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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

According to the CFPB, the new members “include experts in consumer protection, financial services, community development, fair lending, civil rights, consumer financial products or services, representatives of community banks and credit unions, and scholars with relevant methodological and subject matter experience.”

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

Lending services include commercial loans to small to medium-sized businesses and professional concerns as well as consumers. We serve our local geographic market which is the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area. We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

Even though the industry identified several major regulatory burdens, including those posed by the Truth in Lending Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, few substantive regulations were repealed. Advocacy & Policy Regulation / Compliance Washington Watch' Paul Mackin , president and CEO at Think Mutual Bank in Rochester, Minn.;