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Ballard Spahr LLP

Regulators Outline Risks that Third-Party Servicers Pose to Banks

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Banking regulators have issued a joint statement outlining the potential risks that financial institutions face in arrangements with third parties to deliver bank deposit products and services and examples of risk management...more

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10 Considerations for Fintechs Partnering with Community Banks

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As banking and technology become more integrated, banks are increasingly partnering with fintechs to expand their customer offerings. The rapid rise of these partnerships has generated questions for both banks and fintechs on...more

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Federal Banking Agencies Issue New Guidebook for Community Banks Managing Third-Party Relationships

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On May 3, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the agencies) released a guidebook aimed at assisting...more

Venable LLP

Crystal Clear: New Guide on Third-Party Risk Management for Community Banks - and Others

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It is no secret that the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the OCC have zeroed in on banks' use of third parties for products, services, and other operations, the risks those arrangements may pose, and banks' responsibility to...more

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OCC Seeks Feedback on Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management

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In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Federal Banking Regulators Shine Light Again on Third-Party Risk Management

Federal banking regulators have again demonstrated their focus on bank oversight and management of risk from third party relationships through a series of guidance and proposed guidance published in the third quarter of 2021....more

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Agencies Release Guide for Community Banks Conducting Due Diligence on Fintech Companies

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In August 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve and, collectively with the...more

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CFPB Withdraws Proposal to Delay Debt Collection Final Rules

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In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) withdrew its proposal to delay the Debt Collection Final Rules; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance...more

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Vetting FinTechs as Business Risk Partners: OCC Bulletin

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Innovation is a key to competitive advantage and keeping pace with consumer digital banking preferences. Increasingly, banks are engaging the services of fintech’s who can deliver certain information and services in a more...more

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Lessons for Community Bank Boards from the Great Recession to Apply in the Pandemic

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In March, I dialed into the first ever “conference call only” meeting of a 14 year old community bank. The main office of the bank is located in Philadelphia and there was growing concern about the rapidly increasing number...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

How Community Banks Can Overcome Cybersecurity Paralysis

Tom Curry, a partner in Nutter’s Corporate and Transactions Department and a co-leader of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Group, and Seth Berman, a partner and leader of Nutter’s Privacy and Data Security practice...more

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Regulators Tackle Board Effectiveness and Overdrafts

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Host Jonathan Hightower is joined by Ken Achenbach to discuss this week's proposed guidance from the Federal Reserve on the effectiveness of bank boards. In addition, at the outset of the episode Jonathan and Ken reviewed...more

Hogan Lovells

2017 Resolutions for Community Banks: A Focus on Cybersecurity

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In December 2016, Thomas Curry, the Comptroller of the Currency, stated that cybersecurity was the single greatest systemic threat to our financial system. He was not being hyperbolic. Cybersecurity should be on...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

FDIC’s Corporate Governance Guidance Reinforces Board of Directors’ Role in Cybersecurity Preparedness

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has long considered a community bank’s board of directors as one of the most important elements in the successful operation of a bank. Nearly thirty years ago, the FDIC issued its...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Cyber-Risks 2015 – A Board Primer

Cyber-risk is a witch’s brew of reputational, operational, legal and financial dangers. This toxic combination exposes a financial institution to a potentially existential hazard when an intrusion occurs. The only way to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Facet One of Social Media and Community Banks - Employees Just Say No

Bankers care deeply about the communities they serve. I need look no further than recent CBE interviews or the good work in my own community funded by local banks or their employees. Stalwarts in community arts, fundraising...more

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Comptroller Curry Discusses OCC’s Higher Expectations for Large Banks and the Members of Their Boards; States Community Banks Will...

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On April 10, 2014, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry presented remarks concerning risk management and related corporate governance issues before the American Bankers Association Risk Management Forum. Comptroller...more

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