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How can bank boards respond to increased regulatory scrutiny?

Abrigo

Lynn McKenzie and Edmund Green of KMPG recently contributed an article to Bank Director on how boards can challenge their banks’ management on risk. If the bank isn’t required to maintain a risk committee (under $10 billion in assets), is there an appropriate degree of focus and attention on risk management?

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Financial Markets & Economic Update- Third Quarter, 2019 Summer is upon us and I cannot wait to get to the beach for vacation. Although business confidence fell from the uncertainty, stock markets were reaching new record highs on many of indices. By the way, we will be seeing him at a seminar during August! GDP was +3.1%

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Five Challenges to Your Bank of the Future and Ideas to Overcome Them

Jeff For Banks

I recently mentioned to a community bank management team that community financial institutions are slower to close branches because their decision making goes beyond the spreadsheet and market potential. So they worry about other things that go beyond the fact that their branch in that market has little chance of being profitable.

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Regulations and Syllabus for Banking Diploma ( JAIBB & DAIBB)

FluentBanking

Objectives of the IBB The objectives of the IBB are to – – develop professionally qualified and competent bankers primarily through a process of training, examinations and professional development programmes; – design, organise and conduct examinations to test the proficiency of employees of banks and financial institutions in various banking related (..)

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DOJ settles redlining lawsuit against First Merchants Bank

CFPB Monitor

Under the settlement agreement, First Merchants agrees to take various actions including: Retaining an independent third party consultant to conduct an assessment of the bank’s fair lending risk management program and providing a report to the DOJ regarding the bank’s plans to adopt or implement the consultant’s recommendations.