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2020 CRE Outlook: Trends Expected to Shape Commercial Real Estate Lending

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Commercial real estate lending will be a top focus for many financial institutions in 2020. Macy’s closing 125 stores signals ‘more pain’ for retailers,” ABC News reported Feb. Retailers like Pier 1, Papyrus and Express are closing 1,000 stores. CRE a top focus for many bankers. Learn more.

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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

PYMNTS

In addition to its core POS lending business, Affirm branched out into financial services in June, debuting a high-yield savings account called Affirm Savings. Silicon Valley FinTech Affirm is also a regular in the top 5 this year. The account comes with 1.30 The account comes with 1.30 stores for Google Pay and Apple Pay users.

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Fintechs Face Difficult Regulatory Realities on Charters

Bank Innovation

. — Fintechs are having trouble facing reality when it comes to obtaining bank charters, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting said here at the FDIC’s Fintech and the Future of Banking conference on Wednesday.

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Preparing your financial institution to manage loan workouts, loan modifications

Abrigo

Overall, FDIC-insured commercial banks and savings institutions aren’t seeing dramatic increases in net charge-offs ( Chart 1 ) or rates related to declining asset quality ( Chart 2 ), such as past-due rates and rates for non-current loans. Learn how credit unions can manage capital levels amid credit stress. Watch webinar.

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Independent Loan Review & Credit Risk Review System Objectives

Abrigo

The Federal Reserve, the OCC, the NCUA, and the FDIC repeatedly pointed out that the nature of loan review or credit risk review at a given bank or credit union will vary. Larger or more complex institutions might have credit risk review functions entirely separate from their lending functions. Reviewing lending staff’s risk ratings.

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Reports of Small Business Lending’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Celent Banking

In the US, small business customers get bounced around like Goldilocks—they are too small to be of interest to commercial relationship managers and too complex to be easily understood by retail branch staff. Online small business lending by direct credit providers has especially taken off. of all firms.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. I want to read to you the FDIC’s conclusion from their An Examination of the Banking Crisis of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s. Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.”

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