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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers 8. It also examines how community banks are different than other types of financial institutions, along with strategies for optimal operations.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked. Get details in "A guide to implementing credit policy."

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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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Are de novos making a comback?

Abrigo

The FDIC paper The Entry, Performance, and Risk Profile of De Novo Banks published in April 2016 reports that the number of de novo bank failures and acquisitions annually has drastically declined since 2010, primarily due to the fact that new bank formations have become nearly inexistent. Reduced the de novo period from 7 years to 3 2.

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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). Fair lending.

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Why Migrant Workers Need Financial Service Offerings All Their Own

PYMNTS

Further complicating matters is the fact that 80 percent of migrants are paid in cash or with paper checks, and are hesitant to hand over their money to banks without an established trust relationship – particularly if they are trained early on that “hidden fees” will start eating up their funds. For $5 per month, Majority members in the U.S.

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Why Migrant Workers Need Their Own Financial Services

PYMNTS

Further complicating matters is the fact that 80 percent of migrants are paid in cash or with paper checks, and are hesitant to hand over their money to banks without an established trust relationship – particularly if they are trained early on that “hidden fees” will start eating up their funds. For $5 per month, Majority members in the U.S.

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