ABA Community Banking

APRIL 26, 2023

APSN overdraft fees present risks of unfairness because the consumer cannot reasonably avoid receiving the fees due to the “complicated nature of overdraft processing systems,” FDIC said. The post FDIC: ‘Authorize positive, settle negative’ overdraft fees present risks of unfairness appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2021

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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Abrigo

APRIL 23, 2015

A new bill proposed on April 16 aims to increase the exam cycle period for a larger pool of community banks. would make more banks eligible for an 18-month exam cycle as opposed to the norm of a 12-month schedule. If implemented, hundreds of additional banks would be eligible for the longer cycle.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

How should community banks target and compare their ROE to the industry and their peer group, and what defines a top-performing bank? Most importantly, is there an ROE level ensuring a bank remains long-term independent and healthy? Bank ROE Historical Performance Total assets for all FDIC-insured institutions was $23.7T

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

The FDIC has released a proposal to indemnify the banks with assets less than $10 billion from the costs of raising the Deposit Insurance Fund reserve ratio from 1.15 The provision will ultimately provide thousands of community banks a reduction in deposit-insurance premiums of up to 30 percent. Farm Credit System.

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American Banker

MARCH 9, 2021

Community banks with meager tech budgets need help identifying the right systems for institutions their size and finding good partners, says Sultan Meghji, who recently joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in this newly created role.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2018

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2016

The FDIC is offering a fresh take on how a bank’s board of directors should understand and manage risk. The regulator’s April edition of Supervisory Insights provides what the FDIC called a “refresher” on its Pocket Guide for Directors, the 1988 booklet outlining the basic duties and responsibilities of a bank’s board of directors.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The banking industry’s cost of funds (COF) is highly correlated to short-term interest rates. However, as of Q2/22, the average community bank’s COF has risen only a few basis points. The COF over the past five quarters is shown for three asset peer groups: banks under $1B (3.5k using that six-month lag.

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Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

But as Southwest’s scheduling system crisis over the holidays showed banking and all other industries, technology shortcomings create enormous costs in the short-term and in the future. The company has estimated that the impact of its system meltdown during bad weather will cost it as much as $825 million.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the trade group for community banks, is calling on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deny a federal deposit insurance application by payment terminal company Square.

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Abrigo

MARCH 3, 2022

In today’s banking world, community banks are focused sharply on shareholders’ expectations for growth in earnings and return on equity. So, how can community banks support earnings and ROE growth in the face of intense regulatory scrutiny and competitive pressures on profitability? Loan Origination System.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Last week, the Federal Reserve Board published a paper on partnerships between community banks and fintech companies, “Community Bank Access to Innovation through Partnerships.” Customer-oriented partnerships in which a community bank engages a fintech to enhance various customer-facing aspects of its business (e.g.,

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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

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

ILCs are used to form industrial loan companies, better known as industrial banks. An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

The emphasis on effective systems and tools to measure interest rate risk is especially critical in the current environment. 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

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

In this regard, the bank regulatory agencies need to remain politically independent. Economists cite as the main culprit the collapse of the subprime mortgage market — defaults on high-risk housing loans — which led to a credit crunch in the global banking system and a precipitous drop in bank lending.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

You really have to go above and beyond to actually earn clients’ trust in the banking system.”. In addition, Ally Bank and Barclays have high-yield offerings that earn 2.2 In addition, Wealthfront works with FDIC-insured partner banks — including East West Bank , New York Community Bank and others — to hold customers’ deposits.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 25, 2021

million households were considered “banked” in 2019, with at least one member having a checking or savings account, according to FDIC figures that were highlighted in a new report from the American Bankers Association today on access to the banking system. An estimated 124.2

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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. On July 23, 2020, the FDIC released a podcast entitled “The Role of Minority Banks.” banking system.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) recently sent a letter to Powell raising this concern, noting that the Fed’s “anemic scrutiny of applications for mergers and acquisitions [M&A] raises concerns that [it] may oversee a wave of bank consolidation to the detriment of consumers and the financial system.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

2155, would raise the threshold for a systemically important financial institution (SIFI) to $250 billion in assets from $50 billion. More than 13 percent of CUs surveyed rank among the top-performing (financial institutions), nearly twice the percentage of commercial banks and five times the percentage of community banks.”.

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American Banker

MARCH 17, 2016

Consolidation is increasing risk to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. while reducing diversification in the industry.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

As a group, community banks spend substantial funds hiring outside consultants to help with various management functions, and a substantial share of dollars are spent to help oversee their risk management and compliance activities. Community banks often already have the expertise handy in-house, they say.

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Community Bank Compliance Risk Management Community 70

CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

Section 4008 of the CARES Act authorizes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a debt guarantee program to guarantee the debt of solvent insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies. Section 4012 – Temporary Relief For Community Banks.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. This is why ICBA and community banks must continue to push consistent regulation of bank and nonbank financial service providers.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The bank consists of two segments: 1) the traditional community bank, and 2) CCBX, which is its Banking as a Service (BaaS) division started in 2018. Prior to starting CCBX and for the year ended 2017, the Company had $806 million in total assets and $5.4 million in net income for an ROA of 0.73%.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For community banks specifically, they’re already reserving for a lifetime of credit losses,” he said. Banks regulated by the Federal Reserve, the OCC, or the FDIC made up the bulk of institutions represented by survey-takers (73%). They’re just doing it through the wrong mechanism. keep me informed.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

Webster says 75 percent of Private Bank’s borrowers select the electronic signature option after its loan officers explain the process to them. “We Community banks and their customers don’t need to be concerned about the legality of digitally signed documents. Anti-fraud measures also are built into electronic signature systems.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 16, 2023

As regulators conduct their reviews, Brown said they should look for “broader vulnerabilities” in the banking system and take steps to mitigate them. Brown asks regulators for ‘comprehensive review’ of bank failures appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. The post Sen.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., Real-world testing. “I

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., Real-world testing. “I

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Tools Community Community Bank Security 70

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Bank monitoring in construction lending. More construction loan monitoring ultimately decreases loan default, according to a new FDIC Center for Financial Research working paper. While it doesn't necessarily reflect the views of the FDIC, the paper includes preliminary findings from research by FDIC staff and an FDIC Visiting Scholar.

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