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Today In Payments Around The World: Visa Debuts Europe FinTech Partnership Program; Payments Canada Teams With Mastercard’s Vocalink 

PYMNTS

Payments Canada is collaborating with Mastercard’s Vocalink for settlement and clearing for the nation’s new RTR payments system. Mastercard’s Vocalink’s offering supports the requirements of Payments Canada, such as the Bank of Canada’s risk management criteria and ISO 20022. The RTR is forecasted to roll out in 2022.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise. Meet Competitive Pressures: National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for seven, ten, or 20-year fixed-rate loans.

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OCC adopts final rule to resolve uncertainty created by Madden

CFPB Monitor

In that decision, the Second Circuit held that a nonbank that purchased charged-off loans from a national bank could not charge the same rate of interest on the loan that Section 85 of the National Bank Act allowed the national bank to charge. Midland Funding. 85] [12 U.S.C 85] [12 U.S.C

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How to reduce the regulatory burden on community banks

Abrigo

Curry added, “We have recommended authorizing a basic set of powers that both federal savings associations and national banks can exercise, regardless of their charter, so that savings associations can change business strategies without moving to a different charter.”

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FFIEC Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment Tool

Cisco

As these have attacks have evolved, regulatory bodies have updated their regulations to account for the increasing threat of cyber risk. In 2015, following a significant increase in nation state and hacktivist attacks on U.S. This section can help leadership understand the risk and appropriate controls which have been put into place.

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Stress Testing: Are the Results Guiding Your CECL Decision-Making?

Abrigo

In a recent survey by the National Association for Business Economics, 74% of economists who responded expect a recession by the end of 2021. Additionally, it is important to remember that CECL is an accounting exercise while stress testing is a regulatory or institution risk management process.

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Supervisory Perspective

Independent Banker

To combat this malicious activity, management has to analyze, understand and measure their institution’s risk and readiness as part of a solid risk-management culture. However, we cannot allow criminals and terrorists to misuse our federal banking system, so compliance with these laws serves a vital national interest.