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Compliance changes to watch in 2023

Independent Banker

From new fee practices to peer-to-peer fraud, keep an eye on what regulatory changes could be developing in the new year. 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. Source: FDIC. Illustration by Monster Ztudio/Adobe.

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BankMobile Is One Of Six New FIs To Offer Smart Digital Bank Accounts Via Google Pay

PYMNTS

banks and credit unions (CUs) have signed on to offer checking and savings accounts through Google Pay. BankMobile, BBVA USA, BMO Harris, The Coastal Community Bank, First Independence Bank (a federally designated minority depository institution) and SEFCU will join Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union in the offering beginning next year.

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Does your bank need cyber insurance?

Independent Banker

“A lot of people have this notion that it will never happen to my business or my bank, because it’s too small,” says Linda Comerford, assistant vice president of incident response and cyber services at AmTrust Financial Services Inc. The bank was only able to get fully up and running after it paid a negotiated ransom.”.

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BSA Officials At FIs Targeted By Phishing Campaign

PYMNTS

The news comes as five federal agencies spoke in October on how credit unions, as well as community banks, can share resources to make BSA compliance streamlined and bolster AML efforts. FDIC) and the Comptroller of the Currency were involved in the discussion.

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4 Reasons Community Banks Outsource Loan QC

NCR

The FDIC has issued several Financial Institution Letters (FILS) regarding third party risk that addresses offshoring risk. Mr. Green has over 30 years of senior management and executive experience in the real estate and mortgage banking industries.

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Fintech Deals Are Still Happening – and It’s a Good Thing

Gonzobanker

Here are a few of the recent deals (in no order) that caught my attention: MVB Financial/Paladin: MVB, a mid-size bank with a stated focus on serving fintechs, acquired Paladin, a specialty fraud prevention company with a suite for merchants, credit agencies, fintechs and vendors. Neocova: The startup core provider completed a $9.5

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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. The FDIC's quarterly Supervisory Insights for Summer 2011 had a list! What were disfavored industries?