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Top Banking Challenges: Finding Growth in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

Takeaway 1 Financial institutions that invested in technology in 2020 are using it to increase the loan portfolio in 2021. Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey.

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Deloitte: Risk management looks to automation in 2021

BankInovation

This year, risk management will look inward. Automation is not new to risk management, but businesses will increasingly look to the technology to address pandemic-spurred risk and security issues, said J.H. Caldwell recently authored the organization’s “Global Risk […].

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Bank Regulators Seeking Comments on the Use of AI and ML in the Industry

Perficient

Risk Management. AI may be used to augment risk management and control practices. AI can assist internal audit and independent risk management to increase sample size (such as for testing), evaluate risk, and refer higher-risk issues to human analysts. Email: 2021-RFI-AI@cfpb.gov.

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Banks Earning Over $10m Experience Spike in Fraud Attempts in 2021

Banking Exchange

Fraud cases increased by 343 between 2020 and 2021 Risk Management Security Cyberfraud/ID Theft Operational Risk Feature3 Feature.

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Today’s Cyber Risk Management

Cisco

While operational risk is not a contributing factor in a pandemic, the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on financial services’ digitization does correlate with a material rise in cyber risk. It also put an even greater emphasis on cyber risk management within institutions and financial regulatory agencies.

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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

How can community financial institutions thrive in 2021? Technology can help streamline and automate many manual lending processes, reduce compliance costs, and enhance risk management. Lending & Credit Risk. Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Safeguarding new banking products from fraud

Abrigo

Takeaway 2 Examiners' focus is on risk management related to products and services , especially those involving complex technologies like AI. First, they must evaluate whether their institution is prepared to insert AML risk management procedures into the transaction process to match the speed FedNow can offer.

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