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Dec 13

2011

MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL: Boom time for cybercrime

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged

December 13, 2011

By John Ginovsky, contributing editor

In a highly charged banking environment of tightening regulation, escalating competition, and fragile economics, technology has been embraced as a positive differentiator. However, just as it has provided whole new service channels, quicker processing capabilities, and unheard-of efficiencies, it also has boosted an undesirable

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Dec 09

2011

MORTGAGE LENDING: Home loan delinquencies to fall over 2012

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged

Report also predicts credit card delinquencies will continue at historically low levels

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Dec 09

2011

Deadline near for end of paper savings bond sales at FIs

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged

Treasury updates financial institution resources

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Dec 09

2011

PRETZEL LOGIC AND YOU BETTER THINK TWICE: SONGS TO START A YEAR ON

Posted by John Byrne in AML Fraud and other things

Random (but somehow connected) musings of 2011

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Dec 08

2011

ABA’s Bank Capture Program: Capture robbers and skimmers by capturing their data

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged

New database combines private and federal data to track patterns of crime to prevent new ones

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Dec 08

2011

ABA CONVENTION RECAP: What bank analysts look for in community bank stocks

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged

Sometimes even bragging about your bank is acceptable

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Dec 08

2011

CHARACTER IN LENDING—AN UNCERTAIN QUEST

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

Why does "Character" seem like an option these days?

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Dec 08

2011

A REAL-WORLD VIEW OF THE REGULATORY APPEALS PROCESS

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

If you're going to try it, try it for the right reasons

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Dec 06

2011

Out-of-band puts fraud out of bounds

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged

December 6, 2011

By John Ginovsky

First Midwest Bank, of Itasca, Ill., like many banks, endeavored to protect its commercial clients and comply with FFIEC authentication requirements by rolling out a system of security tokens.

In mid-rollout, however, someone was able to hijack a customer’s one-time password from the security token and very nearly was able to make a

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Dec 06

2011

OMG… NO internet!

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

What could be the worst thing to happen while taking a vacation or at least a few days off? You guessed it… NO internet! I took a few days off around Thanksgiving and when we arrived at our destination, I exited the car, unlocked the cabin, checked my smart phone and realized… DEAD ZONE! No worries, the cabin has internet with a wireless router.

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