Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

“We are going to have to lean into this digitized world, so that we can continue to serve our customers well into the 21st century,” ICBA President and CEO Cam Fine told the 24th World Congress of Savings and Retail Banks in Washington, D.C., See “Closing the Gap” in the November 2015 issue, online at www.independentbanker.org.).

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations. 4 First BanCorp (NYSE: FBP) First BanCorp is a full service financial institution with operations in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Florida. Interesting that three of the top 5 have some sort of BaaS operation. five-year total return and #2 on the JFB Top 5!

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. You did not see this kind of support during the failure of Washington Mutual, and you didn’t see it with Silvergate or Signature Bank.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

It caught the Treasury Department, which oversees financial services regulation for the cannabis sector via its FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) branch, off-guard. Those same risks apply for financial service providers too, which have largely left legal marijuana companies to operate entirely on cash.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The hearing itself was a small victory for proponents who wish to open up the banking system to legal pot operators. That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators when dealing with legal cannabis operations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The hearing itself was a small victory for proponents who wish to open up the banking system to legal pot operators. That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators if dealing with legal cannabis operations.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

No one will argue the point that regulation is not necessary or that abuses don’t happen. Reading through the collective reactions of the financial services ecosystem over the last seven days makes one thing very clear: The CFPB may have called its payday lending regulations a final draft, but this process is far from over.

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FICO

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Since the November elections, much of the talk here in Washington, D.C. While the database is not expected to be operational for several years, the FCC did provide for a safe harbor that will protect those that leverage the database from TCPA liability. has been on preparing for a divided Congress. The next step?

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