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AI fraud challenges: How to guard against losses

Abrigo

Public social media sources have made it easier for fraudsters to obtain information by looking at what people post online. Your financial institution can help build awareness and encourage best practices for protecting personal information by providing educational materials to your community.

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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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Trust: Once Again the Most Precious Currency in Banking

Gonzobanker

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? “Bank confidence is a fragile reed, and a troubled bank is damaged by any rumors, true or not.”

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? We took a serious reputational hit.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

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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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

PYMNTS

Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Results also noted this generation is less likely to open a bank account if physical bank locations are not available in their communities.

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Fraud prevention and detection: Empowering clients through education

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Numerous resources can help banks and credit unions offer training on fraud to help customers or members recognize scams and avoid theft. Clients should also be wary of social media scams. While interacting with friends and family online can be a fun pastime, social platforms are a feeding ground for fraudsters.

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