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Improve loan decisioning: 5 ways to serve small businesses better

Abrigo

Reduce approval layers According to the FDIC, 73% of banks have at least three levels of approval for small business loans. Simplify underwriting criteria and eliminate unnecessary documentation. 62% even require board approval. Removing excessive approval layers can significantly speed up loan decisioning.

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What is a payment system?

Abrigo

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) & Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Supervise banks and credit unions for compliance and risk management related to payment systems. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Regulates consumer payment protections under Reg E and related laws.

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3 Ways Financial Institutions Can Step Up for Underserved Communities

Perficient

Greenwood operates completely online, but they partner with FDIC-insured banks and are part of a global ATM network that allows members to use more than 100,000 ATMs fee-free when they need to withdraw and deposit physical cash and checks.

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Fraud prevention and detection: Empowering clients through education

Abrigo

Some options include: In-person fraud prevention seminars, either held at a branch location or a local community center. Ideas for banking fraud awareness Ways financial institutions can provide fraud education So, how do banks and credit unions go about teaching customers and members the actions they can take to head off and detect fraud?

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Five Challenges to Your Bank of the Future and Ideas to Overcome Them

Jeff For Banks

In my firm's most recent podcast , we discussed the recently released FDIC Summary of Deposits data that showed, with all of the negative price surrounding large financial institutions, FDIC-insured banks with >$10 billion in assets moved from an 80.6% deposit market share in 2012 to a 80.7%

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Building Financially Empowered Youth; Our Future Depends on Them

Filene

A 2013 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households showed that more than 30% of household members under the age of 24 are unbanked—significantly higher than older generations. Low-income teenagers in particular are living in financial service deserts.

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Traditional Banks v. Alternative Lenders: How Goliath Can Beat David

Banking 2020

According to FDIC Data Calls as outlined in the Forbes , in the 4th Quarter of 2014, traditional banks’ commercial loan portfolios saw a 3.1% For instance, they could offer light advisory services or seminars to business owners who have working capital lines of credit. Streamline the loan decision process by investing in technology.