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5 reasons your financial institution should attend the ThinkBIG 2024 conference

Abrigo

Attendees return from ThinkBIG energized and informed so they can continue positively impacting their institutions and, more importantly, their communities. Banking and compliance professionals rely on the annual conference to elevate their understanding of industry shifts and regulatory pressures that hammer them daily.

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15 Twitter accounts every bank executive should follow

Abrigo

The ABA has a new report out on how banks are using social media, and much of the report focuses on using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like to boost customer service, make connections in the community and recruit staff. His recent research reports have covered SMB lending, alternative lenders and automating commercial lending.

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Helping Bankers Deal with Change: ThinkBIG Keynote Speaker Champions Tips For Change Management

Abrigo

Modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act. Banks and credit unions must learn about these upcoming changes, adjust for them, and meanwhile continue to operate their existing institutions and meet customers’ needs while following all of the regulations that come with being a financial institution. See the entire agenda here.

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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

Imagine the community bank that is experienced in lending to fuel oil businesses in or near its markets because it's comfortable using trucks, tanks, and oil inventory as collateral. Let bankers determine if lending to this industry or that is risky. Again, legal businesses that are politically out of favor.

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StreetShares Raises $4.5 Million in Series A Led by Fenway Summer Ventures

Fintech Labs Insights

The funding news comes just days after StreetShares announced that it had earned Regulation A+ approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which enables the company to use public investments to back loans to small businesses. million into the company. StreetShares’ total funding stands at more than $8 million.

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The Silent Crisis in Housing Finance

American Banker

Contrary to expectations about growing mortgage lending volumes, current industry trends suggest a gradual reduction in capacity for both lending and servicing that should alarm policymakers.

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The Truth-In-Advertising Push

PYMNTS

We want to lend our voice and the support of the ModCloth community to this movement to stop the extreme and harmful photoshopping of women in advertisements.”. 4445 , that would allow the Federal Trade Commission to develop regulations and guidelines over the use of Photoshop and other image-altering tactics in ad campaigns.