Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

The demand for professional development opportunities for community bankers has never been greater. Last year Community Banker University’s eight certification programs provided more than 4,000 community bankers with highly tailored training.

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Minneapolis Community Bank Community San Antonio 70

Gonzobanker

APRIL 8, 2020

If it’s full of industry acronyms, wonky terms or compliance-ese, or if it comes across as a cheesy sales pitch, it needs to be rewritten. The brutal truth is that while banks cannot outsource the leadership of content, they can (and many probably should) outsource aspects of content. Evaluate and improve the messaging.

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Leadership Analytics System Digital Banking 173

CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 18, 2018

On October 17, the Bureau released its Fall 2018 Rulemaking Agenda , but it included a surprise for those interested in fair lending. prevent the Bureau from applying any different standard for disparate impact retroactively upon a change in leadership at the agency. We blogged about the HUD rulemaking most recently here.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 4, 2016

As the leadership teams at many banks and credit unions perfect plans to grow their loan portfolios, management can depend on several key metrics to measure the effectiveness of their plans and execution. For banks and credit unions that have a community focus, this is an effective way to get the word out about your offerings.

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Independent Banker

JULY 28, 2016

For more than 30 years my community bank has offered college scholarships to local high school students. That’s why I’m so passionate about our scholarship program, and why I hope to persuade one or two candidates to consider a career in community banking. By Rebeca Romero Rainey.

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Community Bank Community Denver Leadership 70

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

A community bank’s practical guide to compliance cost control. When it comes to reducing compliance costs, recommendations typically fall into complicated territory. Few community banks have the luxury of ripping and replacing their entire compliance management strategy, leaving many executives on the hunt for practical tips.

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Community Bank Compliance Community Resources 105

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Clearly, community banks in the region have plenty of opportunities to do what they do best: forge deep and lasting relationships with their customers and communities. These include family-owned businesses, community businesses and operating companies.

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Texas San Antonio Community Bank Community 182

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. GonzoBanker of the Year – Bank.

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Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 147

Independent Banker

JANUARY 28, 2016

Badley: We have a cool blend of communities. Some are heavily farming communities. Collectively, we’re positioned where we can have customers and employees from a couple bigger areas (such as the communities of Lapeer and Port Huron). IB: Describe your compliance officer role at CSB Bank. Badley: It was a group effort.

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Community Compliance Community Bank Leadership 70

CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Earlier today, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection released a Public Statement Regarding Payday Rule Reconsideration and Delay of Compliance Date. This treatment of card payments can only be ascribed to the hostility to high-rate lending characteristic of the former leadership of the Bureau.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Community Bank Community Texas Leadership 164

CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 12, 2021

The Taskforce was charged with examining the existing legal and regulatory environment for consumers and financial services providers and making recommendations to the Bureau’s leadership for improving consumer financial laws and regulations. The report consists of two volumes. Fintech regulation.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 28, 2012

I frequently hear lamentations about the gap between the performance expectations of community financial institution (FI) personnel and performance results. Community relations. Volunteer for a leadership position in at least one. business banker business lending Commercial Lender Jeff Marsico job description Kafafian'

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. THE BANKING AWARDS. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

These APIs handle everything from acceptance and processing to settlement and reconciliation, while ensuring compliance and security. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community. Leadership and board members. Business lending and corporate cards.

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Online Company Retail Payments 98

ABA Community Banking

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In a world where bank CEOs often reach the corner office via serving as chief financial officer or building a career on the lending side, Clayton Legear did things differently. The post CEO Q&A: Preparing for the Storms of Banking appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Financial institutions, fintech companies, and other small business lenders will need to begin collecting a wide array of small business lending data under the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s (CFPB) proposed small business lending data collection rule. The proposed rule , unveiled Sept. They just weren’t coming very soon.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Ag lending in the South: Relationships matter.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

He also announced an immediate change in supervision, stating that it is now “the official policy of the CFPB to supervise lenders with regard to the Military Lending Act.” Under the leadership of former Acting Director Mulvaney, the CFPB ended routine examinations for MLA compliance.

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Policies Leadership Lending Compliance 78

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Acquisition of the Year: The No Time to Breathe Award. Provident Financial Services, Inc. Bravo April!

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Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

CFPB Monitor

MARCH 16, 2021

Under the leadership of Acting CFPB Director Dave Uejio, the Bureau issued an interpretive rule on March 9, 2021 clarifying that the prohibition against sex discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) and Regulation B includes sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.

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Regulation District of Columbia Georgia Policies 78

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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Fintech Community Regional Technology 195

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In the age of Twitter, Apple Pay and Lending Club, it’s important to remember the shareholder performance delivered by Gleason and team when compared to the behemoths. To those community bankers claiming their growing Compliance departments say no to everything. Community bank marketing resources. Bravo OZRK!

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Community Bank Apple Community Technology 60

CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A new executive order signed by President Trump on February 11, 2019 is intended to maintain American leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R &D). The order directs certain federal agencies to pursue various strategic objectives to promote and protect American advancement in AI.

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Lending Community National Leadership 84

CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The CFPB, under new leadership, should be directed “to aggressively protect consumers by enforcing the law.”. The new CFPB Director should restore the role and responsibilities of the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity. The DOJ, CFPB, and federal banking regulators should prioritize fair lending enforcement.

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Policies Regulation Lending FDIC 78

CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At an industry fair lending conference last week, officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) outlined fair lending priorities for their agencies. She also noted that redlining settlements can ultimately benefit the health of institutions and their surrounding communities.

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Conference Lending Industry Regulation 78

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Kim, the executives and the boards of both organizations who put rivalry aside to gain scale in the new world of banking where differentiation matters and community can be more than geography. A Gonzo community bank being a leader and not a fast follower – that’s pretty cool!

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Utah System Community Marketing 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Kim, the executives and the boards of both organizations who put rivalry aside to gain scale in the new world of banking where differentiation matters and community can be more than geography. A Gonzo community bank being a leader and not a fast follower – that’s pretty cool!

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Utah System Community Marketing 60

FICO

JANUARY 5, 2023

Just in the last few months, both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae announced that their respective automated underwriting systems will consider consumer-permissioned cash flow data in the assessment process that will provide key benefits for first-time homebuyers and underserved communities.

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