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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

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. Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

When and how to cite credit exceptions A policy on credit exceptions can address many factors that can lead financial institutions to diverge from loan policy and miss signs of potential trouble. You might also like these on-demand webinars on tackling common credit risk questions.

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What Basic Functions Should My Loan Origination System (LOS) Perform?

Abrigo

Knowing these elements of an LOS and an LOS vendor is critical for senior financial institution executives either shopping for an LOS for the first time or considering an improvement to their bank or credit union’s current business lending process. LOS process management features. Lending process management is key to timely decisions.

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Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations

PYMNTS

It was supposed to be a strong year for lending across the board, after a stumpy 2017, which saw numbers in both consumer and commercial lending tending toward a slump. It was almost like a dam broke when the tax legislation got enacted,” said Steve Steinour, CEO of Huntington Bancshares Inc. “We As of early 2018, U.S.

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CRE loan distress: Spot the symptoms, diagnose, and treat problem loans

Abrigo

Here’s how banks and credit unions with strong CRE risk management can identify weakening property loans, assess them, triage them, and assist with their prognosis and treatment. Beyond a hard money default due to a payment or maturity event, early warning signs for CRE loans typically manifest as a : Failure to pay real estate taxes.

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The math behind small business lending: Problems & possibilities for banks & credit unions

Abrigo

Recent dynamics of the small business lending market A deep understanding of the small business lending landscape and potential efficiencies can help banks and credit unions grow their portfolios. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending. Record new business formation and a wider gap between U.S.

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Using Enterprise Risk Management to Achieve Bank Stability

NCR

As a result of the recession and market volatility, there has been a concerted effort in recent years throughout the banking industry to focus on a holistic approach to an institution’s overall risk management in order to achieve and sustain stability. Does your financial institution use Enterprise Risk Management to achieve stability?