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FDIC OIG says lax lending, poor risk management led to Iowa bank failure

American Banker

million loss to the regulator's Deposit Insurance Fund. The FDIC Office of Inspector General attributed the downfall of Citizens Bank in November 2023 to lax lending practices and risk mismanagement by the Lange family, causing a $14.8 The OIG saw no grounds for a more extensive review.

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Regulator blocks Iowa credit union's purchase of Nebraska bank

American Banker

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First, Walk In My Shoes

Independent Banker

It’s yet another fiasco of meddlesome overregulation that could have been avoided, says Becky Miller, vice president and compliance officer for the $90 million-asset Farmers Trust and Savings Bank in Williamsburg, Iowa. By Tim Cook. Consumer mortgage disclosures that once took 10 minutes for Miller to complete now take several hours.

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Wells Fargo’s New Alleged Scandal? Failing To Refund Owed Insurance Payments

PYMNTS

Wells Fargo — after a year of headaches, hassles and a seemingly unending hit parade of scandals — is now facing the ire of regulators who question why the bank is not refunding insurance money owed to customers who paid off their loans early. Guess what Wells Fargo didn’t do?

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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. Starting fresh. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. A pretty clear-cut sizzle. Costco Card.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

Another reason pen tests are increasingly common is that regulations and PCI compliance require banks to furnish annual pen test results. John Moeller, a principal at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP who is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says many banks are not engaging in pen testing often enough and some use inferior approaches to testing.

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