Abrigo

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Earlier this month, the FASB considered and rejected further deferral of the CECL standard, initially issued in 2016 in response to the 2008 global financial crisis. The decision appears to mark the board’s final word on ongoing petitions from community banks and credit unions who asked for a delay or total exemption. CECL Regulation.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Working through any difficulty or crisis at your community bank won’t be a walk in the park, but it may lead to an experience for which you’re truly grateful. As a community banker, you’re either going through a crisis or you’re preparing for one. This experience also firmly shaped how we work with regulators.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

A bill that would give regional banks a break on regulation was before the U.S. The bill also gives regulators more discretion in deciding when to require stress tests of capital adequacy for banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets in the event of another crisis,” according to a summary of the bill in MarketWatch.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Top down and bottom up analysis can inform capital assessments. Some financial institutions may view stress testing as a “check the box” practice to satisfy regulators, but others are making the most out of the process. Stress testing and capital adequacy.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

Though small businesses have suffered from a gap in financing availability post-2008, the demographic continues to shape the financial markets. One of these lenders, Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution , better known as Clearinghouse CDFI, offers an interesting view into the state of SME finance. A Regional Reach.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2015

Thursday also served as a preview for their shareholders of what’s to come next Wednesday, when the Fed announces whether it has approved of each bank’s plans to return some of the reserved capital to shareholders, following the positive results. Stress testing is a critical risk management technique that deserves bolstering.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions. Section 4012 – Temporary Relief For Community Banks.

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NCR

MARCH 7, 2018

However, these firms have long been barred from offering full financial services in the US due to regulations mandating the separation of commerce and banking. But now one key regulator in the US has suggesting this could change. At the moment, thoughts of any changes to these regulations are still hypothetical.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The alternative finance boom post-2008 financial crisis undoubtedly provided more options for small business (SMB) borrowers, but that doesn’t mean the industry is guaranteed to become a staple among entrepreneurs seeking financing. In the U.S., It’s on this business model that alternative finance in the U.K. In the U.S.,

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza. April 2011.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 10, 2020

Regardless of their viewpoints on capital recovery, now is the time for banking leaders to reevaluate their planning strategies. In a recent Fortune survey, 55% of corporate executives said they expect to return to 2019 capital spending levels sometime in 2021. What businesses need capital in the interim? Capital will be king!

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Historic collapse SVB is different from other financial institutions The FDIC closure and assumption of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the largest bank failure since 2008 – is a stark reminder that when a crisis occurs, it can spread as fast as a wildfire in dry fields with a strong wind. Boy, did that impact capital ratios.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

There are places where we should do targeted changes in laws and regulations to make sure community banks don’t have to endure regulations…for problems like disrupting the entire U.S. economy when they really don’t pose that kind of threat,” Ms. Warren said. We can work together when you are not changing the law,” she said. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Intuit found 42 percent of SMBs have experienced cash flow issues in the last year alone, despite tax cuts and other regulatory policies designed to support the small business community. Twelve percent of small businesses surveyed by Wells Fargo said the biggest lesson they learned since the 2008 financial crisis was to monitor cash flow.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2017

Calling the legislation — which put capital and other requirements in place in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis — “a great start,” Paul Merski, executive vice president of Congressional relations and strategy at Independent Community Bankers of America, said smaller banks will be able to increase lending activity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

For one, Harman explained, SMEs that have a positive experience with an alternative lender will tell the others in the business community. Small businesses traditionally migrate to three options when they need capital, the executive said: personal funds, friends and family, or a credit card. Loan sizes have gone up.”.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Community bankers offer real-world reasons for more Basel III relief. Nearly one year after the Basel III capital rules went into effect, community bankers say that now recognize just how much more complex and how much more difficult this new set of capital rules will make life and business for them if they remain in place.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Intuit found 42 percent of SMBs say they have experienced cash flow issues in the last year alone despite tax cuts and other regulatory policies designed to support the small business community. 12 percent of small businesses surveyed by Wells Fargo say the biggest lesson they learned since the 2008 financial crisis was to monitor cash flow.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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FICO

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? They can optimize the use of their capital and who they lend to.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

A New Accounting Twist—ICBA’s accounting expert James Kendrick tells community banks to closely watch for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s pending new standards for recognizing credit losses, much earlier than currently required. IB: How would this affect community banks? IB: What is being proposed by FASB?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The global financial crisis in 2008 was, in many ways, a catalyst to this innovation, especially in the area of small business (SMB) finance, as banks pulled their services away from SMBs and FinTechs stepped in to offer another option. despite a flurry of concerns over regulations, economic development and more.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

’s Open Banking regulation made waves in the financial services market, and those effects have been felt far beyond the U.K.’s Today, Australian FIs are facing increased pressure from regulators, especially when it comes to small business banking and lending. ’s — and even Europe’s — borders.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 5, 2020

Key Takeaways This recession is significantly different than the 2008 financial crisis, creating a unique credit environment for financial institutions. This recession is significantly different than the 2008 financial crisis, creating a unique credit environment for financial institutions. Asset/Liability. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Except maybe they did partly.

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Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2022

At recent Abrigo CECL Kickstart webinars, consultants demonstrated CECL implementation practices with an emphasis on the needs of community banks and credit unions. Once factors like the economy, new regulations, management changes, or even natural disasters are factored in, a greater allowance may be necessary. Keep me informed.

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Abrigo

MARCH 20, 2015

For the largest of American financial institutions – those that much of the public banks with for checking, mortgages and auto loans – stress testing regulations have been passed and executed to avoid a repeat of 2008. The ratio gauges a bank’s ability to cover its bad debts with its tangible equity capital.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Things went off the rails, not surprisingly, in 2008 — courtesy of the financial crisis. More businesses opened than closed — until 2008. In the aftermath of 2008, only 20 counties — most of them rimming major cities and tech hubs — drove 50 percent of small business formation. The mix of these businesses is also very different.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2022

Banks that take too much risk fail, and banks that take too little risk produce returns below their cost of capital and either get acquired or driven out of business. Instantly, the cash flow for those businesses that many community banks lent to is impacted. By mid-2008, that turned into a 50% discount and then a 70% discount.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

From opposite political directions, Senators Shelby and Brown stand on point to greatly influence community banking’s agenda in the next Congress. The mix of contrasts and similarities of Shelby’s and Brown’s perspectives and policymaking portend an active session for community banking’s agenda in the new 114th Congress. By Ed Avis.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). It is a turnaround story because the bank was hammered with credit problems between 2008-11, when it lost over $200 million. Its size today, at $2.8 Today that number is 2.6%.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

But regardless of all that, $1 trillion of value has indeed materialized and grown on blockchain-based financial networks since 2008. If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

But regardless of all that, $1 trillion of value has indeed materialized and grown on blockchain-based financial networks since 2008. If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It does not take an army, but a community. Do we live in a world where it is good that regulators are able to punish malfeasance? Whether or not it, i.e., the regulation and its enforcement, works is a separate question. You can slice and dice exposure, and bundle and re-bundle synthetic capital. Nothing is sacred.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 21, 2012

Since I estimate my Twitter community only reads about 10% of their tweet stream, and so many of my blog readers do not follow Twitter, below are selected quotes that I tweeted so far this year. JeffMarsico Credit Union CEO: "The differences between CUs & community banks are inflated by trade groups. We should focus on big banks."

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FICO

MARCH 25, 2020

Following the global COVID-19 outbreak, the collections & recoveries (C&R) community across Europe has jumped into action to safeguard customers, employees and wider stakeholders. This approach was particularly successful for Germany during the 2008-09 crisis, resulting in Germany only seeing a 0.9% Customer Forbearance.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. This regulation reduced trading profits and created a need to cut costs, spurring investment banks to spin off unprofitable divisions or eliminate them entirely.

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