Abrigo

MAY 19, 2023

The scope and depth of loan review Loan review requires a "renaissance banker" Loan review policies are typically reviewed and approved at least annually by the board of directors. Policy guidelines usually include a written description of the overall credit grading process and establish responsibilities for the various loan review functions.

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Loan review officers must figure out how to adhere to the FDIC’s guidance on loan review and credit risk review systems. Takeaway 2 Examining the following objectives and evaluating your loan review system based on them can ensure regulatory compliance.

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American Banker

MARCH 22, 2024

The FDIC Office of Inspector General attributed the downfall of Citizens Bank in November 2023 to lax lending practices and risk mismanagement by the Lange family, causing a $14.8 million loss to the regulator's Deposit Insurance Fund. The OIG saw no grounds for a more extensive review.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 5, 2022

In response to a request from three Democratic House members, the GAO recently issued a report on its review of fair lending oversight conducted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. These changes contributed to fewer annual fair lending examinations and deficiency findings leading to matters requiring attention at smaller banks.

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Lending Report Policies Handbook 78

Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Would you like other articles on fraud and AML/CFT compliance in your inbox? Using regtech in banking With new federal regulatory and compliance challenges like the CFPB rule on the horizon, more and more community financial institutions are exploring regtech in banking and finance. What is regtech?

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Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Would you like other articles on fraud and AML/CFT compliance in your inbox? Using regtech in banking With new federal regulatory and compliance challenges like the CFPB rule on the horizon, more and more community financial institutions are exploring regtech for banks to enhance their processes. What is regtech?

Technology 195

Technology Fraud Compliance Regulation 195

Abrigo

DECEMBER 5, 2023

AML Compliance Ten qualities of a successful BSA officer Hiring a Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer for a financial institution involves looking for a unique experience level and skillset that ensures compliance with the BSA and related regulations. This includes training staff on BSA/AML policies and fostering a culture of compliance.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 8, 2021

Takeaway 1 A system for ongoing, independent credit risk review will not look the same from institution to institution. Takeaway 2 However, a loan review or credit risk review program should accomplish several key objectives. Other banks or credit unions might outsource the credit risk review function to a third party.

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Abrigo

MAY 18, 2023

The guidance expects the credit risk review function to consider industry standards consistent with the institution’s size, complexity, loan types, risk profile, and risk management practices.

Lending 195

Lending Training Guidelines Policies 195

Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2023

Focus loan reviews on risk in the portfolio Continuous loan review monitoring helps banks and credit unions ensure credit review systems support safe and sound lending. You might also like this webinar, "Return to basics: Asking the right credit risk questions."

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. They help manage and shape strategy in volatile economic and industry conditions.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 6, 2018

On July 26, 2018, the Federal Reserve Board (“ FRB “) announced the launch of the “Consumer Compliance Supervision Bulletin” (the “ Bulletin “) and simultaneously published its first issue. With this in mind, the July 2018 Bulletin focuses on a wide-range of consumer protection issues, including: Redlining.

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Compliance Risk Management Lending Training 68

Abrigo

MAY 10, 2021

Knowing these elements of an LOS and an LOS vendor is critical for senior financial institution executives either shopping for an LOS for the first time or considering an improvement to their bank or credit union’s current business lending process. LOS process management features. Lending process management is key to timely decisions.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Although bank lending partnerships with fintechs continue to receive OCC attention, recent remarks by OCC officials indicate that OCC scrutiny is now also directed at partnerships outside of the lending arena. This approach is expected to enable a clearer focus by the OCC on risks and risk management expectations.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Key Takeaways Effective credit risk review promotes lending agility. Many of the objectives of a credit risk review system support business goals. Effective credit risk review promotes lending agility. However, many community financial institutions derive a significant portion of income from lending.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 11, 2018

At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C. The summit speakers included Grovetta Gardineer, the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Compliance and Community Affairs at the OCC. Mr. Watkins indicated that the CFPB’s no-action letter policy may also be subject to review by the Bureau.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Institutions must create a strong culture of compliance. Creating a Culture of Compliance. One of the more important takeaways from 2019 is that all institutions, regardless of size or risk profile, must have a strong culture of compliance, as directed by FinCEN’s advisory in 2014.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. As David Barr, spokesperson for the FDIC, points out, “a vast majority of community banks remain well-rated and exhibit satisfactory corporate governance programs and compliance management systems.”.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 30, 2022

Of special note, the OCC also believes compliance risk is “heightened” for Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance because of world events and compliance staffing concerns. BSA/AML Compliance Risks. Cybersecurity Risks.

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Compliance Fraud Technology Operations 78

CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

While the report does not address “true lender” challenges in bank/fintech lending relationships, it does discuss the risk of “so-called ‘rent-a-charter’ schemes that market themselves as innovative fintech lending platforms, but operate with essentially the same harmful business model as a traditional payday lender.”

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Fintech Report Data Lending 78

Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2016

.” – Albert Einstein Banks generate most of their revenue by lending money, and lending money, by definition, involves a certain amount of risk. Safe lending starts at the origination of the loan, because the most effective way to avoid a troubled loan is to never make the loan in the first place.

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Resources Lending Risk Management Compliance 150

NCR

MARCH 1, 2016

As a result of the recession and market volatility, there has been a concerted effort in recent years throughout the banking industry to focus on a holistic approach to an institution’s overall risk management in order to achieve and sustain stability. Compliance Risk – The banking industry is highly regulated.

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Abrigo

MAY 17, 2017

The importance of a sound risk rating process continues and possibly grows in the coming years as financial institutions grapple with the increased emphasis on estimating credit losses. Finally, risk ratings could be important as financial institutions meet CECL’s new disclosure requirements.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. But the fundamental risk management in the bank’s professional poker program is old-fashioned Know Your Customer, done by people. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 18, 2019

The agreement represents the second fair lending settlement entered into by the Republican-led DOJ under the Trump administration. (The The DOJ also alleged that the bank’s mortgage loan policy contained a lending preference for customers within its branch footprint, which was based in majority-White areas.

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Indianapolis Lending Indiana Community 120

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 8, 2019

The letter was conditioned on Upstart’s agreement to a model risk management and compliance plan that required it to analyze and address risks to consumers, and assess the real-world impact of alternative data and machine learning.

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Data Lending Compliance Policies 60

Abrigo

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Inherent risk is any activity or factor posed to the financial institution, notwithstanding applying any management or risk mitigation tools. After adjusting the inherent risk for the institution’s risk management controls, residual risk represents the bank or credit union’s current risk.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Consumer Lending Laws & Compliance Financial institutions offering consumer loans need to know about these major consumer lending laws and recent compliance issues. You might also like this webinar, "Consumer Lending 101.". Consumer lending compliance spotlight. Pandemic Issues.

Compliance 195

Compliance Lending Risk Management Regulation 195

Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Both fintech firms and traditional enterprises are on the brink of significant disruption as companies leverage the rapid insights generated by AI in banking to drive demonstrable outcomes in customer experience, risk management and cost efficiency. The caveat: There are winners and losers in this forward-thinking revolution.

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Compliance Regional blockchain Technology 177

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Saving money by conducting inside risk management and compliance reviews. As a group, community banks spend substantial funds hiring outside consultants to help with various management functions, and a substantial share of dollars are spent to help oversee their risk management and compliance activities.

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Community Bank Compliance Risk Management Community 70

South State Correspondent

APRIL 27, 2022

The process starts by mapping the customer journey alongside the employee journey and then considering the various layers below, including marketing, communication, technology, workflow, policies, and, our favorite, problem resolution. Every employee making product and policy decisions should experience what customers experience.

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Customer Experience eBook User Experience Policies 195

CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2021

payments, deposit-taking, and lending). Given that access decisions made by individual Reserve Banks can have implications for a wide array of Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) policies and objectives, a structured, transparent, and detailed framework for evaluating access requests would benefit the financial system broadly.”.

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Fintech Guidelines Policies System 78

Abrigo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Abrigo's most popular whitepapers and checklists on lending and credit risk Abrigo experts' insights on CFPB 1071, loan policies, and risk ratings were popular with banking professionals. You might also like this webinar, "Unraveling risk rating: Making sense of your best early warning tool."

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Resources Lending Risk Management Policies 221

CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2021

Since the non-bank entity frequently is a fintech, these arrangements often are referred to as bank-fintech partnerships or marketplace lending arrangements. These speakers consistently conflated payday lending and bank-fintech partnership lending, and ignored correction of this mis-characterization by other witnesses.

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North Carolina Lending National District of Columbia 60

Bobsguide

AUGUST 7, 2022

“Moving from an on-premises model to a cloud-based managed service is a big part of our operational strategy for treasury activity,” said Gary McDermott, Treasurer at The Co-operative Bank. The Co-operative Bank also uses Fusion Risk for treasury credit risk management and Finastra’s banking technology for payments services. “By

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Operations Strategy Innovation Policies 68

Abrigo

APRIL 19, 2022

Credit and Lending Software Overcome Common Lending Problems Banks and credit unions that leverage an integrated lending and credit platform reap the benefits of a consistent, efficient and defensible lending program. Lending and Credit Software. Robert Ashbaugh, Abrigo senior risk management consultant.

Lending 195

Lending Software Management Handbook 195

Independent Banker

JULY 28, 2016

Establishing a comprehensive Compliance Management System. Does it sound like “reality compliance”? The demands of managing regulatory compliance are uncontested, and depending on the disposition of the participants inside and outside of the bank, compliance management exists with varying degrees of problems and adversity.

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Compliance Training Community Bank Regulation 70