article thumbnail

FDIC Proposes to Align Real Estate Lending Standards with CBLR

ABA Community Banking

The FDIC proposed changes to its guidelines for real estate lending policies in order to align standards with the community bank leverage ratio, which does not require electing institutions to calculate tier 2 capital or total capital.

FDIC 51
article thumbnail

FDIC Chair’s recent interview gives insight into FDIC’s agenda

CFPB Monitor

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

FDIC 68
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Navigating Liquidity, Funding, and Return in the Paycheck Protection Program

Abrigo

PPP loans carry a 0% risk weighting, meaning they don’t count against the institution from a risk-based capital standpoint. With the surge in loans and no pressure on capital ratios, both Domine and Bates expressed approval for the program. Non-bank SBA-approved lenders, however, may not participate in the PPPLF at this time.

Lending 195
article thumbnail

How do you feel about a 30% capital ratio?

Jeff For Banks

But this difference in the treatment of loan loss reserves left banks under-reserved and therefore elevated the need for capital to ascend to greater prominence in absorbing losses from loans. The context was bank failure risk is mitigated by FDIC insurance. True for depositors, not shareholders.

Capital 67
article thumbnail

Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked. 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.

Policies 195
article thumbnail

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

Jeff For Banks

Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending.

Lending 60
article thumbnail

How Banks Are Marketing to Different Demographics Online

NCR

There’s no mystery as to why: banks must navigate a veritable sea of regulations, including strict guidelines on how to communicate with customers and prospects. Banks can smartly capitalize on this, and help customers along the way. According to the FDIC , almost 50% of US Latino households are “unbanked or “under-banked.”

Online 40