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Last week’s ICBA Washington Policy Summit showed once again that community bankers are not only willing to go the extra mile—they’re even grateful for the privilege. Advocacy Community Banks Credit Unions Farm Credit System Regulatory Relief Washington Washington Policy SummitWith nearly 1,000 community bankers and industry advocates in the nation’s capital to advocate positive reform in more than 300 meetings with policymakers, there was a feeling of enthusiasm […]. MORE
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Advocacy Convention Washington Policy Summit ICBA’s national convention is always an incredible experience. If you haven’t witnessed nearly 3,000 members of the community banking industry in the same place at the same time, you should make a point to do so at least once in your career. But there was something special about this year’s convention. There was a feeling, […]. MORE
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Needless to say, the advocacy process with the CFPB has moved at the speed of Washington. Just as this victory serves as a reward for the hard work of our association and industry, it is also a reminder that effective advocacy in Washington is performed over years. Years in the Making. MORE
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It’s a truism that expense reporting sucks. Keeping your receipts together (and the ink may be toxic) and then typing up a summary to hand over to finance and wait who knows how long to be reimbursed — what a pain. Then the finance department has to input paper documents into Read More. MORE
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Independent Banker
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Needless to say, the advocacy process with the CFPB has moved at the speed of Washington. Just as this victory serves as a reward for the hard work of our association and industry, it is also a reminder that effective advocacy in Washington is performed over years. Years in the Making.
Independent Banker
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
Needless to say, the advocacy process with the CFPB has moved at the speed of Washington. Just as this victory serves as a reward for the hard work of our association and industry, it is also a reminder that effective advocacy in Washington is performed over years. Years in the Making.
Independent Banker
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
While Washington often moves at a glacial pace, it recently came to life to enact reforms benefiting bank and thrift holding companies. Advocacy & Policy Industry Insight Legislation Viewpoints Washington Watch Holding Firm.
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Community banking Branding Growth strategies WashingtonThe Seattle company rebranded as WaFd Bank to address confusion that it might have ties to the federal government.
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Last week’s ICBA Washington Policy Summit showed once again that community bankers are not only willing to go the extra mile—they’re even grateful for the privilege. Advocacy Community Banks Credit Unions Farm Credit System Regulatory Relief Washington Washington Policy SummitWith nearly 1,000 community bankers and industry advocates in the nation’s capital to advocate positive reform in more than 300 meetings with policymakers, there was a feeling of enthusiasm […].
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PYMNTS
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20), Mr. Stumpf will go to Washington, and we’ll get the verdict straight from those congressional horses’ mouths. With the NFL back in season (Pats 2-0 for those keeping count at home), the term “Greatest Show on Turf” is getting thrown around an awful lot these days. And while the NFL and its players are usually the Greatest Show on Turf, this week, the Senate Banking Committee hearing with Wells Fargo’s CEO might have given the league a run for its money but for two reasons.
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Advocacy Convention Washington Policy Summit ICBA’s national convention is always an incredible experience. If you haven’t witnessed nearly 3,000 members of the community banking industry in the same place at the same time, you should make a point to do so at least once in your career. But there was something special about this year’s convention. There was a feeling, […].
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Washington, D.C., According to news from The Washington Post , Amazon officials toured locations in Washington, D.C., Officials told the Post the tours in Northern Virginia happened early last week, while the Washington tours occurred in the middle of the week and Amazon workers toured locations in Montgomery County toward the end of last week. “We’ve Amazon e-commerce employment headquarters Merchant Innovation News Retail washington dc What's Hot
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OCTOBER 5, 2018
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The Washington State Department of Financial Institution (DFI) has published proposed revisions to its student loan servicer regulations. This proposal would amend rules that went into effect earlier this year pursuant to Washington’s student loan servicing law.
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“Washington is in a learning phase,” he told an audience at Money20/20. Chris Larson, executive chairman and co-founder of Ripple, said mistakes have been made in the ways in which regulators have dealt with cryptocurrencies.
BankThink
APRIL 2, 2018
Washington Federal, which is working through Bank Secrecy Act issues, also allowed Anchor to consider offers from other potential buyers. Community banking M&A Consolidations AML Washington
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Community banking De novo banks Capital Washington DCVisionBank is the second de novo effort that would focus on the nation's capital.
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 23, 2016
It’s a truism that expense reporting sucks. Keeping your receipts together (and the ink may be toxic) and then typing up a summary to hand over to finance and wait who knows how long to be reimbursed — what a pain. Then the finance department has to input paper documents into Read More.
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JUNE 24, 2019
The speed and the bipartisan nature of the demand for an investigation into Facebook's Libra are telling, giving ammunition to those who warned the cryptocurrency space is underregulated and unsafe.
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FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Members of both parties want to make it easier for legal cannabis businesses to access financial services, but myriad obstacles stand in the way of that goal. Marijuana banking Regulatory reform Regulatory relief AML Commercial banking Community banking Federal credit unions House Financial Services Committee
BankThink
JANUARY 14, 2019
De novo institutions Community banking Capital Washington DCThough it would be based in the nation's capital, MOXY Bank would also have significant operations in Charlotte, N.C.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
More legal woes for Uber : Washington State’s attorney general has sued the ride-sharing company, alleging it had violated the state’s data breach notification law. According to news from Reuters , Washington State’s attorney general, Bob Ferguson, filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Uber, alleging that the names and drivers’ license numbers of at least 10,888 Uber drivers in the state had been stolen without their being notified as state law requires.
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has agreed to buy Bank of Washington in Lynnewood. Community banking Credit unions M&A WashingtonSound Credit Union in Tacoma, Wash.,
BankThink
JANUARY 22, 2018
Financial firms have mostly shrugged off the government's budget woes, but Washington's gridlock might pose a bigger risk than they think. Treasury bonds Risk management Policymaking SIFIs Crisis management Debt limit Steven Mnuchin Treasury Department
BankThink
APRIL 11, 2018
Washington Federal had to delay a pending acquisition after issues emerged with its anti-money-laundering compliance. Earnings Commercial lending Consumer lending AML WashingtonThe Seattle bank's improved loan yields offset higher expenses tied to Bank Secrecy Act remediation.
ABA Community Banking
JUNE 8, 2018
Why ICBA’s Rebeca Romero Rainey, former CEO, left N.Mex. for “the swamp” People Community Banking. 1Community Banking
BankThink
MAY 3, 2018
Community banking Consolidations Succession planning Washington DC VirginiaChristopher Bergstrom led Cardinal Financial when it sold itself to United Bankshares in 2017.
BankThink
JULY 11, 2018
Community banking De novo banks Capital FDIC Washington DC North CarolinaMoxy Bank would focus on low- and moderate-income depositors in the nation's capital, while operating a lending platform in North Carolina.
BankThink
JULY 10, 2018
Community banking Succession planning M&A Consolidations WashingtonJeff Deuel will take over as CEO of Heritage Bank in Olympia, Wash., for Brian Vance, who will remain as the head of the holding company until next year.
BankThink
MARCH 1, 2018
Community banking AML M&A OCC WashingtonThe Seattle company first disclosed an issue in September, when it withdrew an application to buy Anchor Bancorp.
BankThink
JANUARY 25, 2018
Community banking De novo banks Under-served populations Underbanked Capital Washington DC Virginia MarylandMarathon International Bank would target the Ethiopian community with specific advertising and educational programs.
BankThink
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Financial firms are going on offense in Washington, pressing a policy agenda that would have been unimaginable just a few months ago. Some proposals, like reforming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, have been floated before while others began to gain traction after Republicans swept the November elections. Here's a look at some of the industry's requests.
American Banker
JULY 27, 2016
Brent Beardall, who has been with Washington Federal since 2001, was named president of the $14.8 billion-asset company and its primary banking unit and retains his job as chief banking officer. breaking_news people corporate-governance wa community-banking
ABA Community Banking
JULY 24, 2015
SNL Report: Unexpectedly, small lenders gain market share under QM Retail Banking Compliance Mortgage CFPB. 1Compliance
American Banker
JUNE 30, 2016
IBM has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the Washington, D.C.-based based organization working to help shape the regulatory framework for the blockchain industry. law-regulation blockchain-digital-currencies sailthru-no-lead bank-technology
CFPB Monitor
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
The DFI disagreed, stating that because Washington is a community property state, debts incurred during the marriage are presumed to be community debt.
CFPB Monitor
JULY 15, 2019
Effective July 28, debt collectors licensed in Washington will be subject to new requirements when collecting medical debt. Debt Collection State CFS Monitor debt collection medical washington
Mobile Payments Today
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
The National Center for Advanced Payments and Identity Security in Crystal City, Virginia, will be a permanent facility for live educational activities hosted by SCA
BankThink
APRIL 12, 2017
M&A Capital Activist investors WashingtonAnchor's sale agreement comes less than a year after it put a representative of the activist investor Stilwell Group on its board.
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