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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

PYMNTS

But Kellerman and other security experts advocated at the hearing for legislative measures, such as modernizing anti-money laundering (AML) and forfeiture rules and moving the Secret Service to the Treasury Department, to help combat the threat.

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5 Big reasons to go digital with SMB & commercial lending

Abrigo

Takeaway 1 Many financial institutions used a customer portal for PPP, but once the program ended, went back to old manual processes, Takeaway 2 Automating lending provides a secure portal between the bank and customer and automated workflows that speed origination. In my experience, community banks only do what they have to do.

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Community Banks and Our Retirement Problem

Jeff For Banks

It called for the establishment of USA Retirement Funds to re-establish pension funds as part of the three-legged stool of social security, pension, and personal savings. The employee can save all of the needed savings tax deferred. The US Government already shares with Social Security. that reads. The only other sharing (i.e.

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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

PopularBank

Popular is committed to meeting the needs of our customers and communities, guided by our 127-year legacy. We are confident that this repositioning will improve the performance of Popular Bank as we continue to meet the growing and diverse needs of our customers, employees and communities throughout our markets.”.

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FinCEN announces $8 Million BSA Enforcement Action: The Resurrection of AML Penalties

Abrigo

Now is the time for community financial institutions to pay attention. Millions of dollars in suspicious activity were not reported to FinCEN in a timely or accurate manner, including those connected to tax evasion, illegal gambling, money laundering, and other financial crimes. . Fundamentals of BSA.

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What borrowers want - Bringing value to the member relationship

Abrigo

When it comes to borrower experience, 78 percent of community financial institution borrowers reported overall satisfaction as opposed to 46 percent of fintech borrowers. Secure portals allow secure uploads of documents minimizes the member to upload digital files seamlessly without having to print, scan, fax and/or email documents.

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