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Create and Maintain an Effective Loan Policy

Abrigo

Confident Risk Management Begins with Sound Loan Policy A risk-based approach to loan policy can effectively improve your institution's profitability. You might also like this webinar on loan policy best practices. Loan policies make up the foundation for managing that credit risk. . When and how to update your policy.

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Fed's Waller: Basel endgame proposal need operational capital tweaks

American Banker

The Federal Reserve governor was one of two dissenting votes on the proposed capital changes earlier this year, but he said he would be open to backing the package if operational capital changes were made.

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Operational risk emerging as linchpin of Basel capital debate

American Banker

A provision to standardize and clarify banks' operational risk obligations — which opponents say is excessively costly and may not be effective — is emerging as the focal point of the public debate on the broader rule. It may also be the key to taking the rule over the finish line.

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Le Pont de Londres: monetary policy spillovers, prudential policies and the financial centre effect

BankUnderground

Large amounts of capital flow across borders. So can recipient countries employ prudential policies to offset monetary policy changes in centre countries? Many people (most notably Hélène Rey’s 2013 Jackson Hole paper ) have advocated taking macroprudential policies to offset this destabilising effect.

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Navigating Economic Uncertainty with Cisco Capital

Cisco

Since preserving capital will remain a top priority, decision makers will need to look for options that allow them to maintain or increase IT capabilities while keeping monthly spending to a minimum. Building a strong IT life cycle policy. Cisco Capital and Cisco Refresh. Contact us!

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Optimizing small business lending: Best practices and strategies

Abrigo

DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 Your loan policy sets the tone for the institution's approach to risk appetite, risk tolerance, lending philosophy, and organization of the lending function. Policies and procedures Importance of loan policy When it comes to small business lending, the importance of a bank's loan policy cannot be overstated.

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Monetary policy, sectoral comovement and the credit channel

BankUnderground

There is ample evidence that a monetary policy tightening triggers a decline in consumer price inflation and a simultaneous contraction in investment and consumption (eg Erceg and Levin (2006) and Monacelli (2009) ). Chart 1 shows the impulse responses to an unexpected rise in the policy rate.