The Financial Brand
JANUARY 25, 2024
This article Why It’s a Good Time for Community Banks to Hire New Talent appeared first on The Financial Brand. With thousands of employees on the hunt for new roles, layoffs can present an opportunity for smaller banks to recruit talent. This article Why It’s a Good Time for Community Banks to Hire New Talent appeared first on The Financial Brand.
Perficient
JANUARY 23, 2024
This post has been updated to reflect FINRA Regulatory Notice 24-02, issued January 23, 2024. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted several unprecedented shifts in society, notably impacting the workplace and necessitating the adoption of innovative technologies that facilitate collaboration and efficiency in a work-from-home (WFH) environment. For brokers, in the financial services sector, remote work became especially difficult due to the requirement for firms to register and supervise all home offic
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ATM Marketplace
JANUARY 23, 2024
How should your bank appeal to Gen Z? Should the branch play a role? What about digital signage?
ABA Community Banking
JANUARY 22, 2024
Late in 2023, Warsaw Federal — a $71 million mutual savings and loan in Cincinnati — was officially designated as a minority depository institution. The move to MDI status is part of the 130-year-old bank’s pivot to serving its community more deeply while building its capital base to support growth. On the latest episode of [.] The post Podcast: MDI status helps a mutual bank supercharge its strategy appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.
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Discover the key benefits of portfolio loans and learn how to streamline your lending process with our infographic, "5 Things Lenders Need to Know About Portfolio Loans & Their Documentation." Find out how portfolio loans can maximize borrower potential by consolidating multiple properties under a single loan, reducing paperwork, and lowering closing costs.
South State Correspondent
JANUARY 25, 2024
You engage an app and speak your mind about what you want financially done. You are agnostic about which one of your many relationships accomplishes the task, only that the task gets done. Where traditionally, you might use an interface such as Siri or Alexa to pay your Verizon bill on time, now you tell your virtual assistant to “Reduce expenses by 10%, increase earnings by 10%, and put the difference into a savings account to result in more than $1 million in 10 years.” This is now
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The Financial Brand
JANUARY 22, 2024
This article Evolving Alongside Community Banks: A Conversation with ICBA’s Rebecca Romero Rainey appeared first on The Financial Brand. The president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers Association on the dynamics shaping community banking today and her vision for the industry's future. This article Evolving Alongside Community Banks: A Conversation with ICBA’s Rebecca Romero Rainey appeared first on The Financial Brand.
The Financial Brand
JANUARY 22, 2024
This article The Great M&A Debate: Regional Bankers Argue the Need to Buy Scale in 2024 appeared first on The Financial Brand. Do regionals have to consolidate to thrive? One leader says yes, but others see alternative strategies. This article The Great M&A Debate: Regional Bankers Argue the Need to Buy Scale in 2024 appeared first on The Financial Brand.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 22, 2024
A proliferation of payments and fintech players has sparked a contest for talent among law firms seeking to meet clients’ needs.
Abrigo
JANUARY 24, 2024
Account for the details before your FDIC bank acquisition Consider these tips for assessing your institution and a to-be-acquired institution for a smooth integration You might also like this webinar, "Valuation and purchase accounting: Navigating the changing M&A landscape." Watch NOW Takeaway 1 With the FDIC increasing examination staff and 44 banks on the problem bank list last quarter, some acquisitive institutions are considering the FDIC bid process.
Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert
In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant or getting "ghosted" if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. In this new webinar, Brian Muse-McKenney of Episode Six and Matt Simester of Payments Consultancy Limited will reveal key considerations banks should factor into their efforts to develop target products for the next generation of bank customers.
CFPB Monitor
JANUARY 23, 2024
On September 18, 2023, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly published and sought comments on a proposal to implement new, standardized capital requirements that would, among other things, increase capital requirements for banks with $100 billion or more in total assets.
ATM Marketplace
JANUARY 26, 2024
Make it your late New Year's resolution to attend the jointly held Bank Customer Experience and Interactive Customer Experience Summit from Sept. 9 to 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 25, 2024
If the payments giant receives a special Georgia charter and gains access to the card networks, it could open the floodgates for other merchant acquirers, attorneys said.
Abrigo
JANUARY 24, 2024
Prevent fraud when adopting FedNow Credit unions can prevent fraud as they connect to FedNow. Use this guide to understand available tools and the steps AML and fraud teams should take. You might also like this FedNow implementation guide with details on appropriate AML/CFT and fraud considerations. DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 Preventing fraud is a top concern of credit unions considering adopting FedNow, the new instant payments infrastructure from the Federal Reserve.
Speaker: Gary Dmitriev
Our upcoming webinar aims to demystify the process of selecting and implementing automation tools for financial institutes. This session will provide your roadmap for vetting potential solutions, focusing on due diligence, vendor assessments, and aligning technology with strategic goals. We’ll also address the critical issue of innovation fatigue, offering tips on maintaining enthusiasm and momentum for new initiatives.
CFPB Monitor
JANUARY 25, 2024
After nearly a decade of litigation, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has approved the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $6.0 million settlement of class claims of alleged discrimination by the CFPB against 85 Black and Hispanic employees. The class consists of all “minority employees and women who work or worked as Consumer Response Specialists and have been subjected to and harmed by the Bureau’s agency-wide pattern or practice of discriminatio
TheGuardian
JANUARY 21, 2024
Economic dynamism comes from high public investment, for which the rich should be contributing more Britain is unravelling in front of our eyes. No week passes without another dial on the economic, social and security dashboard flashing either amber or red. Thus last Friday we learned that after the closure of our last remaining steel blast furnaces in Port Talbot , Britain will become the only G20 country without the capacity to make virgin steel.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 24, 2024
Credit cards balances, auto loans and high rents are straining low-income consumers’ limited budgets, the New York Fed details in a new report.
Realwired Appraisal Management Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
For Chief Appraisers, are a few RMA CART meetings enough? For fee appraisers, are USPAP courses every two years enough? Are you learning enough to scale your value? How much knowledge outside our valuation bucket are you reading (books), attending (seminars) or listening to (podcasts)?
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Shifting liability for digital fraud losses represents a significant challenge for financial institutions and payment service providers. In response to the global surge in digital fraud, regulators are introducing policies that transfer the cost of fraud from defrauded customers to financial institutions. ThreatMark’s newly released white paper, "The Liability Shift: Understanding Fraud Losses Responsibility and Mitigation," provides an in-depth analysis of this shift, its implications, and stra
CFPB Monitor
JANUARY 25, 2024
After promising earlier this year to “establish nation-leading regulations for the Buy Now Pay Later loan industry,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul took a significant first step in that direction by including Buy Now Pay Later (“BNPL”) legislation in her Proposed 2024-2025 Transportation, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation (“TED”) Bill.
TheGuardian
JANUARY 21, 2024
Scheme to support first-time buyers that would appeal to young voters reportedly being considered by No 10 Ministers could be at risk of fuelling a fresh house-price bubble, according to industry experts who have warned about a potential “99% mortgages” scheme for first-time buyers that would appeal to young voters before the next election. The scheme, which is reportedly being considered by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, before the spring budget on 6 March , w
Payments Dive
JANUARY 25, 2024
PayPal this year plans to roll out the “biggest changes in a decade” to its pioneering payments tool in a bid to better serve merchants and customers.
BankBazaar
JANUARY 25, 2024
What have your Credit Card ’s ancestors been up to? No idea? Join the club. But before that already expanding club gets wider, we thought we’d take it upon ourselves to break down history while sharing a few fun facts that we might have missed about our little plastic buddies ! There’s probably nothing new we can tell you about the Credit Card. It’s common knowledge now days to be aware of the popular ones or the ones with the stand-out features.
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CFPB Monitor
JANUARY 26, 2024
Bank of America, N.A. has filed its merits brief in Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A. , the case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court dealing with the scope of national bank preemption. The petitioners must file their reply brief by February 16, 2024. (The petitioners’ merits brief is available here.) .
SWBC's LenderHub
JANUARY 24, 2024
The holidays brought laughter by the fireplace, warm desserts, and the joyous sounds of caroling. But lurking outside in the frigid cold, after the tree is put away and before the first credit card bill comes, winter is preparing a surprise for your members: Unforeseen car troubles threaten to cast a dark shadow over the recent festivities.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 26, 2024
It’s an uncommon penalty, but the federal agency asserts that as technology advances, financial institutions may be able to block more transactions at the time of a swipe, tap or click.
American Banker
JANUARY 26, 2024
Workers are eligible for the one-time cash grants if they earned a salary of less than $75,000 last year, and their total cash compensation was less than $85,000. The payments come amid a unionization push at the San Francisco-based megabank.
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