South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

Loan-level hedging has become an important tool that many community banks have started to adopt in 2024. Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC). Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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American Banker

MARCH 20, 2024

How the FDIC, the Federal Reserve and other regulators are working to keep banks in compliance through 2024.

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 12, 2024

Federal banking regulators released the 2024 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies eligible to receive CRA consideration. The post Regulators release 2024 list of distressed, underserved communities appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For the bankers we talked with, acknowledging challenges—think NIM, credit, regulation, election uncertainty, unemployment and CRE—while portraying resilience created quite a few compelling narratives throughout the event. Well, we’re in 2024 and let’s talk about that “promising outlook” that seems to be building toward Q3.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On October 24, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a final rule amending their regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act. Continue Reading

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South State Correspondent

MAY 7, 2024

On April 26, 2024, Republic First Bank (DBA Republic Bank) was seized by state regulators and the long running bank drama came to an end. With the assistance of the FDIC, Fulton Financial acquired certain assets, debt and deposits of Republic Bank.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 22, 2020

The OCC has issued a final rule revising its regulation implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the OCC’s proposed revisions were issued jointly with the FDIC, the FDIC did not join in the final rule. The final rule applies to national banks and federal savings associations.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Regulators expect an institution to maintain a quality control program for AML activities, said Josh Hawkins, Director of Abrigo’s Financial Crimes Unit. A structured quality control process that includes the regular review of high-risk cases and the timeliness of the institution’s AML reporting can catch inefficiencies early.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The FDIC approved a final rule to increase initial base deposit insurance assessment rates by 2 basis points until the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) achieves the FDIC’s long-term goal of a reserve ratio of 2% of insured deposits. The FDIC’s long-term goal for the reserve ratio of insured deposits. Source: FDIC.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Check fraud alone, the most significant current fraud threat, is projected to create losses of $24 billion in 2024. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that U.S. consumers lost more than $7 billion during the first three quarters of 2023, up 5% compared to the same period in 2022.

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American Banker

AUGUST 20, 2024

The new president will shape the direction of banking policy, but because financial regulators are more insulated from politics than many other areas, that transition will be gradual.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. The OCC acted alone in issuing the final CRA rule without waiting to achieve consensus with the FDIC, the agency with which the OCC had jointly issued the proposed rule.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 25, 2020

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. Small and intermediate banks must comply with the rule by January 1, 2024. This is the second in a series of five blog posts about the final rule.

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American Banker

JUNE 17, 2024

Christy Goldsmith Romero — the White House's pick to succeed Martin Gruenberg as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. — has generated little pushback from Senate Republicans, though her lack of bank supervisory experience and her record on cryptocurrency are the most likely lines of attack during her confirmation process.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2024

” Sam Cooke Gonzo Nation, 2024 went by so fast that nobody had a chance to stop and think about what in the world was going on. Regulation was as burdensome as ever, but most bankers are lighting candles for some relief on this front with the new administration. We humbly offer the 2024 GonzoBanker awards for your review.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 28, 2021

Specifically, large banks and wholesale and limited purpose banks must comply by January 1, 2023, and small and intermediate banks that choose to opt-in to the performance standards contained in the OCC’s final rule have until January 1, 2024 to comply.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On February 2, 2024, three Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Chair Martin Gruenberg expressing concern regarding what the congressmen perceive to be the FDIC’s attempts to reduce engagement with industry participants on financial technology and innovation.

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