypto to their customers any time soon. Sunday Programming: consisted of a federal lobbying track, AI Summit, Small Business, Fraud, running a fintech, cannabis banking, and modernizing the banking core system.

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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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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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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Under the DFA, banks that cross over $10 billion in assets face costly regulations such as DFA stress testing, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau oversight and Durbin Amendment compliance, which caps banks’ interchange income. Have regulatory compliance costs skyrocketed as feared?

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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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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. First Southern Bank.

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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. Our examiners report that they are finding weaker protective covenants, extended maturities and a layering of risks in loan portfolios. Curry, U.S.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Regulators warn once again about rising CRE concentrations and risks. 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. By Howard Schneider.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion for the company a few years earlier.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

At some community banks, budgeting for technology has become a more important focus over the past several years. If the project is something that can make a bank more profitable in the short term or long term, the bank should make the purchase, whether it was budgeted for or not. State Bank and Trust Co.

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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. BBQ/JK/LOL/IDK/???

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 6, 2020

Solution: Automated core reporting tools, with logic tests to identify incorrect coding or out of range/missing values, can greatly minimize the manual inspection necessary to identify loan boarding errors. Loan and deposit operations processes often utilize myriad systems to manage daily work.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 21, 2019

The following memo outlines my assessment and recommendations concerning our purchase of Acme Bank, a $5 billion institution located in Metropolis, USA. Acme has doubled its size in the past five years with acquisitions of smaller community banks. Require weekly status reports to the Executive team.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

To those community bankers claiming their growing Compliance departments say no to everything. How about fighting harder with better examples and holding compliance officers as accountable as everybody else. Community bank marketing resources. Vendor management. “I Information Management Award.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Bank Acquisition of the Year - BB&T Corp. Nice community bank culture fit between the two as well. Bank Merger of the Year – California United Bank and 1 st Enterprise Bank in Los Angeles. Toxin of the Year (Make that Decade) Award – Lack of commercial automation at most banks.

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Social Assurance

JULY 1, 2014

Marketing doesn’t have time, compliance doesn’t have time, who has time to manage this? Who wanted to be the first bank to design a website, create online banking, or build a mobile app? Don’t wait for the pain to make a change in your bank. Your local community want to hear from you.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Millenials as Funding Award – Goes to Dime Community Bank for attracting press attention when it appealed to hipsters in Brooklyn as a means of funding its powerful commercial real estate niche. The FinTech Partner Best Practice Award – Goes to Cambridge Savings Bank and SigFig for their digital investment platform partnership.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Millenials as Funding Award – Goes to Dime Community Bank for attracting press attention when it appealed to hipsters in Brooklyn as a means of funding its powerful commercial real estate niche. A Gonzo community bank being a leader and not a fast follower – that’s pretty cool! Check it out on YouTube.

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