Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 14, 2022

The FDIC's quarterly Supervisory Insights for Summer 2011 had a list! Now, under the guise of "transparency", mandatory disclosures, and risk mitigation regulators begin asking more and more intrusive questions about the banking relationship with these local fuel oil businesses. What were disfavored industries?

Operations 78

Operations Lending Industry FDIC 78

Jeff For Banks

MAY 16, 2015

The same reason regulators focus on the little things. Executive recruiter Alan Kaplan recently wrote an article for Bank Director magazine titled What Makes Great Boards Great. Today, Board reports closely resemble War and Peace. You mean you didn't see it? That's on you, fella. Sure, there will be some that do. How could they?

Report 60

Report Policies Risk Management Meeting 60

Banking 2020

MARCH 17, 2015

You might protest, “we have to sound like that because the FHA/FDIC/FCRA requires it,” but I don’t buy it. For one thing, regulators have been pushing banks to be simpler and more straightforward, so customers know where they stand. Technology magnifies the problem. Sometimes big problems just need simple solutions.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Customer Experience Mobile FDIC 40