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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 3 Loan-level stress testing can help assess repricing risk, while capital stress testing helps clarify the impact of CRE loan losses on capital.

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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

Equally important is the bank’s securities duration, as shown in the graph below. Approximately 56% of the bank’s securities had repricing greater than 15 years. SVB’s securities portfolio is high credit quality (Treasuries and quality MBS) but long duration. at the end of 2022, with $2.4B

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Interest rate risk management in a rising rate environment

Abrigo

WATCH Takeaway 1 Earning more income and mitigating interest rate risk isn’t as simple as charging higher rates on loans and earning higher rates on the investment portfolio. Takeaway 2 Some banks and credit unions were late movers and are now scrambling to lock in funding for the short term to meet liquidity and capital needs.

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What Banks Can Learn from the Republic Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

Even more stark was the bank’s securities repricing. But because the bank’s securities portfolio was more than double its peer group’s average (41% of the balance sheet for the bank, vs. 19% for peers), the NIM generated by the securities portfolio was key to the bank’s NIM and profitability contraction.

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Capital Float On The Path To Video-Based KYC Implementation

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Developing a quick, seamless and secure onboarding process for financial institutions (FIs), lending startups and other financial services providers has long posed its trials. Capital Float had provided 500,000 clients with $1.2 Capital Float had provided 500,000 clients with $1.2

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How Federal Debt May Impact Banking

South State Correspondent

Because secular changes occur over decades, many management teams miss the telltale signs of significant secular disruptions—think of a frog boiling slowly in a pot, not appreciating the changes in the water temperature over a longer period. As risk management becomes more prominent, technology and data mining become an indispensable tool.

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10 Reports every bank and credit union should run NOW

Abrigo

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. They help manage and shape strategy in volatile economic and industry conditions. the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) and the minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio).

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