Abrigo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Takeaway 2 Banks should be proactive in understanding fraud trends and FinCEN priorities to prepare for future rulemaking. Beneficial ownership registry The AMLA was signed into effect in January 2021, paving the way for the first major BSA reform since the PATRIOT Act and encouraging a culture of compliance.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

If signed into law, the SAFE Act would allow banks to provide services to cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in states that have passed the legalization of marijuana in some form. According to a letter from the American Bankers Association (ABA) to the Senate Banking Committee, only about 11 percent of all U.S.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Employees are back to work.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Takeaway 3 Signing up for 2022 conferences is another smart use of surplus budget funds, because some events are offering early-bird discounts. Two years ago, more bankers surveyed for that report named core deposit growth as their greatest challenge than any other issue. Beef up your loan pricing strategy.

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Conference San Antonio Lending Fraud 195

Alex Jimenez

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Regulation and Compliance: Not one of the more exciting topics, but there seems to be a growing emphasis on FinTech regulation and compliance, particularly around industry stability and consumer protection. Money 20/20 USA has become the biggest FinTech gathering in the US. The sitting areas seemed smaller than the last two years.

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Conference Meeting Trends Fintech 84

FluentBanking

APRIL 18, 2020

Banking diploma is a very common and recognized professional certification from The Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (IBB). Though there are so many contradictions about this course, every banker wants to pass this certification. Today we are going to provide you a better insight into IBB, Bangladesh, and their banking diploma course.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023.

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Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The importance of FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Rule , effective May of 2018, is evident, and regulator expectations are high. The CDD Rule amended the Bank Secrecy Act regulations to strengthen customer due diligence requirements for financial institutions. Key Takeaways The global AML community has long seen the U.S.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

THE BANKER AWARDS. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson. Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Is the credit union market ready for its close-up? It’s a market that is showing clear signs of growth. This inaugural edition of the Tracker covers the most significant recent developments from around the credit union market, including notable innovations, industry partnerships and efforts to challenge and change regulations.

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Abrigo

JULY 23, 2021

The regulations are forthcoming, but institutions now should begin the process of performing a threat-focused risk assessment which will guide them where to focus their efforts. Takeaway 2 Nuclear proliferation is a threat across the globe due to proliferators' worldwide procurement methods. Included as a Priority is Proliferation Financing.

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National Training United States Regulation 195

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

billion of assets under management. There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. Brutal competition is an everyday affair, as are product and price commoditization. They have a very simple answer to all of these headwinds: Bring.

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FICO

MAY 6, 2020

This is the story and timeline of a small banker’s experience with PPP loans. Greg Tyre is a small business banker who underwrites loans at The Piedmont Bank in Georgia and is an SBA-preferred lender. Lots of small business owners are calling Greg in a panic and asking how to manage their enterprise since cash flow has dwindled.

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Community Community Bank Lending System 52

Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

And, man, did it ever … with the Aliens -esque signs of bankers getting their brains sucked out (or was it minds being blown by presenters, not sure?). Vaynerchuk delivered our second favorite Gonzo quote of the event (keep reading for the first favorite), “The adage ‘We’re regulated’ is a scapegoat from doing cool s**t.”

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Chicago Retail Branch Design Training 97

Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” The overall transaction process is fairly straightforward, and can be benchmarked to the book-building and underwriting that an investment banker does. Tis the season. That’s about $75 billion in hopium.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” The overall transaction process is fairly straightforward, and can be benchmarked to the book-building and underwriting that an investment banker does. Tis the season. That’s about $75 billion in hopium.

Fintech 52

Fintech Capital Company Data 52

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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Utah System Community Marketing 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

Utah 60

Utah System Community Marketing 60

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Fraud and deception are all too common. These days, consumers definitely need consumer financial protection. They are preyed upon by providers looking to make money on folks who are gullible, innumerate or just not paying attention. There’s something else consumers usually need at various times in their lives: a loan. It is time for a reset.

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Lending Regulation Cards Maine 100

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This regulation reduced trading profits and created a need to cut costs, spurring investment banks to spin off unprofitable divisions or eliminate them entirely. In the world of asset management, the biggest players are now dedicated firms like Vanguard. The disruption of asset management. Some banks have collapsed.

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Management Capital Company Marketing 78

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Sure, we bought some December options on west Texas crude at $100 a barrel, but it was only with a third of the 401(k)—plenty of time to make that up, right? It’s hard for any banker to avoid gulping at the sheer long-term performance of George Gleason II and his team at the Bank of the Ozarks. ” – Tom Armstrong. That’s two.

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Community Bank Apple Community Technology 60

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2017

” For fear of being shamed publicly, no one is willing to speak up and acknowledge that there’s no real “there-there” when it comes to its use as anything other than the currency of crime and speculation – even though deep down, they know that the emperor has no clothes. “Few people speak out. How right she was.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

On the eve of Yahoo’s acquisition of social networking platform Tumblr, then Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wrote a Tumblr post promising “not to screw it up.” Below, we look at some the worst mergers and acquisitions undertaken by large corporations, and how the good times went bad. The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. Microsoft and Nokia.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I''ve got another installment or two in the pipeline, but since it''s already starting to feel like we are making our final descent into 2015, I wanted to take a step back and explain WHY those projects rose to the top. brick-and-mortar footprint will fall 30% to 40% by 2020 Thoughts : I get that people like the local branch. It took an hour!

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It is a vehicle to perpetrate fraud.”. Last September, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took a stab at Bitcoin: “It’s worse than tulip bulbs. It won’t end well. Someone is going to get killed.”. Lloyd Blankfein, head of Goldman Sachs echoed that thought, saying, “Something that moves 20% [overnight] does not feel like a currency.

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blockchain Bitcoin cryptocurrency Security 78

William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I believe SEC regulations require a company to go public if they have more than 500 shareholders. I like the idea but I am a bit concerned about the potential for fraud from both companies and investors. Check back for new updates throughout the day. An App Store for FinTech applications. I need to learn more.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. Long-time Free-Space Optics (FSO) player AOptix has shut up shop and is selling off its assets at auction next week… the company is currently trying to shop around its intellectual property. 242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems.

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