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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. How did we get here? Ashbaugh’s presentation begins with a quick summary of why regulators care about HVCRE.

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The Difference Between a Community Bank and a Big Bank

Jeff For Banks

I recently spoke to a community group, and subsequently a community bank all-staff meeting regarding the definition of a community bank. If you ask me, the definition of a community bank is more subjective. A community bank lends depositor money here. A big bank lends a little here, there, and everywhere.

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AI and generative AI use cases in banking: 6 real-world examples

Abrigo

Seeing generative AI use cases can help bankers, risk managers, and financial crime professionals better understand it. They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience.

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What is a Loan Origination System (LOS)?

Abrigo

What an LOS Is, and How It Benefits CFIs A loan origination system automates and manages the lending process to address common challenges. Takeaway 1 The lending landscape is increasingly competitive and the process is frustrating. Definition of LOS. A loan origination system automates, manages.

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Global cash flow analysis – common mistakes & helpful hints

Abrigo

Obtaining business and personal financials, but not combining them into a single cash flow It may seem obvious that the above isn’t even a GCF analysis by definition, but this mistake happens. Different people calculating GCF in different ways will result in poor loan, pricing, and risk rating decisions. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Preparing for Section 1071

Abrigo

Financial institutions, fintech companies, and other small business lenders will need to begin collecting a wide array of small business lending data under the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s (CFPB) proposed small business lending data collection rule. The proposed rule , unveiled Sept. Points of Note. Controversial Provisions.

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Credit union FAQs: Implementing the new MBL rule

Abrigo

It’s been more than six months since the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) issued its revised member business lending (MBL) rule in January 2017. The NCUA recently updated the Examiner’s Guide to include what it described as a clear framework for supervisory expectations for managing a commercial lending program.