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2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker

We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example. Key Community Bank. At the heart of Key Community Bank’s work culture is connection. Greg Dennis, Key Community Bank. “We

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GAO: Dodd-Frank beginning to impact community banks and credit unions

Abrigo

Government Accountability Office (GAO), community banks and credit unions are starting feel the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. The GAO report, released on December 30th, examined nine Dodd-Frank rules that became effective as of October 2015 for impact on community banks and credit unions.

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Cutting the red tape for community banks

Abrigo

By eliminating or revising some of the items that banks must include in their call reports the FFIEC hopes to streamline the reporting and decrease the amount of time spent on them. The new data reporting plan is available for public comment now, and if passed, would likely take affect for Q4 or first quarter 2016 call reports.

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How the OCC risk governance framework applies to community banks

Abrigo

For those with assets between $100 billion and $750 billion, the effective date is May 10, 2015, and for those between $50 billion and $100 billion, guidance will be effective on May 10, 2016. While the final guidance clearly applies to larger financial institutions, community banks should still take note.

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How Use of Multiple CECL Models can Reduce Dependence on Large Q-Factor Adjustments

Jack Henry

Current Expected Credit Loss, or CECL for short) in January 2023, community banks and credit unions are fully engaged. When CECL was first released back in 2016, the prevailing thought was that achieving compliance basically meant choosing a model and filling it with data.

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FASB: No Delay for CECL Implementation Date

Abrigo

Earlier this month, the FASB considered and rejected further deferral of the CECL standard, initially issued in 2016 in response to the 2008 global financial crisis. The decision appears to mark the board’s final word on ongoing petitions from community banks and credit unions who asked for a delay or total exemption.

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Important Considerations When Growing the CRE Portfolio

Abrigo

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. This reflects a larger industry trend. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket.