Community Bank FDIC Groups National 
Jeff For Banks
JANUARY 14, 2021
In June of 2008 I gave a speech titled "The Death of the Community Bank" and in that speech I made predictions. Prediction: The General Bank will become extinct. Much like competitors nip at community banks' customers. Eighteen percent of that group opened an account at a digital bank. Result: Mixed.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 9, 2018
Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. Here, again, lies another opportunity for community banks to fill the void.
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CFPB Monitor
JULY 15, 2020
When the OCC issued its final Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) rule on May 20, 2020, the agency acted alone without waiting to achieve consensus with the FDIC, the agency with which the OCC had jointly issued its proposed rule. As to the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), it had already bowed out of the CRA reform effort in 2019.
Independent Banker
JULY 31, 2022
Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. Name: Locality Bank. Keith Costello, Locality Bank. “We
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
In a reported phishing campaign that began last month, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) officials at credit unions in the U.S. The emails were reportedly only sent to certain anti-money laundering (AML) contacts, leading some to question if the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)’s non-public data had been accessed, Krebs On Security reported.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
.” Other critics have raised the issue that the OCC is advising examiners to take community group concerns into consideration separately from their M&A approval processes. ” Now, Powell is also raising concerns about how bank industry consolidation could negatively impact the small business community.
CFPB Monitor
AUGUST 20, 2020
FFIEC : On June 5, 2020, the members of the FFIEC (FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), CFPB, NCUA and the State Liaison Committee) issued an unprecedented statement on the importance of financial inclusion. This blog post contains a summary of those efforts.
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