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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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Ten Questions for Kansas City Fed President Esther George

American Banker

Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George is best known nationally as a critic of the Fed’s monetary policy, but in a wide-ranging interview she talks about Dodd-Frank, bank capitalization and the challenges facing community banking, in addition to interest rates.

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Kansas City Bank to Pay $2.8M in Redlining Case with HUD

American Banker

First Federal Bank of Kansas City has agreed to a $2.8 million settlement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to resolve allegations of redlining in African-American neighborhoods.

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How to Measure Interest Rate Risk Effectively in Banks & Credit Unions

Abrigo

Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). Regulators have repeatedly stressed the importance of sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk. EVE Analysis.

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House Financial Services Committee to hold Sept. 26 hearing on real-time payments

CFPB Monitor

The memo from the FSC Majority Staff indicates the hearing will focus on the development of a real-time payments (“RTP”) system and the risks, regulation, and market features of any future payments system. George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

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What's Next for Energy Lenders? Lots of 'Wound-Licking'

American Banker

Expect banks to pull back on energy lending in the near term, as regulators step up their scrutiny of oil loans and bankers approach the business with a "different attitude," says Mariner Kemper, chairman and chief executive at UMB Financial in Kansas City, Mo.

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Agricultural Alert!

Independent Banker

million farms and the community banks that lend to them each growing season, Scanlan points out. Community banks also are likely to see increased regulatory scrutiny of agricultural loans this year. Other changes in rural loan programs are affecting community banks. Ongoing concerns.