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Banks are Flush With Cash, For Now

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In its most basic form, a bank takes in money from savers (depositors), agrees to pay them a certain interest rate and then uses those funds to lend to borrowers at a higher interest rate, thus earning the difference as their income. Sometimes, banks do not lend out all that they can. Why such an increase?

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Wells’ Woes, Stripe’s Acquisition And North Korea’s New Hacking Groove

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Most of the drama this week was in Washington. Wells Fargo takes the security and privacy of our customers’ information very seriously,” the banking firm said in a statement according to the report. “We Codel, head of consumer lending at Wells Fargo, said in an interview. “We Or at least a less frustrating one.

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FATF Releases New Guidance on Key AML/CTF Concerns

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This new guidance will assist countries and the private sector in understanding and documenting these risks and prepare accordingly for this serious threat to international peace and security. The report shines a light on corruption, tax fraud, drug trafficking, and labor trafficking as being linked to environmental crime. Learn more.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Treasurer Sarah Getzlaff, CEO, Security First Bank of North Dakota, New Salem, N.D. ICBA president and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey, Washington, D.C. We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. ICBA executive committee (from left). Covington, Ind.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

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The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly.

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Advocacy at the Grassroots: Data, Debit and Docs

Independent Banker

In Texas, data security, debit card surcharges and compensation for records searches become legislative issues. Some of the most pressing issues this year involved data security breaches, patent trolls, debit card surcharges and reimbursements for litigation records search requests. Data security breaches. Property tax lenders.

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Happy Returns

Independent Banker

In addition to having a high-yielding portfolio, these investment managers have managed the tricky challenge of balancing on the risk-reward tightrope without necessarily buying into a lot of long-maturing investments, according to Jim Reber, president and CEO of ICBA Securities. Greg Steverson, Ledyard National Bank. The barbell approach.