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Important Considerations When Growing the CRE Portfolio

Abrigo

Real estate is a notoriously cyclical market with fluctuations that can leave loans backed by real estate under-collateralized in the event of an economic downturn.

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Helping SMBs Crack Digital ID Verification

PYMNTS

To take a phrase from the journalist’s handbook: Trust, but verify. However, they do not have the bandwidth, or maybe even the desire, to hire and maintain a compliance department in-house, nor do they relish the idea of keeping gigabytes of sensitive information on their servers. To be exact, verify digitally. Healthy Friction.

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How to Write a Social Media Policy for Your Financial Institution

Long Lasting Ideas

In the past it was easier to manage social media use by restricting access to sites on company systems, but smart phones and the acceptance of using social media in marketing communications has changed the landscape. There is no one-size-fits-all policy and your policy should fit with your other governing documents and employee handbook.

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CFPB releases report on college credit card agreements, student account toolkit and warning letters

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB also announced that it sent warning letters to 17 schools regarding their compliance with the CARD Act requirement to publicly disclose their credit card marketing agreements. It also includes a handbook to guide administrators in soliciting and evaluating proposals and in monitoring vendor performance. Warning Letters.

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Dear Financial Institution: Why do these 10 things scare you?

Social Assurance

Marketing doesn’t have time, compliance doesn’t have time, who has time to manage this? Which of those marketing functions are we going to take time from? The answer is that all marketing material can work together. How can I only address my market, the Internet is big? Data doesn’t lie.

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FCA’s Consumer Duty Mandates Sharper Use of Technology

FICO

They apply to both new and existing products and represent one of the single biggest compliance overhauls since the publication of the regulator’s Treating Customer Fairly Initiative in 2006. The Consumer Duty brings a 12th principle into the FCA Handbook, known as the Consumer Principle. Source: fca.org. Structure of Consumer Duty.

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Dear MBAs, AI is Coming For You: The Coming Wave of Expert Automation & Augmentation Software (EAAS)

CB Insights

The EAAS market map below highlights some of the 40+ insurgent startup technology leaders building expert automation & augmentation software across any number of industries ranging from lawyers to journalists to wealth managers to traders to consulting, and more. Compliance Officers. What is EAAS? Investment / Wealth Management.