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Federal banking agencies issue guide for community banks on conducting due diligence on fintech companies

CFPB Monitor

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Banks are instructed to reference relevant guidance from the agencies that is listed in a footnote.

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Forecasting Cost of Funds Given Fed Moves

South State Correspondent

In this article, we analyze the industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF) and track how community banks’ COF behaves relative to larger banks. In future articles, we will explain our modeling for community banks’ COF based on inflation, Fed Funds rates, consumer consumption and the Fed’s balance sheet runoff.

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New Wealthfront Cash Accounts Bring In $1B Since Feb

PYMNTS

In addition, Ally Bank and Barclays have high-yield offerings that earn 2.2 Of course, those more than beat the national average on checking accounts, which is currently at a 0.08 percent interest rate, while money market accounts return an average 0.21

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How to Measure Interest Rate Risk Effectively in Banks & Credit Unions

Abrigo

As recently as May 2021, regulators identified interest rate risk as among the key risks in the economy, financial markets, and the banking industry that could affect insured institutions. The large increase in deposits coupled with decreased loan demand pose interest rate risk challenges for banks,” the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Topics range from here-and-now issues, such as the latest mergers and acquisitions environment or competitive pressure from the Buy Now Pay Later industry to strategic topics related to handling member or customer data, recruiting, and banking cannabis. Banking Resources. Other podcasts of note to check out.

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Signaling Caution

Independent Banker

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

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FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking?s Big Digital Shift?

PYMNTS

The pandemic has accelerated the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, giving rise to more innovation in the past few months than had been seen over the course of several years. HMBradley offers FDIC-insured accounts through Hatch Bank based in California, and rates of about 3 percent on its savings accounts.

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