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Fraud typologies all financial institutions should know

Abrigo

Connect with an expert Common fraud schemes Check fraud Check fraud is one of the most concerning fraud trends for community banks in 2025. These could be held in a local branch lobby, community center, or place of worship. 880,418 c omplaints were registered, with potential losses exceeding $12.5

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How the OCC risk governance framework applies to community banks

Abrigo

In September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published final guidelines designed to “strengthen the governance and risk management practices of large financial institutions.” While the final guidance clearly applies to larger financial institutions, community banks should still take note.

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Robert Fisher: The nimbleness of community bankers

Independent Banker

Let’s rediscover what it means to be community bankers. Let’s exercise our nimble natures to exceed customer expectations. Because as community bankers, it’s what we do. That just may be community bankers’ word of the year. Flush customer accounts may enable us to position wealth management services. My Top Three.

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Writing Effective Credit Memos Efficiently

Abrigo

The lender needs to put forth an accurate and complete picture of the borrowernot only for the borrowers sake, but also for the financial institutions risk management. Kirby cited FDIC statistics showing nearly three-quarters of community banks require three or more levels of approval, regardless of the loan size.

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6 Keys to Success in your Adult Life

Perficient

The 6 Keys to Success as an Adult are: Effectively Manage your Time. Effectively Manage your Money. ” Effectively Manage your Time. This is why you need to effectively manage your time. Effectively Manage your Money. The ideal management of money is at the heart of capitalism. You are disappointed.

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Technology and Fun Merge at Perficient’s Lafayette Delivery Center

Perficient

With our team’s help, the client has been able to transition a significant portion of their userbase to a named user system and allowed us the opportunity to help develop the tools that their clients will use to manage these users.” — Austin Spinazze, Associate Technical Consultant. “I The community is a good one.

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How to reduce the regulatory burden on community banks

Abrigo

In recent months, the momentum around reducing the regulatory burden on the nation’s community banks has continued to gain steam. However, the regulatory landscape continues to evolve, leaving resource-constrained community banks to cope with new demands. The second idea is community bank exemption from the Volcker Rule.