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Federal agencies approve cyber-attack rules for US banking system

Banking Exchange

OCC, Board, FDIC will require banks to report incidents within 36 hours Compliance Compliance Management Compliance/Regulatory Cyberfraud/ID Theft Security Mobile Online Core Systems Risk Management Technology Feature Feature3.

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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

PYMNTS

percent annual percentage yield (APY), an optional auto-deposit, no fees or minimums, and security as “Affirm Savings is FDIC-insured and accounts are held by our bank partner, Cross River Bank, member FDIC,’” a statement said. The account comes with 1.30 stores for Google Pay and Apple Pay users. Afterpay Co-Founder and U.S.

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Why banking technology makes sense – recession or not

Abrigo

Experts have highlighted numerous lessons from Southwest’s experience, many of which can benefit bank and credit union executives, regardless of their institution size, as they manage competing priorities for spending and growth initiatives on banking solutions. Remember the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)?

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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

according to FFIEC and FDIC data. Technology can help streamline and automate many manual lending processes, reduce compliance costs, and enhance risk management. Adopting technology does not mean community banks have to sacrifice their signature relationship banking or become online institutions.

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

Jeff For Banks

According to the FDIC, the causes of the 2008-09 financial crisis lay partly in the housing boom and bust of the mid-2000s; partly in the degree to which the U.S. According to the FDIC, the causes of the 2008-09 financial crisis lay partly in the housing boom and bust of the mid-2000s; partly in the degree to which the U.S.

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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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