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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. Steps such as multi-factor authentication have proven to be highly effective and are viewed as minimum security features for banks seeking cyber insurance. System configuration: Securely configure systems and services.

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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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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Cumberland Security Bank, Inc. First Security Bank of Deer Lodge. Bank of Montana. Tom Swenson, CEO and chairman of the board, Bank of Montana. Bank of Montana. 3 MINUTES WITH… Tom Swenson, CEO and chairman of the board Bank of Montana. “We Allied First Bank, SB. Nebraska State Bank. Neighbors Bank.

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What’s in it for Me? Real Estate Investment Technology

Fintech Labs Insights

The company sells debt securities called Limited Resource Obligations (LROs) to investors with a minimum investment of $10. Investor funds are held in an Investors Trust Account with City National Bank and in the event of default, the funds are FDIC insured up to $250,000. Groundfloor. PeerStreet. The minimum investment is $1,000.