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FDIC’s New Banker Engagement Site (BES): Improving CRA & Compliance Exam Communication

Perficient

This month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) launches it new Banker Engagement Site (BES) through FDIC connect. Already reviewed by Perficient, BES provides a secure and efficient portal to exchange documents, information, and communications for consumer compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations.

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3 Ways Financial Institutions Can Step Up for Underserved Communities

Perficient

The financial services industry must consider its customer experience game while also grappling with a sense of distrust from many communities due to systematic barriers, maintaining utmost accessibility due to the essentiality of the business, and the lack of financial literacy across the country. Trust and Transparency. .

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FDIC Requests Submission of 2019 D&I Self-Assessments through a New and Improved Application

CFPB Monitor

On March 23, 2020, the FDIC’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) announced that it will request 2019 diversity self-assessments from FDIC-regulated financial institutions. The FDIC regulates insured state banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System and insured state thrifts.

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

Anticipating what’s new for your community bank’s next field examination. This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. As Barr points out, most community banks—close to 75 percent—are now growing their loan portfolios.

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GAO notes regulations’ trickle-down effects on smaller banks

Abrigo

The GAO acknowledged that community banks, credit unions and their professional industry associations reported increased compliance burdens and reduced activity in specific business activities, such as certain mortgage lending, as a result of Dodd-Frank.

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AI fraud challenges: How to guard against losses

Abrigo

Your financial institution can help build awareness and encourage best practices for protecting personal information by providing educational materials to your community. Ensure all personnel in contact with clients are trained to ask the right questions, not just the easy ones.

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CFPB and federal banking agencies issue RFI on the use of artificial intelligence by financial institutions

CFPB Monitor

In what could be an important step towards needed regulatory updating to accommodate the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial institutions, the CFPB, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board, and NCUA issued a request for information (RFI) regarding financial institutions’ use of AI, including machine learning (ML). Uses of AI.