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Crowe: Risk Management With RegTech As Strategy

PYMNTS

Marry tech and talent, then risk management can pay dividends, notes an upcoming PYMNTS webinar. Not only is regulatory oversight on the rise, but social media has emerged as a strong watchdog, too, keeping financial institutions (FIs) mindful of unchartered territory, where risks to reputation and revenues abound.

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The Velocity of Risk – What Bankers Need To Know

South State Correspondent

Banks that are looking to enhance their risk management practices should consider incorporating the concept of the velocity of risk into their enterprise-wide risk management practices. Some risks occur slowly; others strike quickly and hard. Optimizing Risk. Consider the risk above.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. While interest rate risk caused the most significant impact on value, several other factors contributed to the terminality of each bank that was closed.

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How fraudsters target different generations

Independent Banker

Gen Z, the younger generation, has transitioned into the workforce and is primarily being targeted through social media messages and chatbots,” Fratangelo says. Fraudsters tend to target baby boomers via robocalls about healthcare, taxes or Social Security, but they aren’t immune to social scams. Social media.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. Unfortunately, most banks don’t gather fraud data across payment channels or track “pre-crime events.”

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Facebook continues to be whipsawed and other major names like Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Microsoft fell in sympathy with their social media favorite. Businesses should do well as they bask in the lower corporate tax rate, which fell from 35% to 21% at the beginning of 2018. Gas prices remain below $3.00

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. The Y2K scare also had companies pouring money into tech firms. For community banks, it’s not as much about the uninsured deposits or even the AOCI.

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