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Freedom Bank in Montana Released from FDIC Consent Order

American Banker

has been released from a consent order that the FDIC and the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions had implemented in December 2009. Freedom Bank in Columbia Falls, Mont.,

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Does your bank need cyber insurance?

Independent Banker

Cyber insurance today is what property insurance was 50 years ago,” notes Gregory Montana, chief risk officer at FIS. This not only delays reimbursement for losses, but can also be a drain on internal resources, notes Montana. Regulators paying closer attention to cyber risks. Insuring against cyber risks.

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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

Figure Pay, he said, debuts in January in Missoula, Montana, and then will see a broader rollout through the quarter. Drilling down into the charter itself, Cagney told Webster that “this is a full national charter — not a FinTech charter, but one where we are not directly collecting FDIC insured deposits or partnering with a bank to do that.”

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Bankers Tell Me Their Top Industry Game Changers

Jeff For Banks

I teach Bank Profitability for the Washington, Utah, and Montana Bankers'' Associations EDP programs. Utah has many Industrial Loan Companies (ILC''s), which are FDIC supervised financial institutions that can be owned by commercial firms not regulated by a federal banking agency, like a utility company.