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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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. Each certification course is designed to prepare bank professionals to handle essential tasks and responsibilities.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

As in past years, community bankers will continue to contend with a dynamic, highly competitive lending environment in 2016. Several trends have arisen that are likely to continue shaping the commercial lending market. Here are five commercial lending trends from some of the industry’s top commercial lenders.

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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.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Nearly one year after the Basel III capital rules went into effect, community bankers say that now recognize just how much more complex and how much more difficult this new set of capital rules will make life and business for them if they remain in place. ICBA supports strong minimum capital levels for all banks, including community banks.

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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.

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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.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 27, 2011

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. But if you read or watch interviews of CEOs of community FIs from 2008 forward, you will be bombarded with the message that they didn''t engage in the things that led to the collapse.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2016

The firms can be classified, said Cordray, along the lines that would include payday lenders who make sure to conform to the aforementioned rule once it is put in place and community banks or credit unions that broaden their reach into alternative lending products.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Robust online mortgage websites embrace today’s lending challenges as well as consumer needs. When Community Bank of Bergen County unveiled its online mortgage hub this summer, the bank put “ease of use” at the top of its goals for the site, says President and CEO Peter Michelotti. “I By Elizabeth Judd.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Over the next three years, Anderson enrolled in all three of Community Banker University’s in-depth compliance certification training programs. I also benefit from the respect I get from our board and CEO, and definitely from the bank examiners. I’m a better compliance officer because of those programs,” she says. “I

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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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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2014

This all comes with fewer banks than there were in 2007. Investment bankers will tell you the definitive answer, which is of course their opinion. of Ocala, Florida on the bank''s sale to Heritage Financial Group, Inc. ." - Loralee Hutchinson, President of Alarion Financial Services, Inc. What is driving deal volume?

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Independent Banker

MAY 26, 2016

The so-called TRID rule took effect last fall, of course, and has since been the bane of many mortgage and compliance officers on Main Street. Whoever proposes any new regulations should first have to personally apply their proposals in a real-world bank setting.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Thoughtful lending and an open mind keep profits strong for incoming ICBA chairman Jack Hartings. The Peoples Bank Co. While out-of-town lenders gave money to customers requiring no down payments to buy overpriced homes that they couldn’t afford, Hartings, the president and CEO of The Peoples Bank Co. By Kelly Pike.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

In the competition between large banks and smaller ones, technology lends an edge, said Cullen. Smaller banks will have to use a variety of tools to displace the big banks and also displace firms like PayPal to keep consumers coming into, and staying with, the local banks (and cross sell more financial products).

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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. At a banking conference.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

We have poured through the recent 2Q earnings releases, spoken with a rash of institutional bank investors, traded thoughts with analysts, and compiled the following list of concerns that bank stakeholders (employees, shareholders, vendors, and regulators) now have. Top Line Revenue & Lending. Real Estate Lending.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Technological innovation has enabled FinTech start-ups to compete in a field previously dominated by banks and credit unions. At the same time, early adopters of new technologies, like mega banks, are edging out community banks and credit unions in the fight for customers and creating a rapidly consolidating industry.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

. ————————————————————————— The ‘En Vogue’ Trend of the Year – Credit unions buying community banks. Accounts that maintain an average balance of at least $10,000 get paid higher rates.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

One of the topics continually making headlines in banking today is the cost of regulation. A popular opinion, brought to the forefront last week by a Harvard University report , is that these regulations are imposing a significant burden on small financial institutions such as community banks and credit unions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Democrats in Congress are looking to address that issue by setting aside about 50 percent of proposed additional PPP funding to help CDFIs, credit unions and community banks. . “We This can be done by regulations from Treasury and the SBA,” Rubio said last week.

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Abrigo

APRIL 8, 2020

Provide a BSA refresher course to your lending staff. Provide lending staff with a BSA refresher course. Consumers and small businesses have long relied on community banks and credit unions and now is no different. Key Takeaways BSA requirements still apply to Paycheck Protection Program loans.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In fact, noted the publication, no major new financial regulations – the kind that would impose restrictions – have come to vote or even, really, been on the table since Trump took office last January. From the Treasury Department on down, that has lightened day-to-day regulatory scrutiny of banks. SEC Eyes Crypto Exchange Activities.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

At the same time, most bank executives agreed that a 20%-25% increase in earnings from the tax break is being earmarked for investments in their franchises: market expansion, raises for employees and, of course, technology investments. However, it’s more than just the post-Cordray era that has bankers hopeful about the future.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The “Slo Mo” Merger Award – Goes to New York Community Bancorp for its glacial wait for approval of its proposed acquisition of Astoria Financial Corp. Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Vendor: “Yes, of course.”. Check it out on YouTube.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The “Slo Mo” Merger Award – Goes to New York Community Bancorp for its glacial wait for approval of its proposed acquisition of Astoria Financial Corp. Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Vendor: “Yes, of course.”. Check it out on YouTube.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2019

The Trump administration has promised — and, in some cases, has been executing on promises — to roll back at least some of the regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank tenets that took shape a decade ago. Post-crisis reforms have made banks much safer and sounder in three important areas: capital, liquidity and resolution, and recovery.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2019

The Trump administration has promised — and, in some cases, has been executing on promises — to roll back at least some of the regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank tenets that took shape a decade ago. Post-crisis reforms have made banks much safer and sounder in three important areas: capital, liquidity and resolution, and recovery.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Headline writers found no shortage of dramatic ways to characterize the final version of the CFPB’s short-term lending rule that dropped yesterday (Oct. But today, the journey came to an end as the CFPB has offered its final ruling on the future of the payday and title lending industry in this country.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Headline writers found no shortage of dramatic ways to characterize the final version of the CFPB’s short-term lending rule that dropped yesterday (Oct. But today, the journey came to an end as the CFPB has offered its final ruling on the future of the payday and title lending industry in this country.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2016

Warren Buffett, of course, can, more or less, be counted on to be interesting in his annual remarks. Dimon went on to discuss, at some length, the “mission-critical” services that big banks can supply are the types of things “regional and community banks simply cannot do.”. Buffett is correct.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

The merger, of course, spotlights a trend of consolidation within the payments space, and to be sure, in terms of size and scope, the Vantiv deal is one for the record books. The Hill reports that regulators have fined those companies “significantly less” during the dawn of the Trump era than had been seen over the same timeframe last year.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), two lawmakers tapped to lead the Senate Banking Committee for their respective parties, are both independent-minded senators who hold positive views on several priority community banking issues. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) So I would say he’s open to things we are concerned about.”.

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