Abrigo

JANUARY 1, 2016

Government Accountability Office (GAO), community banks and credit unions are starting feel the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. The GAO report, released on December 30th, examined nine Dodd-Frank rules that became effective as of October 2015 for impact on community banks and credit unions.

Community Bank 150

Community Bank Community Compliance Training 150

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

50% of consumers now interact with their bank through mobile apps or websites weekly – up from 32% two years ago. Additionally, a recent survey by FIS shows that 37% of consumers began a new banking relationship with a major national or global bank that had a well-established online portal in the past 12 months.

Community Bank 91

Community Bank Community Fintech Guidelines 91

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

By eliminating or revising some of the items that banks must include in their call reports the FFIEC hopes to streamline the reporting and decrease the amount of time spent on them. Laura Stewart, CEO of Sound Community Bank in Washington said of preparing the call report: "It almost feels like a full-time job."

Community Bank 150

Community Bank Community FDIC Survey 150

Banking Exchange

JUNE 14, 2021

Bank of America ranks highest in banking mobile app satisfaction, reports JD Power Retail Banking Feature Lines of Business Technology Mobile Online Tech Management Feature3 Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers.

Regional 88

Regional Mobile Survey Community Bank 88

Abrigo

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Today’s youth and others across all age groups are placing a significant importance on consuming local food, developing local relationships and improving local communities. This is great news for community banks. A recent American Banker article discussed why the local food movement is good for community banking.

Community Bank 170

Community Bank Community Capital Lending 170

Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

You might also like this resource, Abrigo's "2022 Loan Review Benchmark Survey Results." download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. They’ve also focused on managing interest rate risk in a rising rate environment.

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Lending Risk Management Community Management 221

Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This month’s issue of Independent Banker focuses on regulation and compliance, which continue to be costly and important topics for our industry. Government Accountability Office report concluded that a “very small” community bank could spend up to 2.4% of operating expenses on Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) work alone.

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Community Community Bank Compliance Regulation 145

Banking Exchange

DECEMBER 21, 2020

FICO survey finds lack of confidence in short-term finances, but satisfaction with bank support is high Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers Feature3 Financial Research Feature Financial Trends Fair Lending PPP Covid19.

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Study Community Bank Compliance Survey 88

ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

With the nation still grappling with a global pandemic, bankers’ concerns have shifted, according the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ eighth annual national community bank survey released today. Last year’s focus was on local business conditions.

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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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Compliance Regulation Community Bank Community 101

ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

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Survey Community FDIC Community Bank 49

Banking Exchange

JULY 15, 2019

Survey also finds fewer than half of bank employees know what conduct and ethics controls are in place Compliance Management Compliance/Regulatory Community Banking Feature3 Financial Research Human Resources Feature Management Compliance.

Regional 68

Regional Compliance Community Bank Resources 68

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

economic slowdown fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to continue into 2021 but could start bouncing back by mid-year as the population gets vaccinated, according to a December survey from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks.

San Francisco 130

San Francisco Community Bank Video Capital 130

ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The post Bankers Viewpoints Shift as Pandemic Continues, CSBS Annual Survey Highlights appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. This year, the lingering effect of COVID-19 on local economies has created a new concern: historic levels of deposits and narrow net interest margins.

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Survey Community Community Bank Lending 52

South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

For any banker looking for clarity, we present five New Year’s resolutions, no matter your size, that provide a roadmap to accomplish both the short and long-term objectives of a top-performing bank. The irony here is that more than half the banks we recently surveyed had some goal and metric around asset growth.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Capital Training Lending 195

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

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.

Community Bank 150

Community Bank Handbook Lending Risk Management 150

Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are increasingly interested in diversity and inclusion (D&I) compliance requirements for financial institutions. Here are the key areas of D&I policies and practices that community banks may need if these requirements change or become mandatory. By Mary Thorson-Wright. Legislative updates.

Community Bank 91

Community Bank Policies Community Regulation 91

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. Market Trend. Small business lending is a focus. Streamline the Process.

Lending 195

Lending Community Bank Community Analysis 195

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.

Regulation 150

Regulation FDIC Survey Community Bank 150

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.

Conference 195

Conference San Antonio Lending Fraud 195

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks. FinTechs want to offer compliant banking services, while community banks want new ways to grow deposits. In the Buy Now, Pay Later: Millennials And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit report, PYMNTS surveyed a national sample of nearly 15,000 U.S.

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Trends Fraud Millennials Community Bank 175

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.

Community Bank 105

Community Bank Compliance Community Resources 105

ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As the population of older Americans continues to grow—and with seniors increasingly the targets of scams—a majority of banks are responding by offering training for frontline staff on how to prevent elder financial exploitation, according to the ABA Foundation’s second Older Americans Benchmarking Report released today.

Survey 45

Survey Training How To Report 45

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Far more than any other issue, regulatory compliance is the biggest challenge community bankers experienced in 2015, with 43 percent naming it as such in ICBA’s State of the Community Banking Industry survey. First Security, a $180 million-asset community bank in New Salem, N.D.,

North Dakota 70

North Dakota Community Bank Community Compliance 70

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

Community Bank 164

Community Bank Community Texas Leadership 164

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. Source: 2020 ICBA Core Processor Survey.

How To 91

How To Community Bank Community System 91

Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

The ICBA and community bank campaign to improve those rules has included a comprehensive study on their impact that was released before the CFPB announcement of its proposed changes, which are expected to be formally adopted. Of course, this community bank victory is not the result of just one survey.

Washington 70

Washington Community Bank Community Survey 70

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The ICBA and community bank campaign to improve those rules has included a comprehensive study on their impact that was released before the CFPB announcement of its proposed changes, which are expected to be formally adopted. Of course, this community bank victory is not the result of just one survey.

Washington 70

Washington Community Bank Community Survey 70

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Innovation can be a blanket term in the banking world. Is artificial intelligence (AI) for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance innovation? The latest Innovation Readiness Playbook surveyed more than 200 bank executives to reveal the role that core processing and IT infrastructure play in innovation performance and strategy.

Innovation 171

Innovation System Compliance Payments 171

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

“Tom Hoenig, who stepped down last month as FDIC vice chairman, (said) that the Volcker rule should remain in place but, rather than requiring banks to comply with tedious reporting requirements, allow bank examiners to check compliance with policies and procedures as part of the regular inspection process,” the report added.

Regulation 100

Regulation Regional Community Community Bank 100

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Lending Community Survey 70

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

A PwC poll released in May, surveying 3,000 corporate finance executives, found that nearly half remained in the assessment phase of adopting revenue-recognition standards, while one-third were still remediating known issues. However, small community banks without such resources are sounding their concerns.

Community Bank 153

Community Bank Community Report Lending 153

Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) and the minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio). A banking intelligence solution purpose-built for banks and credit unions should combine analytics and intuitive dashboards to make it easier to make data-driven decisions.

Report 195

Report Risk Management Capital Data 195

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.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Community Regulation Compliance 70

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Only 3 percent of survey respondents told PYMNTS and i2c that they had not been focused on new payments products and features within the last year. Karen Webster recently hosted a webinar with i2c executive vice president of global client success Peg Johnson to dig into the Index survey results and reveal what FIs can learn from the data.

Innovation 162

Innovation Branding Payments Survey 162

Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

The transition from compliance to consulting makes sense: tax season is just that, a “season,” and nearly 60 percent of respondents to a Sageworks survey indicated they saw an increase in total revenue by adding financial services to their accounting practice.

Management 150

Management Resources Capital Taxes 150

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

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Lending Community Regulation 70