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Important Considerations When Growing the CRE Portfolio

Abrigo

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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How to stress test your ag portfolio

Abrigo

The report, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , stated that demand could remain high since futures markets for fall crops show prices are likely to remain low because of the potential for another record harvest. The challenge is that market conditions in this type of lending tend to be volatile. Production costs 3.

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OCC issues final fair access rule

CFPB Monitor

The final rule adopts the OCC’s proposal with two changes: Language is added in the final rule to clarify that a bank can decline to provide a person with access to a financial service if doing so is necessary for the bank to comply with another provision of law, such as laws on credit, capital, liquidity, and interest rate risk.