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Commercial Lending & Discrimination

Commercial lenders likely discriminate every day. Their job is to slice and dice information about...

FinCEN Issues Alert on Commercial Real Estate Investments to Avoid Russian Sanctions

In late January, FinCEN recently released Alert FIN-2023-Alert002, which addresses potential...

HMDA: Mixed-Use Properties

HMDA is all about dwellings. Specifically, dwelling-secured loans where the proceeds will be used...

Escrow Accounts & Surpluses

Escrow accounts are complicated! They aren’t always easy for customers to understand, and they can...

BSA/AML & Customer Risk Profiles

Tellers and Customer Service Representatives play a crucial role when it comes to developing a...

Field Notes Jan. 23

In the January 2023 edition of our magazine, Banking on BCC, we introduced a new monthly feature…...

Truth in Savings: CD Renewal Notices

When it comes to renewal notices for your certificates of deposit, there are actually a lot of...

Agencies Address HMDA Threshold Changes

If you’ve been thrust into HMDA coverage due to the U.S. District Court opinion issued back in...

Commercial Lending: Underwriting Exceptions & Discretion

Lender discretion and policy exceptions in the underwriting process can increase fair lending risk...

Virtual Currency Key Terms

The world of crypto and virtual currency can be a little overwhelming. There are so many things to...