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Understanding the FFIEC Guidance on Risk Management of Outsourced Technology Services

Outsourcing technology services is often a standard option that financial institutions take to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and increase profitability. However, it is vital to ensure that these services are managed in a safe and secure manner.

7 Ways to Uncover Hidden Opportunities for Profitability

7 Ways to Uncover Hidden Opportunities for Profitability

The Top 8 Habits of a High-Performing Bank

The Top 8 Habits of a High-Performing Bank

Overtime: Friend or Foe?

Overtime: Friend or Foe?

Riding the Mortgage Roller Coaster

Riding the Mortgage Roller Coaster

Deck Building 101: Lessons Learned During a Pandemic

Deck Building 101: Lessons Learned During a Pandemic

Should Community Banks and Credit Unions Pay a Living Wage?

Should Community Banks and Credit Unions Pay a Living Wage?

How Will the Mortgage Industry Perform Moving Forward?

How Will the Mortgage Industry Perform Moving Forward?

Keep Calm and Bank On

Keep Calm and Bank On

5 Profitability Analysis Myths: The Final Recap

5 Profitability Analysis Myths: The Final Recap

Myth #5: Change Leads to Immediate Productivity Gains

Myth #5: Change Leads to Immediate Productivity Gains

Myth #4: Industry Benchmarks Yield No Meaningful Insights

Myth #4: Industry Benchmarks Yield No Meaningful Insights

Myth #3: Staffing Reduction Promotes Greater Efficiency

Myth #3: Staffing Reduction Promotes Greater Efficiency

Myth #2: Increasing Non-Interest Income Produces Customer Attrition

Myth #2: Increasing Non-Interest Income Produces Customer Attrition

9 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Beginning a Profitability Enhancement Analysis

9 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Beginning a Profitability Enhancement Analysis

Myth #1: Using Internal Resources for Profitability Enhancement Initiatives Produce Better Outcomes

Myth #1: Using Internal Resources for Profitability Enhancement Initiatives Produce Better Outcomes

Final Recap: How to Deal with the Coronavirus Pandemic

Final Recap: How to Deal with the Coronavirus Pandemic

"To Fee, or Not to Fee," Rebuilding Profitability During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Future Regulatory Intervention and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Future Regulatory Intervention and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Challenges Facing Banks and Credit Unions During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Challenges Facing Banks and Credit Unions During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Relief and Assistance Efforts: Legislative Programs and Guidance During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Relief and Assistance Efforts: Legislative Programs and Guidance During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Similarities Between the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Similarities Between the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus: From Health Crisis to Financial Crisis

Coronavirus: From Health Crisis to Financial Crisis

Key Takeaways from Money 20/20

Key Takeaways from Money 20/20

Why You Should Evaluate Your Non-Interest Income Strategy

Why You Should Evaluate Your Non-Interest Income Strategy

Ceto and Associates Celebrates 25 Years of Success

Ceto and Associates Celebrates 25 Years of Success

Updates: Bank Mergers & Acquisitions

Updates: Bank Mergers & Acquisitions

Do We Really Need Staff in Branches?

Do We Really Need Staff in Branches?

4 Tools for Attracting and Retaining Deposits in a Digitally Competitive Landscape

4 Tools for Attracting and Retaining Deposits in a Digitally Competitive Landscape

The Pros and Cons of Relationship Pricing

The Pros and Cons of Relationship Pricing

Banking Trends: What Products and Services are on the Rise, and which are Declining?

Banking Trends: What Products and Services are on the Rise, and which are Declining?

The Pros and Cons of Reward Checking and Relationship Packaging

The Pros and Cons of Reward Checking and Relationship Packaging

The Ethical Conflict that is Continuous Day Overdraft

The Ethical Conflict that is Continuous Day Overdraft

Retail Banking Trends – Financial Education as a Marketing Tool

Retail Banking Trends – Financial Education as a Marketing Tool

Find and Solve the Cause of Revenue Leakage

Find and Solve the Cause of Revenue Leakage

The Pros and Cons of Using Third Parties

The Pros and Cons of Using Third Parties

Technology for Banking in 2018

Technology for Banking in 2018

How does Bank Consolidation Impact Product Pricing?

How does Bank Consolidation Impact Product Pricing?

Non-Interest Income, More than Courtesy Overdraft

Non-Interest Income, More than Courtesy Overdraft

How CECL Impacts the Financial Industry

How CECL Impacts the Financial Industry

The Staffing Conundrum

The Staffing Conundrum

Five Tools to Help Improve Operational Efficiency

Five Tools to Help Improve Operational Efficiency

How to Figure Out Your Efficiency Ratio

How to Figure Out Your Efficiency Ratio

The Evolution of Banking Delivery Channels

The Evolution of Banking Delivery Channels

Fintech: What are the Real Threats to Financial Institutions

Fintech: What are the Real Threats to Financial Institutions

Retail Banking Trends – The Universal Banker

Retail Banking Trends – The Universal Banker

How Rising Rates Are Affecting the Fixed Rate Mortgage Industry

How Rising Rates Are Affecting the Fixed Rate Mortgage Industry

Are You Going Digital? Lending 101

Are You Going Digital? Lending 101

Loan Origination Processes and Challenges Part 3 – Commercial Loans

Loan Origination Processes and Challenges Part 3 – Commercial Loans

Rising Interest Rates and Loan Foreclosures

Rising Interest Rates and Loan Foreclosures

Updates: Credit Union Mergers & Acquisitions

Updates: Credit Union Mergers & Acquisitions

Certificates of Deposit in a Rising Rate Environment

Certificates of Deposit in a Rising Rate Environment

Real-Time Payments are Coming to America

Real-Time Payments are Coming to America

What Blockchain Means for Banking

What Blockchain Means for Banking

2017 Regulatory Updates – Year in Review

2017 Regulatory Updates – Year in Review

Relationship Pricing, What is it Really?

Relationship Pricing, What is it Really?

Loan Origination Processes and Challenges Part 2 – Mortgage Loans

Loan Origination Processes and Challenges Part 2 – Mortgage Loans

CFPB Focus and Bulletins during 2017

CFPB Focus and Bulletins during 2017

2018 Outlook – The Fed, Monetary Policy, and Interest Rates

2018 Outlook – The Fed, Monetary Policy, and Interest Rates

The Importance of Defining and Understanding Your Competitors

The Importance of Defining and Understanding Your Competitors

Mystery Shopping & Market Research: DIY or Hire a Professional

Mystery Shopping & Market Research: DIY or Hire a Professional

The Importance of Non- Interest Income, let’s not be so adverse to fee

The Importance of Non- Interest Income, let’s not be so adverse to fee

Benefits of Courtesy Overdraft Programs

Benefits of Courtesy Overdraft Programs

Loan Origination Processes and Challenges Part 1 – Consumer Loans

Loan Origination Processes and Challenges Part 1 – Consumer Loans

The Difference between Data, Information and Actionable Intelligence

The Difference between Data, Information and Actionable Intelligence

"Taking the Bounce out of the Elasticity of Demand"

Aligning, Designing and Pricing Deposit Products to Meet Objectives

Aligning, Designing and Pricing Deposit Products to Meet Objectives

How I Learned to Stop Fighting the Fed

How I Learned to Stop Fighting the Fed

With Rising Rates, could there be a Mortgage Refinance Boom?

With Rising Rates, could there be a Mortgage Refinance Boom?

Rewards Checking Products. The Pros and Cons

Rewards Checking Products. The Pros and Cons

What is Competitive Intelligence?

What is Competitive Intelligence?

Good Customers Are Not Always Profitable Customers

Good Customers Are Not Always Profitable Customers

M&A Activity for Community Banks in 2017

M&A Activity for Community Banks in 2017

Importance of Employing Diagnostics in Uncovering Potential Issues

Importance of Employing Diagnostics in Uncovering Potential Issues

2016 CFPB Update: CFBP Focus and Bulletins During 2016

2016 CFPB Update: CFBP Focus and Bulletins During 2016

We Need to Talk!

We Need to Talk!

A Look Ahead at M & A in the Banking Sector During 2016

A Look Ahead at M & A in the Banking Sector During 2016

Information Technology and Banking

Information Technology and Banking

National Bank or Community Bank / Credit Union

National Bank or Community Bank / Credit Union

How the way we Lend is Changing

How the way we Lend is Changing

Has Budgeting Become a Lost Art?

Has Budgeting Become a Lost Art?

The Best America has to Offer

The Best America has to Offer

Using the General Ledger to Improve Efficiency Ratios

Using the General Ledger to Improve Efficiency Ratios

Improving the Customer Experience

Improving the Customer Experience

Operational Efficiency Defined

Operational Efficiency Defined

Product Simplification: Back to Basics

Product Simplification: Back to Basics

A Follow Up to Data Breaches

A Follow Up to Data Breaches

How About a Second Chance?

How About a Second Chance?

The Real Threat of Data Breaches, Trust me.

The Real Threat of Data Breaches, Trust me.

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Senator Durbin, May I Please Have Some Water?

Senator Durbin, May I Please Have Some Water?

Are Community Banks Going the Way of the Airline Industry?

Are Community Banks Going the Way of the Airline Industry?