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Member business lending: How to leverage MBL for credit union growth

Abrigo

Develop an MBL program while mitigating risk Credit unions looking for alternate paths to growth in today's rising rate environment may be primed to leverage member business lending. Takeaway 3 The specific policy areas outlined below should be carefully considered by credit unions engaged in member business lending.

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BSA and AML Day National 2020 Celebration

Abrigo

Honor BSA/AML Professionals on October 26th Professionals across the nation are encouraged to celebrate National Financial Crime Fighter Day. . National Day Calendar Get more resources on this nationally recognized day. October 26th is now, officially, a nationally recognized day honoring BSA/AML Professionals.

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The Problem With DSCR and LTV in Lending

South State Correspondent

We will consider the minimal project DSCR in this article and cover the debt yield topic in future blogs. Below is a graph showing national cap rates for all categories of real estate nationwide. The relationship between cap rates, interest rates, DSCR, and LTV are all now conspiring to make real estate lending especially perilous.

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How Relationship Lending & A Transaction-Oriented Focus Can Win More Business Loans

Abrigo

Personalized Touch with Efficient Service Can Boost Lending Banks and credit unions can boost business lending by combining a relationship focus with transaction-oriented processing. . This competition can only increase as the lending landscape continues to shift.

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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? Nationally, the picture is a fine one. However, Q3 commercial lending is down from the beginning of 2014 (quarter ending 3/31/2014) by about $67 billion. Blog Bank'

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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? Recent headlines may lead bankers to believe that shunning commercial real estate lending is the safest path to limit or avoid credit risk, given stresses on CRE and regulatory concerns. But that might not be the best move for your financial institution or your community.

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AML human trafficking red flags and other ways banks can support victims

Abrigo

The United Nations estimates there are currently 40 million people enslaved around the world, and that one-quarter of them are children. FinCEN data shows that human trafficking in the United States takes place in a wide variety of industries—hospitality, agriculture, janitorial services, construction, restaurants, domestic work, and so on.

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