Gonzobanker

JUNE 14, 2023

Cross River Bank recently found itself in hot water with the FDIC when the agency declared that the bank engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices in relation to its compliance with fair lending laws and regulations, specifically the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Truth-in-Lending Act. Don’t get complacent.

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Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

But when a storm hit, limitations on the back end due to its insufficient operations technology hampered Southwest’s ability to handle the most basic customer service in that industry: getting customers safely where they needed to be. A buyer’s guide for lending software for smaller financial institutions can be helpful.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Lending Discipline: Hedging programs make loan pricing more transparent and force bankers to exercise sensible pricing methodologies. Second, community banks should use FDIC-insured institutions as hedge providers, and the hedges must be structured as qualified financial contracts (QFC).

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How To Community Bank Community FDIC 195

CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The Fed, FDIC, and OCC have issued a “ Statement on Reference Rates for Loans ” that addresses replacement rates for the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). In July 2020, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council issued a “ Joint Statement on Managing the LIBOR Transition.”

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Regulation FDIC New York Lending 78

CFPB Monitor

APRIL 1, 2021

In what could be an important step towards needed regulatory updating to accommodate the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial institutions, the CFPB, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board, and NCUA issued a request for information (RFI) regarding financial institutions’ use of AI, including machine learning (ML). Fair lending.

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Risk Management Training Lending FDIC 78

Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Thankfully for bank and credit union executives, lenders, risk managers, and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officers, banking podcasts and podcasts for credit unions are plentiful, and options are growing. Listen to the podcast episode, " How To Sleep Easier at Night About Capital and Risk Levels.". Lending & Credit Risk.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 1, 2020

It also observed that its interpretation is consistent with the purpose of section 85 by facilitating national banks’ ability to operate lending programs on a nationwide basis and also promotes safe and sound operations by supporting national banks’ ability to use loan transfers as a source of liquidity. (The

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The OCC notes that, in the case of energy industries, the terminated services were not limited to lending “where risk factors might justify not serving a particular client,” but also included advisory and other services unconnected to credit or operational risk.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Saving money by conducting inside risk management and compliance reviews. As a group, community banks spend substantial funds hiring outside consultants to help with various management functions, and a substantial share of dollars are spent to help oversee their risk management and compliance activities.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. Marketplace-driven digital-platform lenders are also structured so that credit risk is held by the investor funding the deal.

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Community Bank Community Lending FDIC 70

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

As David Barr, spokesperson for the FDIC, points out, “a vast majority of community banks remain well-rated and exhibit satisfactory corporate governance programs and compliance management systems.”. Be aware of existing or emerging risk concerns. increased operational risks.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 29, 2020

Key Takeaways The FDIC issued an advisory to FIs encouraging safe and sound lending practices in today's ag lending environment. FDIC) issued an advisory to financial institutions encouraging exceptionally safe and sound lending practices in agricultural lending.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. lending marketplace. Attorney Alex Tse. “We The Response.

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Lending Fraud Management San Francisco 135

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Consumer Lending Laws & Compliance Financial institutions offering consumer loans need to know about these major consumer lending laws and recent compliance issues. You might also like this webinar, "Consumer Lending 101.". Consumer lending compliance spotlight. Pandemic Issues.

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Compliance Lending Risk Management Regulation 195

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Meanwhile new competitors regularly emerge, including person-to-person facilitators such as digital wallet provider Venmo, crowd-funding loan provider Lending Club and real-time cryptocurrency settlement company Ripple. Consider the 80 million millennials who would rather manage their finances with a smartphone app than visit a bank branch.

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Community Bank Community Analytics Lending 70

Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Takeaway 3 Updates on interest rate forecasting and best practices for managing CRE risk were among the most-read blogs. Abrigo's most popular risk management blogs over the last 12 months cover topics that continue to catch the attention of professionals and regulators. Which credit areas need routine "maintenance"?

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Risk Management Regulation Management Lending 221

Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2017

Commercial real estate lending continues to receive regulatory scrutiny and reminders for financial institutions to practice solid risk management. FDIC officials in March outlined several types of weaknesses in loan underwriting, administration and oversight practices that are emerging at some banks with CRE portfolios.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

While the report does not address “true lender” challenges in bank/fintech lending relationships, it does discuss the risk of “so-called ‘rent-a-charter’ schemes that market themselves as innovative fintech lending platforms, but operate with essentially the same harmful business model as a traditional payday lender.”

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Takeaway 3 Financial institutions should consider the impact of this rule and prepare for changes to their business operations. Online lenders, platform lenders, and fintechs should also consider sending feedback to the CFPB and considering the ways their operations might be affected. Proposed Rule. The proposed rule , unveiled Sept.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Financial institutions generate most of their income by lending and investment activities. A recent study by the Cleveland Fed noted that traditionally, noninterest income is only 30% to 40% of small banks’ operating revenue, compared with over half of large banks’ revenue. Drive growth with integrated risk management.

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Community Bank Community FDIC Trends 195

Abrigo

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In 2020, we will likely see financial institutions putting more emphasis on automating time-consuming, manual processes that bog down lending decisions. By automating these mundane, laborious tasks, lenders and credit analysts are then able to focus their time on the borrower or member and make faster, more efficient lending decisions.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. By Ed Avis.

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Community Bank Community National Philadelphia 172

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 8, 2019

The letter was conditioned on Upstart’s agreement to a model risk management and compliance plan that required it to analyze and address risks to consumers, and assess the real-world impact of alternative data and machine learning.

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Data Lending Compliance Policies 60