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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1 She effectively ran the bank and its operations. billion in assets.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

The privacy of customers’ personal information is at the forefront of every community banker’s decisions, says Steven Estep, ICBA assistant vice president of operational risk. Other states have enacted similar data privacy laws since the California Consumer Privacy Act came into effect, including Utah, Colorado, Virginia and Connecticut.

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

increased operational risks. Bland of the OCC agrees that “one of the biggest issues” for bank examiners is evaluating operational risk, especially with eyes toward the current financial environment where loan underwriting terms are changing. Virginia B. Virginia B. Wilson, regulatory consultant.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim!

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Russian Hack Used Servers Inside US, Cybersecurity Company Says

PYMNTS

The intruders' use of servers within the country made the attack especially potent because of laws that prevent the government's main cybersecurity operations — especially the National Security Agency — from spying on domestic targets, the Times noted. Sources told the Times the matter may have been exacerbated by the focus U.S.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. Indeed, co-founder Alejandro Resnik, the CEO, told the WSJ in 2015 that it was looking to raise a “monster round” of $300 million at a $2 billion valuation to fuel its national expansion. A most-wanted founder. via TechCrunch. via Kotaku.

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A Brief History Of Libra

PYMNTS

In the immediate days following the announcement of Libra, PYMNTS spoke to two of its higher-profile backers, Mastercard and PayPal , via Mastercard’s Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions Jorn Lambert and PayPal’s Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready. The group of nations that comprise the G7 (the U.S.,