Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

The FDIC has nearly quadrupled its enforcement actions (“EA”) over the past three years. The productive view about the similarity of EAs is why haven’t we been doing some of the things required by regulators in the first place? Banking is a highly regulated industry, and has been since the Great Depression.

Regulation 70

Regulation FDIC National Capital 70

Abrigo

AUGUST 3, 2015

The survey also found compliance burdens were limiting new product launches, new channel openings and/or new market entrance at more than 45 percent of responding banks. The benefit of community banks has always been a more customer-focused and community-based approach – they understand and trust the markets they serve.

Compliance 150

Compliance Community Bank Community Survey 150

CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 6, 2021

However, a recent study commissioned by the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) shows that overdraft fees have declined 40% in the past decade, a circumstance apparently unremarked by the CFPB. Significantly, neither the Director nor the recent CFPB reports identify specific overdraft practices of concern.

Regulation 78

Regulation Policies FDIC Leadership 78

Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Historic collapse SVB is different from other financial institutions The FDIC closure and assumption of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the largest bank failure since 2008 – is a stark reminder that when a crisis occurs, it can spread as fast as a wildfire in dry fields with a strong wind. Was the loan repayment plan based on the IPO?

Strategy 195

Strategy Lending Security Analysis 195

Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

Community banks and the entire banking industry face downside risks from inflation, rising market interest rates, and continued geopolitical uncertainty, the FDIC said recently in its quarterly report. Abrigo Solutions Make better decisions amid uncertainty Respond quickly and efficiently to the needs of customers.

Technology 195

Technology Lending Community Software 195

Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2021

Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? Another challenge is imposed by the very government that tries to assist LMI households: regulation. Retail banking is heavily regulated.

Regulation 78

Regulation Indiana Charlotte Community Bank 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In fact, according to our recent study, they come in dead last. There’s a big available market with a lot of room to grow that pie – after all, Amazon “only” has about 50 percent of the online commerce market , and the U.S. And that is a bank – one with FDIC insurance and safeguards that keep their money safe.

Payments 196

Payments Google Apple Innovation 196

Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Jack Hartings and Mindy Kremer, marketing director for Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater, talk in a patient care unit. With few underwater credits on its books, the bank continued to lend as others left the market—though it still faced the challenge of distressed sales depressing market values. “It Membership-Marketing.

Ohio 70

Ohio Community Bank Community Lending 70

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It seems to be the case, then, that stablecoins may be regulated to the point where they are an adjunct to fiat – and to the modern monetary system that has been in place for decades – rather than a wholesale replacement. Recently, a BIS study concluded that embedded regulation might offer a solution for stablecoins.

Regulation 192

Regulation United States Cleveland cryptocurrency 192