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UK Card Spend Reaches Highest Level Since at Least 2006

FICO

But this year’s rise seems to also have been driven by inflation, pushing the amount of average credit card spend in the UK to the highest level since our UK Risk Benchmarking records began in 2006. This rise occurred in a month when UK retail sales volumes were widely reported as being down relative to past years.

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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. How did we get here? Ashbaugh’s presentation begins with a quick summary of why regulators care about HVCRE.

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Are you diversifying your portfolio appropriately?

Abrigo

Consequently, interagency guidance on CRE concentration risk management , released in 2006, helps institutions pursue CRE lending with safety and soundness. Important to note, though, is that these loans would comprise part of the 300 percent CRE limit set by the 2006 interagency guidance. Blog Bank Credit Union'

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UK Credit Cards: Are "Established" Accounts in Trouble?

FICO

In comparison, the average Established cards balances at risk was 47 percent higher than all vintages in 2018. All of these trends will be of concern to risk managers. This group is showing increased rates of missed payments and other signs of financial stress.

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Putting excess liquidity to work in today’s low-rate environment

Abrigo

These times are different than the early 2000s or even 2006 to 2018 when economic activity was roaring, unemployment was low and financial institution liquidity was tight. Credit Risk Management. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets & Economic Update 4Q23 by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Unsurprisingly, the largest declines occurred starting monthly in March, 2006 and on a y-o-y basis in September, 2006 and continued to November, 2009. We all remember the Great Recession, which began in 2007, but the LEI knew it as early as March, 2006. The largest monthly decline took place in May, 2009 at -27.2%

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UK Cards Data: Increase in Cardholders Missing Two Payments

FICO

Liz joined FICO in 2006 and works closely with financial services clients in the UK, Ireland, the European Union, the Middle East and India in supporting their customer management and collections disciplines.

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