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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 3 Loan-level stress testing can help assess repricing risk, while capital stress testing helps clarify the impact of CRE loan losses on capital. at big banks.

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SAFE Banking Act returns to Congress: Is safe harbor for cannabis banking on the horizon?

Abrigo

Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing. Without access to traditional banks, legal cannabis businesses can’t access loans and capital or even use basic bank accounts. “The lack of electronic records in this world makes it easy to move money that shouldn’t be moved.”

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements. Be aware of existing or emerging risk concerns. increased operational risks.

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The Balancing Act Between PPP’s Letter And Spirit Of The ‘Law’

PYMNTS

They are doing it because they can,” said Chris Olsen, a venture capitalist with Drive Capital Partners in Columbus, Ohio, in an interview with the Times. It might be argued that the relatively well-capitalized firms have taken spots that would have been reserved for companies in dire straits. They view it as free money.”.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Coldwater, Ohio. Lucas White: We need to continue to differentiate community banks and educate policymakers on why tiered and proportionate regulation is necessary. We need to make sure people remember that and have it reflected in laws and regulations that affect our industry. Chairman Brad M. Grand Rapids, Minn.;

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

will provide greater capital resources and operational scale that will allow us to grow as part of a larger community bank." - Loralee Hutchinson, President of Alarion Financial Services, Inc. Read: We need to be bigger and have more capital to keep up with regulation and the industry. "Our combination.

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Trying No-Go Mortgages

Independent Banker

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending. Still holding back.