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Hard decisions for community bankers

Hard decisions for community bankers

For CEOs and board members, difficult choices come with the title
Rise of dominant federal laws and regulations in banking may lessen the importance of the long-standing process of developing uniform state laws.

Does uniform state law still fit?

Uniform laws developed for states have been banking’s operational foundation. Will this continue?
Many folks buy their morning joe with mobile payments, but some consumers remain jittery about the technology, according to research by the Pew Charitable Trust.

Mobile payment use lags smartphone adoption

Security and data-sharing uncertainties cited as main barriers
Finding an agreeable merger target may seem as easy as scaling this wall, but Invictus Consulting's Kamal Mustafa says deals can be done.

8 Q&As before you try M&A

Obstacles in community bank mergers can be overcome with some fresh thinking
Credit reporting’s new expectations

Credit reporting’s new expectations

Demanding new standards ahead for furnishers of credit information
While some traditional institutions may take comfort in the recent stumbles of marketplace lenders, analyst Chris Skinner advises that they remember the Malaysian folk tale of the elephant and the mouse. (Hint: Things went badly for the pachyderm.)

Chris Skinner: Beware the mice of fintech

Not all fintech firms threaten banks. As for those that may, down is not out
Bank tech trends can make your head spin. So regularly longtime Tech Exchange Editor John Ginovsky does his best to “make sense of it all.”

Where banks are, and where they’re going

Plethora of reports emphasize new bank tech
Common Sense Compliance co-blogger Nancy Derr-Castiglione casts her experienced compliance radar over mobile banking.

Mobile comes of age, and Compliance looks in

A regulatory eye on Fed mobile survey highlights and their compliance implications
ALCO Beat articles featured exclusively on bankingexchange.com are written by the asset-liability management experts at Darling Consulting Group.

Long and short of liquidity

Sound liquidity management can also improve earnings. Stress testing, contingency planning prove essential
Getting ready for more HMDA

Getting ready for more HMDA

New requirements hit both those with experience and commercial lenders unfamiliar with joys of this reg
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