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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

Abrigo

Operational Risk: Lastly, the OCC mentioned an increase in operational risk, and its intent to focus on: • Significant growth areas, new products, new or expanded services and changes in strategic direction. Many of the issues which the OCC will be focusing on ring true for all banks regardless of regulator and region.

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Will The SAFE Banking Act Make Life Riskier For Banks?

PYMNTS

In fact, in the intervening 23 years, the situation has arguably gotten even more complex as 31 states (plus the District of Columbia) have legalized cannabis consumption for either legal or medical reasons. Even say in a dispensary that is legally operating under state law. House of Representatives gets its way.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

After Amazon announced in March that it was planning to shut down Diapers.com and all the other eCommerce sites operated by Quidsi, the company it acquired in 2010 — the online retailer has pulled all of the Quidsi apps from its app store. Title: ChaCha, unable to find financial answers, shuts down operations. Product: Quidsi.

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