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Portfolio and Loan-Level Stress Testing: Be Proactive & Examiner-Ready

SPONSORED | Regulators are increasingly mandating stress testing, with growing expectations for community banks to take a more proactive approach. Banks should consider easier and more affordable methods to conduct both portfolio- and loan-level stress testing for more comprehensive risk management.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker   Compliance 

Rethink Your Digital Banking Experience to Retain Customers

SPONSORED | Retain customers, enhance efficiencies, and compete effectively by leveraging cutting-edge technology and a powerful digital banking experience.
November 01, 2024 | Independent Banker  

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 

ICBA: Credit union penalty exemplifies consumer impact of lagging oversight

ICBA said a new regulatory action against VyStar Credit Union for harming consumers through its botched rollout of a new online banking system exemplifies the risks posed by lagging credit union regulation.
November 01, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Unions 

ICBA calls for additional EGRPRA outreach meetings

ICBA commended the federal banking agencies for hosting a virtual community banker outreach meeting under their current regulatory review and called for at least three more meetings.
November 01, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   EGRPRA s.2155 

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   CFPB 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   CFPB 

Task force updates AML-deficiency jurisdiction list

The Financial Action Task Force—a global anti-money-laundering watchdog—updated its lists of jurisdictions with AML deficiencies.
October 31, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FinCEN 

EGRPRA grassroots letters due today

ICBA is urging community bankers to use its Be Heard grassroots action center to submit comments on the current Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act review ahead of today’s deadline.
October 30, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   EGRPRA s.2155 

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