Abrigo

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Takeaway 3 Credit analysts need training to understand the working capital cycle, look for hidden risks, and be aware of accounting changes. Assign clear responsibilities and establish accountability at all levels—from mechanics and calculations to analysis of covenant breaches. Talk to a specialist to learn more.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 19, 2015

The Recession and its subsequent rate of bank failures underscore the need for banks of all sizes to invest in developing a capital plan. The Recession taught many institutions that whatever processes had been in place for managing capital were not sufficient. The result was insufficient capital. Forward-looking review 4.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 7, 2024

On April 26, 2024, Republic First Bank (DBA Republic Bank) was seized by state regulators and the long running bank drama came to an end. However, that faster growth was not unusual and reflects the bank’s higher growth markets. This first bank failure in 2024 is reported to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $667mm.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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BankUnderground

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Reforms following the 2008 financial crisis have led to significant increases in banks’ capital requirements. Profitability determines the opportunity cost of shrinking assets, and underpins the ability to generate capital. We adjust the official G-SIB score to make it suitable for our analysis. The G-SIB framework.

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). Takeaway 2 Asset/liability management models use earnings or income simulation models and gap analysis to measure short-term IRR. EAR, Gap Analysis. Regulatory Emphasis.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Despite a regulation crackdown and other issues, investors have continued to fund cryptocurrency startups in 2018, with ICOs raising $11.8 According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of nearly 900 offerings listed on ICOBench.com, that is more than double the $5.5 The private market is going to be hot for a while.”.

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. Takeaway 2 Reports that assess capital, growth, and liquidity provide banking professionals data to drive decisions. Regulators review them to assess safety and soundness.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Our top ten blogs were created by Abrigo's team, which includes former bankers, regulators, and industry experts. Takeaway 1 Changing economic landscapes, investment markets, interest rates, customer demand, mergers, and acquisitions affect ALM decisions. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Learn more.

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BankUnderground

JANUARY 19, 2023

To what extent are prices of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) assets driven by the sentiment of market participants, as opposed to economic fundamentals? To answer this question, I make use of Natural Language Processing ( NLP ) tools and an original corpus of tweets to capture market sentiment around climate change.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 27, 2021

Repo markets form part of the plumbing of the financial system. When there is a blockage in repo it has repercussions on financial markets. Importance of repo markets. Small changes in the cost or availability of repo can therefore have a significant impact on financial markets and the real economy. Rupal Patel.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple (XRP) has overtaken Ethereum within the last 24 hours, with a 7 percent surge in price for a market valuation of $24.28 But with the market cap of Ethereum only slightly below that of Ripple — combined with the weak volume of XRP — it is likely that Ethereum will regain its position as the second-most valuable cryptocurrency soon.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Amid the talk of filling in the small business (SMB) financing gap banks have left since the financial crisis, the rush of FinTechs, alternative and marketplace lenders coming to market may have left another business segment behind: the middle market, particularly the lower middle market. We’re not looking to replace banks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

The Financial Stability Board says Basel III rules have not led to a squeeze of the small business bank lending market, according to reports on Friday (June 7). The FSB announced Friday the findings of its analysis of Basel III regulations on the small business lending space. Some regulators aimed to mitigate that impact.

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TheGuardian

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Analysis: Bosses will have to prove their aversion to dubious wealthy clients if they are to regain trust of markets and regulators Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians What is the Suisse secrets leak and why are we publishing it?

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Abrigo

AUGUST 2, 2023

Takeaway 3 Financial institution management can focus on mitigating risk and understanding portfolio dynamics when the analysis is streamlined. The scrutiny is understandable, given financial institutions’ exposure to commercial real estate and current economic and market forces. estimates $1.45 See how in this whitepaper.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 1, 2022

Takeaway 2 Even small banks or credit unions not regulated by the Federal Reserve are required to address control risks from models. As financial regulators have noted , this oversight is important because of the "possible adverse consequences (including financial loss) of decisions based on models that are incorrect or misused.”

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Abrigo

JUNE 17, 2015

The report, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , stated that demand could remain high since futures markets for fall crops show prices are likely to remain low because of the potential for another record harvest. The challenge is that market conditions in this type of lending tend to be volatile. Production costs 3.

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Abrigo

JULY 14, 2023

For example, say your management and board’s strategy for the upcoming year is to grow the CRE loan portfolio by 10%, and the institution needs to consider expanding into new markets to achieve this goal. This analysis will identify CRE types where the institution may be already bumping up against its in-house policy concentration limits.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 14, 2022

You might also like this whitepaper, "Stress Testing: Managing Capital Levels and Credit Risk." Takeaway 3 Utilize regulatory guidance to understand regulators' expectations, which are likely to include consistent stress testing. So how can banks help customers keep up in uncertain markets? keep me informed. Know your limits.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The institution can more easily capitalize on opportunities and avoid unnecessary risk. With the amount of data an institution has at its fingertips, it can be hard to determine what’s relevant and how to apply it for the most effective reporting and analysis. What are the credit trends in our portfolio and market?

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Abrigo

JANUARY 11, 2022

Financial institution leaders and decision-makers constantly face choices for how to effectively manage their institutions in the wake of changing economic landscapes, investment markets, interest rates, customer demand, mergers, acquisitions, and more recently, pandemics. For example, suppose an institution is looking to grow assets.

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BankUnderground

JUNE 29, 2023

In March 2020, as Covid morphed into a global pandemic, financial institutions around the world struggled to obtain liquidity and funding – with the subsequent ‘dash for cash’ even causing stress in the US Treasury market ( Ivashina and Breckenfelder (2021) , Vissing-Jorgensen (2021) , FSB (2020a) ).

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Abrigo

AUGUST 30, 2022

Expanding the commercial loan portfolio in today's market With the right strategies, banks and credit unions can expand their commercial loan portfolios successfully. Takeaway 2 With high net interest margins, high real estate values, and lack of alternative markets to invest in, the time is right for commercial loans.

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Abrigo

JULY 31, 2022

Takeaway 2 Financial institutions can use the statistics to gauge how aggressive or conservative regulators may view models. . To generate the Interest Rate Risk Statistics Report, OCC examiners collect data on how their regulated institutions are managing the interest rate risk variables and subsequent reported risk levels.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

trillion global payments market with free services, banks could lose as much as $280 billion in revenue by 2025, according to an Accenture report and press release circulated on Monday (Sept. In addition to Accenture’s research, 240 bank executives across 22 countries were surveyed about their plans to capitalize on digital disruption.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The company noted that it still needs to gain approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, which issued regulations for crypto exchanges last summer. billion of venture capital invested in the sector across 2,304 deals, a 148 percent or 2.5 Bithumb has certainly been busy.

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Abrigo

MAY 2, 2022

Takeaway 3 Minor inconsistencies between policy and loan portfolio can be a red flag to regulators, so careful review is key. . Your policy should include what type of loans you are actively seeking and what loans you don’t have an appetite for so regulators understand your institution’s direction.

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BankUnderground

JULY 6, 2022

Since 2009, contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds have become a popular instrument European banks use to partially meet their capital requirements. When LAM is triggered, the bonds convert to equity capital or have their principal written down, providing more loss-absorbing capacity while a bank is still a going concern.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

As noted in a recent American Banker article , many banks are increasing their investment in CRE loans, with many even exceeding the OCC guidance to limit CRE concentration to 300% of Risk Based Capital. In fact, software solutions are often key to both profitability and regulatory approval.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance. Most analysis focuses on the outcomes of these types of scenarios, and discussion concentrates on how to limit risk tied to rising rates.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

And regulators are getting anxious. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. They need a marketing person to title their reports. The OCC did an excellent analysis of the impact of this guidance in 2013.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

“Supreme Heights will benefit from Supreme Cannabis’ regulatory, product commercialization, supply chain, marketing and capital markets expertise and corporate support services,” the company said. Navdeep Dhaliwal, CEO of Supreme Cannabis, said that the European market contains a unique opportunity.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

With open banking technologies making their way beyond the world of consumer finance and into the business banking market, new use cases are emerging from the legislation that opens up bank account data and offers FinTechs opportunities for new functionalities via deeper data integrations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

30) said a lack of regulation in the online SMB lending arena is raising concerns over sky-high fees and interest rates, sparking a bigger conversation about expanding borrower protections beyond consumers. On Deck Capital is a rare exception, with the publicly-traded firm charging between 9 and 98.3

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

To that end, Incorta , a data analytics startup, said earlier this month that it raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Sorenson Capital, alongside existing investors, including GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins, Telstra Ventures and others.

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