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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

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In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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Dodd/Frank-CFPB: Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule

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Chris Friedman and Brian Epling, regulatory compliance lawyers who work with banks, fintechs, and other small business lenders from the Nashville firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP , say the proposed rule will require both mechanical and cultural changes for many financial institutions. Business data rule might require process changes.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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And now, the GonzoBanker team salutes some other troublemakers in each individual Smarter Bank category: The Strategy Award – Goes to Studio Bank in Nashville, Tenn. The Talent Award – Goes to Pinnacle Financial Partners , Nashville, Tenn., Smarter Bank Individual Awards. Might be time to. It’s game on.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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On one hand, there were tons of stories emerging about operational and compliance chaos in BaaS partnerships, enough to scare many banks who were standing at the edge of the pool to conclude, “I’m not jumping in.” The Holy Crap Operational Risk Award – goes to the growing threat of ransomware with bank technology vendors.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Simultaneously the bank invested in Paladin Fraud, Trabian Technology, and Chartwell Compliance to provide compliance and risk management solutions in the complex and connected web of fintech partnerships.

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