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Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets

Perficient

As always, the regulators’ main concern was to promote safety and soundness, consumer protection, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering (AML) and illicit finance statutes and rules. Ancillary custody services.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. M&T assumed their $411 million of loans and securities with a $289 million FDIC loss-share agreement. What caused it?

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Banks are Flush With Cash, For Now

TrustBank

The decision to shift the IRS tax deadline from April 15 th. Currently, these investors are very risk averse which leads them to invest in safe US Treasury securities, money market funds, savings/checking accounts or CDs at FDIC insured banks. This helps explain the savings rate hitting 33% in April after an already remarkable 12.7%

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Cash-Equivalent Accounts: The Safest Types of Investments

MyBankTracker

Both the principal value of the certificate and the interest rate are guaranteed by the bank, and fully covered by FDIC insurance for up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank. And since they are issued by banks, they’re also insured by FDIC. Treasury securities has the advantage of being tax-free for state income tax purposes.

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Personal Capital Review: Free Tools and Paid Wealth Management

MyBankTracker

The cash account is an FDIC insured financial account, but the APYs are rock bottom. These assumptions include: State of residence Effective tax rate Inflation rate Life expectancy The wide variety of income events, expense events and assumptions you can simulate make this a great way to model your retirement plan. Tax Optimization.

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E-Signature Approval

Independent Banker

Webster says FDIC officials had “no issue” with the mortgage company’s use of electronic signatures during a recent exam of PrivatePlus Mortgage. Initial loan disclosures and closing statements are the main mortgage documents using e-signing.

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When The Bank Is An App — And Not The Bank’s

PYMNTS

Additionally, consumers want to do it all via mobile with a trusted entity that offers FDIC insurance and fraud protection — and if they can have all of that without having to walk through the doors of a bank, even better. For the customer, any customer, Narlinger noted, convenience is king and really the main driver of consumer decisions.

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