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Time’s Up for Excel & Managing Credit Risk

SPONSORED | For 45 years spreadsheets have dominated business tasks from bookkeeping and inventory management to advanced data analysis. The problem is the overuse of Excel leads many community banks to embrace terrible tradeoffs – especially in commercial lending. It’s time to ditch your spreadsheets.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker   Payments 

Here Comes the Snow: Lending Support for Winter Businesses

Rain or shine, community banks are there to serve their communities. But how about snow? For some, the cold weather is more than welcome. We talked to four community banks located in winter-centric areas—Alaska, Minnesota, Colorado and northern New York—about how they take advantage of seasonal snowfall and lend to meet the needs of those at the cold front.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker   Lending 

Rebeca Romero Rainey: AI, the New Frontier

To safeguard our banks, we must understand how AI is being used today for the good and the bad, then evolve our risk management procedures accordingly.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker  

Independent Financial: A New Model for Expanding Healthcare Access

Independent Financial asked what its community needed most, then undertook an innovative approach to supporting public health.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker  

Out of Office: Rachell Bilbrey

The senior vice president and director of treasury at $1.8 billion-asset Builtwell Bank in Chattanooga, Tenn., finds creative fulfillment through conceptualizing, creating and styling home interiors.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker  

Community Bank Tactics for Recruiting Tech Superstars

The battle for tech talent continues to be a difficult one for community banks. But with the right approach, bank leadership can appeal to a segment of tech-savvy individuals fit for the job.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker  

How to Prepare for a Potential 1071 Implementation

While ICBA continues to challenge the 1071 rule’s legality, community banks must prepare for its potential passage.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker   Compliance 

FSB concerned about lack of stablecoin regulation

The Financial Stability Board reiterated its calls for countries to regulate stablecoins due to concerns about users losing confidence in stablecoins, which could lead to runs on issuers.
October 31, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Digital Assets 

CFPB Penalty Against VyStar Credit Union Exemplifies Consumer Impact of Tax-Exempt Industry’s Lagging Regulatory Oversight

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against VyStar Credit Union for harming consumers through its botched rollout of a new online banking system.
October 31, 2024 | Press Release   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Technology 

ICBA: Agencies should publish supervisory highlights on bank-fintech partnerships

To counteract “regulation through enforcement,” ICBA urged federal banking regulators to periodically publish supervisory highlights on key examination findings related to bank-fintech partnerships, similar to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s.
October 31, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

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