South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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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). Information security program and information systems. Legal and regulatory compliance.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 8, 2016

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. A lengthy report released recently by the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The OCC and FDIC have issued a joint proposal to revise their regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC, are the primary CRA regulators, the Fed did not join the proposal and presumably will issue a separate proposal. ” Click here to register.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 25, 2020

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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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The FDIC has issued a final rule setting forth the conditions it will impose and the commitments it will require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 20, 2020

federal and state financial institution regulators have taken meaningful, proactive steps to acknowledge financial inequality issues, reach out to traditionally underserved populations to expand access to credit, and further protect consumers from discrimination. This blog post contains a summary of those efforts.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Community banks must continue to stay focused on regulatory discussions and remain nimble to respond to proposals and address requirements quickly and accurately. The FDIC’s long-term goal for the reserve ratio of insured deposits. Source: FDIC. Projected changes. Deposit insurance. Quick Stat. Multiple re-presentment fees.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 22, 2022

After announcing in 2021 their intent to work collaboratively to update the CRA regulations to achieve a more consistent framework, revisions to the CRA’s implementing regulations were recently proposed by the three U.S. banking regulators (the “2022 Joint Notice” or the “Proposal”). Performance Tests and Standards.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 22, 2020

The OCC has issued a final rule revising its regulation implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the OCC’s proposed revisions were issued jointly with the FDIC, the FDIC did not join in the final rule. The final rule applies to national banks and federal savings associations.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Community financial institutions are familiar with utilizing their asset/liability management solutions to limit the risk of rising interest rates. Obviously, protecting financial institutions against the impact to capital and earnings of rising interest rates has been the particular focus of regulators for more than a decade.

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Abrigo

JULY 10, 2023

Takeaway 3 Inform your customers of the latest AI fraud trends and give them best practices to avoid it. Public social media sources have made it easier for fraudsters to obtain information by looking at what people post online. You can also proactively prevent fraud losses and protect your community with fraud detection software.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Yesterday, eight federal agencies joined together to issue an “ Interagency Statement on Special Purpose Credit Programs Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B ” (Interagency Statement). The agencies consist of the CFPB, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board, NCUA, HUD, DOJ, and FHFA.

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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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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 10, 2022

Such other agencies include the CFPB, FTC, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, and OCC. The Order calls for its implementation through the use of an interagency process in which certain specified agencies would participate and in which representatives of other agencies “may be invited to attend interagency meetings as appropriate.”

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Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

Banking technology decisions now affect future growth With the possibility of a recession, community financial institutions may consider a delay or cut in technology spending. But a community financial institution often has different needs related to origination than those of a giant lender. Experts say that would be a mistake.

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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.” The Fed’s publication of the paper is another indication of the increased attention that regulators are paying to bank relationships with fintechs.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 28, 2021

The fate of the OCC’s Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) final rule , issued on May 20, 2020, hangs in the balance following the inauguration of President Biden on January 20 and the resignation of former Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks, who was a major proponent of the rule, on January 14.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

AmTrust recently worked with one community bank client that was the target of a ransomware attack that shut down its branches for two weeks. Insurance providers and carriers can also serve as a significant resource in providing information and helping banks respond quickly to a breach. Regulators paying closer attention to cyber risks.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

Then, as now, my working theory is that the best boards are ones that approve strategy and hold management accountable for achieving it, and effectively dispatch their duties as described by the FDIC above. Over two years ago, I analyzed this same question , using top five and bottom five Return on Equity banks.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2019

Then, as now, my working theory is that the best boards are ones that approve strategy and hold management accountable for achieving it, and effectively dispatch their duties as described by the FDIC above. Over two years ago, I analyzed this same question , using top five and bottom five Return on Equity banks.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 5, 2021

This past Tuesday, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu appeared as a witness at the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing, “ Oversight of Regulators: Does our Financial System Work for Everyone? ”. Community Reinvestment Act. Alternative data.

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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. Federal regulators say, not always. Federal regulators say, not always. What prompts outsourcing.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 1, 2021

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).

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 30, 2018

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on which it invites public comment “to solicit ideas for building a new framework to transform or on ways to transform or modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA).”

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2020

Key Takeaways Financial institutions have 10 calendar days to disburse PPP loans To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending. To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending. How to fund PPP loans.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 25, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. The final rule defines a “qualifying activity” as an activity that helps meet the credit needs of a bank’s entire community, including low- and moderate income individuals (LMI) and communities.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. of Community Development Fund Advisors. Click here for more information and to register. Thomas, Ph.D.,

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

Around the Table—Wisconsin community bankers work with legislative staff members on Capitol Hill during ICBA’s Washington Policy Summit. Keeping community banking interests front and center. Rally more than 3,000 community bankers each year who support ICBPAC, ICBA’s federal political action committee for community banking.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 7, 2020

The Bureau states that “neither ECOA nor Regulation B mandate the use of any particular list of reasons. In 2019, in addition to the Bureau’s three referrals to the DOJ, the FDIC referred two matters and the Federal Reserve and the NCUA each referred one matter. ” For more information and to register, click here.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The agenda’s preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of November 1, 2021 and identifies the regulatory matters that the Bureau “reasonably anticipates having under consideration during the period from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022.”.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 22, 2023

Irvine Sprague, Former FDIC Director So Gonzo Bankers … how many of us have been hesitant lately to check our iPhone each morning to see what trouble may have hit the fan in the financial world during a few restless hours of slumber? Additionally, regulators and investors are growing more concerned about credit risk when the economy slows.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 7, 2022

The four groups are the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers, the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in which the Court struck down an EPA regulation pertaining to carbon dioxide emissions because it constituted a major change in the law which was not contemplated by Congress.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For community banks specifically, they’re already reserving for a lifetime of credit losses,” he said. They’re torturing incurred loss to make the outcome a number that would make sense under a CECL regime.” “Use a software tool [and] ensure your auditors and regulators are in the loop on progress.” keep me informed.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 9, 2017

1009 ), which would subject independent regulatory agencies such as the CFPB to the regulatory review process of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget. On March 1,2017, by a vote of 241 to 104, the House passed the “OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act” ( H.R.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

One that particularly annoys me is when an exception is being cited because it’s the only way to effectively track a portfolio segment due to a dearth of data in the bank’s information systems. As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked.

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