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Loan review – A crucial component of risk management

Abrigo

To ensure that underwriting and portfolio management satisfy regulatory expectations as well as industry best practices 2. To provide bank management and the board with an objective assessment of credit quality and ongoing portfolio management 3. The beginning of all risk in the portfolio is with loan origination.

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Top Lending & Credit Risk Blog Posts of 2019

Abrigo

Key Takeaways The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2019. The top lending and credit blog posts focused on improving loan pricing, creating a better experience for borrowers, and developing risk ratings. Credit Risk. Credit Risk.

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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. You can also incorporate the results into the asset/liability management model and develop stress testing scenarios down the road.

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Fair Value Accounting and Silicon Valley Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

The root cause of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure is poor risk management – plain and simple. Bankers need to understand and manage their business on the fair value of assets and liabilities instead of managing their business on net interest margin and the amortized historical cost of assets and liabilities.

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From CRE to Corporate Culture – BIG Ideas from 2020 ThinkBIG: Manage Risk. Drive Growth.

Abrigo

“Hearing that information was really good confirmation to us on the things we’ve been doing as a bank.” Millennium Bank, like many community financial institutions, is heavily concentrated in commercial real estate (CRE). CRE Lending. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL. SBA Lending.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Thankfully for bank and credit union executives, lenders, risk managers, and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officers, banking podcasts and podcasts for credit unions are plentiful, and options are growing. Banking Resources. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL. keep me informed.

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Signaling Caution

Independent Banker

Regulators warn once again about rising CRE concentrations and risks. Just about every community bank makes commercial real estate loans. A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. Responsible lending.