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How community banks can address cybercrime

Independent Banker

Community banks have a choice about addressing the problem: Remain vulnerable or be vigilant. Fraud and cybercrimes continue to increase, causing challenges for community banks. But there’s plenty community banks can do to meet this challenge. Fraud and cyber attacks are on the rise, and at great expense to the industry.

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Fight between OCC and upside-down Texas bank boils over

American Banker

Industry Bancshares' bond portfolio is massively underwater, and one of its regulators says the company is in "troubled condition." But Industry says it was already working on fixes prior to the OCC's intervention, which it calls an "unfortunate example of regulatory overreach."

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Are you a bull or a bear, and how will it impact your planning for 2020 and beyond?

Gonzobanker

Community-based institutions have unique circumstances (and personal viewpoints) that impact how they see the world in the future and what planning will look like for them. Risk Management. Regulators are now ramping that back up, and model risk management focused on portfolio risk is going to top the list.

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Budget Surplus? 5 Ways to Invest in Your Financial Institution with This Year’s Excess Budget

Abrigo

Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 31, 2019, and June 3, 2021, according to the Community Banking in the 21st Century report. Learn how to satisfy regulators and yield more useful information in this whitepaper, "Effective Loan Review". Credit Risk Management.

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Optimizing Capital: Challenges and Opportunities for Financial Institutions

Abrigo

trillion in assets and thousands of employees) or tiny Oakwood State Bank in Texas (with $6.5 million and two employees), financial institutions understand the importance of customer and community service. Capital is critical for managing both sides of the financials of the bank—income statement and balance sheet.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

That is why we are calling on regulators to make the most of the latest mandatory review of federal banking rules. The agencies are required to study their regulations for dead weight every 10 years under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors.

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It Started with a Tweet #SocialMedia #Banks @ICBA

Independent Banker

According to a statistic released as part of the ICBA 2014 Top 50 Community Bank Leaders in Social Media, nearly 2,500 banks have a Facebook or Twitter presence, and the numbers continue to exponentially grow. It is apparent everywhere you turn that social media is one of the hottest new communications tools in our society.