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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant

PYMNTS

With the first tax season post-tax reform nearing completion in the U.S., Ongoing regulatory changes and persistent uncertainty mean that that importance will continue even outside of tax season, with challenges that even the most automated of accounting software solutions cannot always tackle. Tackling Tax.

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

PYMNTS

They spoke before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Tuesday. Additionally, Kellerman called for a tax credit to encourage firms in the financial vertical to set aside 10 percent of their information technology (IT) budgets at a minimum toward cybersecurity.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. It shows the pre-tax profit as a percent of the loan portfolios measured. The below two charts tell a story.

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Reverse Trend

Independent Banker

Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. New FHA guidelines. who oversees 32 loan officers dedicated to providing the loans.

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Retail Industry Groups Support New Stimulus

PYMNTS

As the new stimulus package starts its journey from initial proposal to tense negotiations, both the National Retail Federation ( NRF ) and Retail Industry Leaders Association ( RILA ) have expressed support for several aspect of what is now being called the HEALS Act (Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act).

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Cannabis Banking in Illinois: Mitigating Reputation Risk to Financial Institutions

Abrigo

This was determined based on the number of financial institutions that filed Marijuana SARs (Limited, Priority, and Termination) so that figure doesn’t include those banks and credit unions that are either unknowingly banking cannabis businesses or are doing so without following the guidelines FinCEN published in 2014.

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Dynamic Duo

Independent Banker

From opposite political directions, Senators Shelby and Brown stand on point to greatly influence community banking’s agenda in the next Congress. The mix of contrasts and similarities of Shelby’s and Brown’s perspectives and policymaking portend an active session for community banking’s agenda in the new 114th Congress. By Ed Avis.