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FDIC Proposes to Align Real Estate Lending Standards with CBLR

ABA Community Banking

The FDIC proposed changes to its guidelines for real estate lending policies in order to align standards with the community bank leverage ratio, which does not require electing institutions to calculate tier 2 capital or total capital.

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FDIC Chair’s recent interview gives insight into FDIC’s agenda

CFPB Monitor

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked. Get details in "A guide to implementing credit policy."

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Navigating Liquidity, Funding, and Return in the Paycheck Protection Program

Abrigo

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. How to fund PPP loans.

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

Jeff For Banks

Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. They couldn't get regulatory approval.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. Although this is higher than the current top guideline of Fed Funds rate of 25 basis points, I feel comfortable using it as a proxy for bank savings rates.

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GAO report on private student loan rehabilitation programs calls on CFPB to provide clarification

CFPB Monitor

In addition, it directed the GAO to review the implementation of the amendment. (In February 2019, the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board issued a joint advisory to make financial institutions aware of the provisions in the Economic Growth Act dealing with loan rehabilitation programs.).

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