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How to Practice Loan Pricing Discipline

South State Correspondent

Community bankers need to practice realistic loan pricing discipline. However, we need to understand the meaning of pricing discipline and its effect on community bank performance. This is strong evidence that community banks are pricing to an arbitrary minimum credit spread in this set of loans. Cost-plus pricing.

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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. Learn more about the Sageworks Credit Risk Management Solution.

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Should You Adjust Loan Pricing Due To Rising Funding Costs?

South State Correspondent

Rising funding costs and decreasing liquidity at community banks are causing managers to change pricing methodology for new credits. We estimate that 25% to 50% of community banks have a policy requiring minimum yield or credit spreads for new commercial loans. The drop in liquidity ratios is expected to accelerate through 2023.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

If actual practices vary materially from the written guidelines and procedures, the source of this discrepancy should be identified, and either actual practices or the written policy should be changed. Management may conclude that specific sections of the written policy are no longer relevant. Talk to a specialist to learn more.

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Budget Surplus? 5 Ways to Invest in Your Financial Institution with This Year’s Excess Budget

Abrigo

Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 31, 2019, and June 3, 2021, according to the Community Banking in the 21st Century report. But this year, only 15% described core deposit growth as a “very important” risk. Spend Budget Surplus to Mitigate Risk. billion from $515.3

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ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management-Part 4: Liquidity Risk

Abrigo

As is the case with effectively managing interest rate risk , managers need to understand their cash flows in and out of the institution to effectively manage liquidity and meet all regulatory requirements. Liquidity risk managers need to ensure that all assumptions are reasonable and appropriate.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. Risk mitigants tend to lag growth, especially fast growth. Last December, Astoria Financial Corp.

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