Abrigo

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Key Takeaways The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2019. The top lending and credit blog posts focused on improving loan pricing, creating a better experience for borrowers, and developing risk ratings. Popular articles about credit, lending.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Adapt to a dynamic banking environment with real-time lending & credit data Lender dashboards and reports showing the lending pipeline, pricing trends, emerging risks, workflow bottlenecks, etc. Ironically, data for making lending and credit decisions for the financial institution can also be one of the toughest assets to harness.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 15, 2024

We feel that as community bankers, we can learn from Jamie Dimon (Chairman and CEO of JPM) and from Warren Buffet’s annual shareholder letters. As usual, it was full of insight that every community banker should consider. Our focus is on information that pertains to the community banking industry.

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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. Related to a top-down analysis is a reverse stress test.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A DFS analysis of the dealer markups of the contracts purchased by Rhinebeck during the relevant time period found that Black, Hispanic, and Asian borrowers, on average, paid more in discretionary dealer markups than non-Hispanic white borrowers at statistically significant rates ranging from 15% to 39%. L. §§ 296-a(1)(b) and (3).

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Many community banks and credit unions are turning to small business loans as a source of loan growth. In their Spring 2016 Semiannual Risk Perspective , regulators have publicly acknowledged increasing risk in commercial real estate lending, so small business lending seems like it may be an alternative path.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Last week, P2Bi announced the rollout of a new partnership program that enables community banks to participate in its small business loan marketplace. Community banks are typically a better bet for small businesses in search of a loan, with approval rates higher than those at larger financial institutions. suggests a shift is ahead.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. With clearance to move forward with its plans, the community banking landscape will see its first new industry player in years. have emerged to do.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 22, 2022

After announcing in 2021 their intent to work collaboratively to update the CRA regulations to achieve a more consistent framework, revisions to the CRA’s implementing regulations were recently proposed by the three U.S. banking regulators (the “2022 Joint Notice” or the “Proposal”). Performance Tests and Standards.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Abrigo's most popular risk management blogs over the last 12 months cover topics that continue to catch the attention of professionals and regulators. Probability of default and how it's used for expected loss Probability of Default/Loss Given Default analysis is a method used by larger institutions to calculate expected loss.

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American Banker

JUNE 9, 2023

Economic analysis from the real estate advisory CBRE finds that community banks are particularly imperiled by their exposure to commercial real estate loans. Others see looming risks in indirect lending.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 31, 2017

The Independent Community Bankers of America issued a statement calling on the Trump administration “to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws.” Requiring community banks to expand their market presence into neighboring counties would force them to alter their model and sound business practices.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Small businesses (SMBs) in China are struggling to access bank loans with large, state-owned corporations, according to recent analysis from French trade credit insurer Coface , reported CNBC. However, analysts said these initiatives are likely to take some time to make an impact on the SMB community.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

And regulators are getting anxious. and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. The OCC did an excellent analysis of the impact of this guidance in 2013. Whatever that means.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket. This reflects a larger industry trend.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A group of 96 organizations and individuals, who describe themselves as consisting of “consumer, labor, civil rights, legal services, faith, community and financial organizations and academics,” have sent a letter to the CFPB urging the Bureau to regulate fee-based earned wage access (EWA) products as credit subject to the Truth in Lending Act.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2019

VeChain, which was started in 2015 in Singapore, showcases a lending platform based on the blockchain that aids clients in assessing the quality of items purchased via supply chain analysis. A hacker reportedly took tokens worth $6.7 The platform features the VeThor Token (VTHO) and VeChain Token (VET).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Plus, there is new evidence that the middle-market business community fared particularly well in the first quarter. Not only do the figures suggest ramped-up competition between alternative and traditional lenders, but also competition within the alternative and marketplace lending community itself. Beyond the U.S.,

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Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2023

If the system is not efficient and manual data entry contributes to increased risk, a greater headcount is not the solution. The benefits of a user community Businesses always pursue growth and improvement. Improving systems is about leveraging your financial institution's processes to get the most out of its personnel.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Greater uncertainty wins as the Supreme Court upholds statistical evidence in fair lending claims. Supreme Court, it is, and the high court’s recent ruling to that effect is likely to affect community banks, their regulatory examinations and their potential exposure to fair lending lawsuits. lending compliance.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Strategies to lessen the impact of CECL on smaller community banks. Cost-benefit analysis: What is the FASB’s process, and how much of that information is public? Some CECL critics have called upon FASB to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of CECL to address and better understand the financial implications of the standard.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Learn how a core deposit analysis helped improve this institution's forecasts. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 31, 2019, and June 3, 2021, according to the Community Banking in the 21st Century report. Lending & Credit Risk. billion from $515.3

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. Bankers and industry observers have several recommendations for how community banks can come up with risk ratings and rankings that foster safe growth in a volatile economic climate.

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Abrigo

MARCH 17, 2022

The Stress Test Scenarios for Big Banks Are Useful for Smaller Institutions' Own Tests Banking regulators recently released the 2022 scenarios for upcoming stress tests by the biggest banks. The 2022 stress test scenarios provide a blueprint for community banks and credit unions to get started on their own stress tests.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2020

Key Takeaways Financial institutions have 10 calendar days to disburse PPP loans To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending. To address financial institutions’ liquidity and leverage concerns, regulators have helped to facilitate lending.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Periu is CEO and co-founder of Neptune Financial (NepFin) , one of the newer lending companies in the U.S., Quality of earnings reports and analysis are fundamental in this market, the executive added. and one that is taking on middle-market borrowers with between $10 million and $100 million in revenue.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

The ABA has a new report out on how banks are using social media, and much of the report focuses on using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like to boost customer service, make connections in the community and recruit staff. His recent research reports have covered SMB lending, alternative lenders and automating commercial lending.

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Takeaway 2 A good deposit analysis helps institutions do more than simply understand how to manage non-maturity balances in the ALM model. Banks in rural America are not going to have the same kind of lending activities, or depositor relationships as this bank seemingly had. Do you get that from your deposit analysis ?

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Abrigo

JULY 24, 2020

Users of Abrigo’s PPP Forgiveness and Administration solution , part of the Sageworks SBA Lending solution, will be able to submit multiple submissions using automation via an Application Programming Interface (APIs) to the PPP Forgiveness Platform. Credit Analysis Training. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Favorable Regulations. With financial institutions continuing to explore how to service small businesses operating in this industry without running afoul of federal law, credit unions, along with community banks, have worked to fill in the finserv gap as larger financial institutions back away, according to Politico.

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Abrigo

JULY 30, 2020

Regulators will have elevated interest in credit risk and the resulting impact in the months ahead. Meanwhile, recognizing that other financial institutions are vital to their own communities, regulators also have a long history of requiring various stress tests on individual risk areas of other institutions. Asset/Liability.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 22, 2015

Peer to Peer (P2P) lending is one of those situations and banks have started to experiment with it, taking P2P lending to main street. Banks are certainly not playing hide and seek with P2P lending. Regulation is an important issue for banks to get into P2P lending and depending the country, there may be restrictions.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). The following is an example of how I would address the structural exception of non-recourse lending. Generally speaking (subject to Regulation B), business loans should be guaranteed by the principals of the borrower.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Key Takeaways Effective credit risk review promotes lending agility. Regulators consider an effective loan review system vital for financial institutions’ efforts to meet safety and soundness standards. Regulators consider an effective loan review system vital for financial institutions’ efforts to meet safety and soundness standards.

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