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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). That combination made their liabilities very sensitive to safety.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Shifts in lending

Independent Banker

As we kick off this year’s lending issue, I want to pause for a moment to reflect on just how much lending has changed. While it has had some benefits, like stronger risk management for our banks, it has made the customer process much more daunting. But community banks have adapted to address that shift.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

Even though the industry identified several major regulatory burdens, including those posed by the Truth in Lending Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, few substantive regulations were repealed. Advocacy & Policy Regulation / Compliance Washington Watch' in Lowell, Mass.;

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. and Alibaba in China, may be able to “replace many banks.”

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CFPB announces advisory committee members

CFPB Monitor

Eric Kaplan, Director of the Housing Finance Program, Milken Institute (Washington, DC), was appointed to serve as CAB Chairperson. Nikitra Bailey, EVP, Center for Responsible Lending (Durham, NC). Jean Setzfand, Senior Vice President, AARP (Washington, DC). Clarksdale, MS). Bank (Minneapolis, MN).

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Five tech trends to set banks apart in the post-digital era

Accenture

African-American inventor, scientist and botanist George Washington Carver, summed it up like this: “When you do the common things in an uncommon way, you’ll command the attention of the world.” 2 ETtech, “ The New Lending Game, Post-Demonetisation ” 1/6/2017. 1 CreditEnable.

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Online lending summit speakers discuss SPNB charters, CFPB trial disclosure policy, alternative data

CFPB Monitor

At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C. Gardineer raised concerns about the application of bespoke capital, liquidity, and risk management requirements for SPNB charter applicants. Questions directed at Ms.