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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

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. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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CARES Act includes provisions affecting financial institutions and their regulation: some key provisions

CFPB Monitor

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions.

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Treasury report promotes data aggregators in the consumer financial services ecosystem

CFPB Monitor

The report raises a number of issues with screen scraping while promoting the benefits of application programming interfaces (APIs) “that allow for the inclusion of robust security features, greater transparency and access controls for consumers, improved data accuracy, and more predictable and manageable information technology costs.”

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The Big Gorilla

Independent Banker

Outsized regulation shapes the business climate and decisions. 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. By Denise Logeland. Fearful of mistakes.

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All Pain, No Gain

Independent Banker

Of course, Basel III—otherwise known as the Third Basel Accord—is a global regulatory framework on bank capital adequacy, stress testing and market liquidity risk. Most concerning has been the safety-and-soundness regulation’s unnecessary effect on reducing certain lending by community banks, say Kendrick and several community bankers.

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Military Lending Act

Independent Banker

New Military Lending Act regulations kick in next fall. The rule’s definition includes servicemembers on active duty under a call or order that specifies a service period longer than 30 days. Transactions not covered by Regulation Z are excluded from coverage under the rule. By Mary Thorson Wright. Beginning Oct.

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Springboard to Excellence

Independent Banker

Through hard work in the programs, she earned certifications as a Certified Community Bank Compliance Officer, a Certified Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Professional, and a Certified Community Bank Internal Auditor. I’m a better compliance officer because of those programs,” she says. “I