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Combating inconsistency in risk management

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When it comes to the risk management process, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. “It is as much an art as a science,” says Tim McPeak, risk management consultant at Sageworks. Other common manual errors include double counting income and debt-service and excluding necessary tax forms.

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3 Traits of a Strong Loan Reviewer – Video

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As a loan reviewer, you need to be technically sound in order to do your job, which means you need to have a fundamental understanding of financial analysis, tax analysis, and all of the regulatory laws that surround the credits that you’re going to be reviewing,” Cooley says. Credit Analysis Training. Risk Ratings.

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

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Takeaway 2 Process management features of a loan origination system help manage the workflow, from analysis through closing. Workflow & Analysis. LOS process management features. Lending process management is key to timely decisions. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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One of commercial banking’s biggest challenges solved by Sageworks’ “Most Innovative” product

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A credit risk manager at one bank with $900 million in total assets estimated that her team received approximately 8,220 tax returns in the 2015 calendar year. The company was named “Overall Most Innovative” for its Electronic Tax Return Reader (ETRR). Enter Sageworks.

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

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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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Top 10 banking webinars of 2015

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Building Blocks for Effective Loan Portfolio Stress Testing – In this webinar, John Behringer, a partner at RSM US, covered regulatory expectations for stress testing policies and procedures, critical data points for stress testing and how to use stress test results to better manage credit risk.

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A risk-based, time-saving approach to annual loan review

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However, in a recent poll, 47% of banks reported that they require annual review for all loans above a certain threshold, while 54% of banks perform a full-blown analysis—as if underwriting new money—during an annual review. Make sure to look at lien perfection, tax payments, and insurance. Profitability analysis.

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