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Consumer Lending Compliance: Hot-Button Issues to Monitor

Abrigo

Takeaway 1 Risk tied to consumer lending compliance has been elevated as a result of the pandemic and associated operating challenges. Consumer lending compliance — like other aspects of enterprise risk management at financial institutions — saw a huge impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit Risk Management.

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Preparing for Section 1071

Abrigo

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. Credit Risk Management.

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Why banking technology makes sense – recession or not

Abrigo

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. Executives took a pay cut. To its credit, Southwest was investing in customer-facing technology.

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New Year’s Resolutions to Grow Your Financial Institution in 2020

Abrigo

In 2008, there were 7,061 FDIC-insured commercial banks in the U.S. Online loan applications , for example, are no longer just for online-only banks. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL. Cyber Complications for Vendor Risk Management. Attain growth through M&A, new partners.

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OCC issues proposed rule on fair access to financial services

CFPB Monitor

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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Pulling Off Inside Jobs

Independent Banker

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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Breaches, Beginnings And A Buying Spree

PYMNTS

This week, the lucky winner is Macy’s , which disclosed to the world that hackers had obtained names and passwords of online customers — and might have accessed credit card numbers and expiration dates as well. As Queen famously sang, another one bites the dust — or as modified for the modern era, another one bites the breach.

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