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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Bankers should examine warning signs and shore up defenses for existing income-producing CRE loans as part of commercial property loan risk management. But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits.

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Combating inconsistency in risk management

Abrigo

When it comes to the risk management process, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. “It is as much an art as a science,” says Tim McPeak, risk management consultant at Sageworks. Other common manual errors include double counting income and debt-service and excluding necessary tax forms.

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Remembering 9/11 – A Pivotal Day for BSA/AML Professionals

Abrigo

BSA was intended to detect illicit activity through cash and monetary instruments to catch tax evaders using secret foreign bank accounts. The importantance of the BSA tole came to be paramount to the entrie risk management program and included as part of the federal safety and soundness examinations. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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Conducting an exam-proof AML/CFT risk assessment for credit unions

Abrigo

Step two Identify inherent risk vs. residual risk Inherent risk is any activity or factor posed to the credit union, notwithstanding applying any management or risk mitigation tools. This example is a situation with a "high" inherent risk and "strong" mitigating controls. If so, how is this monitored?

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What are opportunities for accountants to provide advisory services?

Abrigo

Accounting, audit and tax services are unlikely to be the growth engines of the accounting profession in the coming years. The weeks and months following the end of tax and audit seasons represent an excellent time for firm leaders to take stock of their accounting practices and the services clients may need.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. But isn't fast growth by itself an indicator of increased risk of failure, regardless of the loans that fueled the growth? Anxiety, anxiety, anxiety.

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Siron Financial Crime Solutions Are Moving from FICO to IMTF

FICO

The suite includes SironAML (Anti Money Laundering), SironKYC (Know Your Customer), SironEMBARGO (Sanctions Screening) and SironTCR (Tax Compliance) with associated case management and reporting. TJ Horan is vice president of Product Management at FICO, leading the Solution Product Management team for Lifecycle Products.