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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. The impact is not consistent.”

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3rd annual Risk Management Summit proves “valuable” and “insightful”

Abrigo

More than 140 bankers and industry experts from over 30 states gathered in Nashville, Tennessee last month for the 3rd annual Risk Management Summit hosted by Sageworks. Many are feeling added pressure from their regulators, and one attendee mentioned the “stress testing ideas and requirements were beneficial.

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Fed: Supervisory problems on the rise for banks of all sizes

American Banker

In its biannual report on supervision and regulation, the Federal Reserve Board noted an uptick in governance issues with large banks. Regional and community banks, meanwhile, were plagued by IT problems and risk management struggles.

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Regulators Can't Force Good Risk Management

American Banker

Financial incentives leading firms to strengthen risk governance internally is better than regulators mandating risk management standards.

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Why boosting your check fraud prevention is worth the effort

Abrigo

And FinCEN reported that Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filings for check fraud in 2022 exceeded 680,000, nearly doubling the number of filings the previous year. Check fraud can cause catastrophic losses The increase in check fraud has taken a heavy toll on banks such as Regions Financial Corp.

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FDIC proposes stricter governance guidelines for regional banks

American Banker

issued a proposal requiring larger banks to implement a three-line-of-defense risk management model and increased board independence in response to observed weaknesses in corporate governance during past financial crises and recent bank failures. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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US Lenders Cautious About Making European Loans Amid Pandemic

PYMNTS

“Every bank is under the cosh of its national regulators, who in times of crisis show a huge home bias,” said Jan Pieter Krahnen, director of the Center for Financial Studies at the University of Frankfurt, according to FT. This heavily influences risk management and regional exposure, which comes at the expense of clients abroad.”.

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