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Charles Potts: Back-office innovation

Independent Banker

Community bankers are embracing innovation like never before—with impressive results. Operations play a role across multiple facets of community banking, including account onboarding, payments and transactions, fraud analysis, compliance and regulatory guidelines. By Charles Potts, ICBA. ICBA sees things differently.

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The Public Sector Takes The Lead On eProcurement

PYMNTS

Government procurement moved to the spotlight last week when New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced he is closely monitoring the state’s eProcurement project following reports of surging costs. And it all must be done in compliance with the law. Communities government purchasing co-op.

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Mastercard General Counsel Tapped To Chair National Urban League

PYMNTS

Murphy was elected to the post during the National Urban League’s Board of Trustees quarterly meeting in New York City. His job includes oversight of the payment card network’s legal affairs, public policy, corporate governance and compliance. “He Murphy has served on the group’s board of trustees since 2015.

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State Governments Deliver Mixed Messages On Reopening Retail

PYMNTS

As the week plays out, inconsistent direction and confusion have been standard with New York, Texas, California and Hawaii getting criticized by retailers big and small. We believe those local communities that have separate timelines should be afforded the capacity to advance those timelines. For example, the Bay Area.

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Are banks taking advantage of the CECL extension?

Independent Banker

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza. April 2011.

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The Case for CSR

Banking 2020

There was plenty of complexity, but at its heart the law set up a local board to review segments of the banking industry every two years, specifically to evaluate how financial services institutions with more than $6 billion in city deposits are doing their part to help less fortunate communities. That law just got shot down.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

At the recent NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement , FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families. The 12 major U.S.

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