Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For bankers to be successful in the small business lending market, they need to execute on several key tenets: strategy, people, process and technology. Another key player for successful small business banks is the vice president of business lending, who manages the relationship managers and reports to the chief lending officer.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Takeaway 2 With proper planning and effective strategies, the scheduling process can be made more manageable at your financial institution. It's about ensuring that every aspect of your lending operation is optimized for efficiency and effectiveness. Reduce exceptions : Too many credit exceptions can lead to confusion and inefficiency.

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Training Risk Management Analysis Policies 195

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

As we kick off this year’s lending issue, I want to pause for a moment to reflect on just how much lending has changed. From there, the loan assistant would key it in and produce loan documents. While it has had some benefits, like stronger risk management for our banks, it has made the customer process much more daunting.

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Lending Idaho Nevada Oregon 141

Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Cybersecurity | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Third-party/vendor risk management is becoming increasingly challenging with more cloud-based providers. On top of initial vendor due diligence, there are ongoing, systematic approaches to managing third-party relationships. . Cyber Due Diligence. The banking industry is no stranger to this.

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Risk Management Management Lending Fraud 150

Abrigo

MAY 19, 2023

They should be knowledgeable of both sound lending practices and their own institution’s specific lending guidelines. In addition, they should be familiar with pertinent laws and regulations affecting credit and lending activities.

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Training Lending Risk Management Guidelines 195

Abrigo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In a marketplace where data is shared and distributed at record speeds, third-party or vendor risk management is a challenge for most businesses. The spotlight from federal and state regulators continues to shine on the use of third parties, and the pressure for those vendors to meet regulatory guidelines has greatly increased.

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Management Security Lending 150

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Prudential regulators have made it clear that while they will adjust supervisory strategies as appropriate to emerging risks of the pandemic, examiner scrutiny will continue assessing basic principles that ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions. Loan administration is a basic and yet far-reaching process of lending.

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System Lending Software Risk Management 195

Abrigo

MAY 19, 2017

With the National Credit Union Administration issuing its final member business lending (MBL) ruling as of January 2017, credit unions are seeing increased flexibility in their lending limits. Who is responsible for collecting key documents, and will a system be used to track tickler documents and member compliance?

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Lending Analysis Knowledge Base System 150

Abrigo

MAY 15, 2020

Their loan requests, according to court documents, were made to pay employees for a business that was not operating at the time of pandemic and had no salaried employees. Manage PPP loans through forgiveness. It is not too late to perform CDD and transaction monitoring of these businesses – the regulators will expect it.

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Lending Rhode Island Fraud Los Angeles 195

Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2023

The initial credit grade may change as it moves through the approval process, but many organizations hold the account officer, relationship manager, or the lender responsible for the initial rating. Reviews may be performed by peers, superiors, loan committee(s), or other internal or external credit review specialists. well, I have others.”

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System Lending Risk Management Management 195

Abrigo

AUGUST 5, 2020

Now, banks and credit unions must determine how to safely and effectively manage risk in the portfolio while also driving growth at their institution. Credit memos are one of the most important documents in the life of the loan, as loan committees use these documents to determine whether or not to approve a loan.

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Management Risk Management Trends Industry 195

Abrigo

MAY 2, 2022

Confident Risk Management Begins with Sound Loan Policy A risk-based approach to loan policy can effectively improve your institution's profitability. Takeaway 2 Designing, implementing, and managing your loan policy is a strategic team effort and should take risk into account. Starting Points. When and how to update your policy.

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Policies Lending Regulation Examples 195

Abrigo

MAY 18, 2023

How to evaluate loan review processes based on their scope and depth A closer look at loan review can help your institution determine what steps to take to please regulators and streamline processes. You might also like this webinar, "Return to basics: Asking the right credit risk questions."

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Lending Training Guidelines Policies 195

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Australian money managers are finding an opportunity in enterprise and small business lending as regulators crack down on the country’s traditional banking industry. That rate increase, as well as rising costs for banks to borrow offshore, has asset managers swooping in to grab corporate loan market share.

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Management Lending Regulation Industry 100

Abrigo

AUGUST 8, 2021

Independent Loan Review Systems in Banking Banking regulators have outlined expectations for effective, independent loan review and credit risk review. . The change reflects regulators’ expectations that financial institutions will develop loan review or credit review systems tailored to their specific risks and circumstances.

System 195

System Lending Policies Regulation 195

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Stress Testing | 7 minute read Key Takeaways Stress testing is an important component of sound risk management. Some financial institutions may view stress testing as a “check the box” practice to satisfy regulators, but others are making the most out of the process. Stress testing and risk management. Now that's big.

Lending 150

Lending Risk Management Analysis Capital 150

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Portfolio segments should be monitored and managed, not get buried in exception counts. unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). This is particularly true of credit exceptions related to account management (e.g., It just stays on forever.

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Policies Lending Risk Management Examples 195

Abrigo

JULY 25, 2017

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

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Management Capital Lending 150

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

Changes may soon be coming to the Military Lending Act (MLA), a piece of legislation designed to prevent military service members from getting swept up in deceptive or unfair lending practices. The product causing concern on the auto lending side of things is gap insurance. New Lending Rules . Retired Army Col.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Takeaway 2 It's imperative that FI senior management demonstrate commitment to a robust loan review program. . There will always be risks inherent in loan portfolios, and effective portfolio management and loan control functions are critical to the overall risk management function of banks and credit unions.

Risk Management 195

Risk Management Lending Policies Management 195

Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

Experts have highlighted numerous lessons from Southwest’s experience, many of which can benefit bank and credit union executives, regardless of their institution size, as they manage competing priorities for spending and growth initiatives on banking solutions. A failure in back-office technology directly affects customer experiences.

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Technology Lending Community Software 195

Abrigo

MAY 30, 2023

Final rule Effective dates & compliance dates for rule 1071 As they do with any new requirement, financial institutions want to know when the CFPB 1071 rule is effective and when they must begin collecting and reporting data on their small business lending activities. Which lenders are counted as “covered financial institutions”?

Compliance 195

Compliance Lending Data Regulation 195

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. Community financial institutions' experience with PPP technology also translates to other areas of lending.

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Lending Community San Antonio Survey 259

South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Lending Discipline: Hedging programs make loan pricing more transparent and force bankers to exercise sensible pricing methodologies. The first decision a community bank must make in choosing a hedging program is if they will subject their commercial customers to ISDA documents.

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How To Community Bank Community FDIC 195

South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. No ISDA documents.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 24, 2021

The updated SBA Form 3508S , intended by lawmakers to be used by most PPP borrowers of $150,000 or less for first or second draw loans, doesn’t require borrowers to show calculations or submit documentation like the other forms (SBA Form 3508EZ and SBA Form 3508, which were also updated). Other forgiveness forms updated.

Lending 195

Lending Risk Management Management Payments 195

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Declining deposits, higher cost of funds, and ever-increasing competition are just a few challenges these executives are managing.

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Community Bank Kansas City Community Lending 195

CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations in the areas of credit card account management, debt collection, deposits, fair lending, mortgage servicing, payday lending, prepaid accounts, and remittances that were completed between January 2021 and June 2021. Credit card management. Fair lending.

Lending 78

Lending Cards Regulation Payments 78

Abrigo

OCTOBER 23, 2014

But how can this growth be managed appropriately? Community banks certainly want to remain conservative with risks and follow regulations. ” Growth plans should only be determined after gaining a complete understanding of current, historical and future commercial lending plans, along with the associated implications.

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Risk Management Management Lending Resources 186

Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Using information from the core deposit study, bank or credit union management better understands depositor behavior and has critical information to develop pricing strategies and manage funding costs. You can also incorporate the results into the asset/liability management model and develop stress testing scenarios down the road.

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Conference San Antonio Lending Fraud 195

Perficient

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Banking institutions are responding by integrating advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and data analytics, into their lending operations to enhance efficiency and adaptability. Facilitation of embedded lending while ensuring compliance: Embedded finance initiatives must adhere to regulatory requirements.

Trends 221

Trends Industry Analytics Compliance 221

CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations in the areas of auto servicing, consumer reporting, credit card account management, debt collection, deposits, mortgage origination, mortgage servicing, and payday lending that were completed between January 1, 2022 and June 31, 2022. Credit card account management.

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Report Cards Lending Management 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Lending Club has had a tough year. In early May, news broke that Lending Club had played fast and loose with its documents and disclosures, including the fact that then-CEO Renaud Laplanche had failed to disclose a personal stake in a firm Lending Club had an investment relationship with. The revelations were shocking.

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Lending San Francisco Comparison Maine 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Similar to small businesses, said Albert Periu , middle-market firms struggle to not only gain the capital they need from traditional financiers; they’re also burdened by paper-based manual processes in the application and loan management process. There weren’t many FinTech or digital solutions for this segment.

Lending 101

Lending Marketing Analytics Capital 101

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. Community financial institutions' experience with PPP technology also translates to other areas of lending.

Lending 195

Lending Community San Antonio Survey 195

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Regulators expect financial institutions to develop loan review or credit review systems tailored to their specific risks and circumstances. Problem loan processes are unique at each financial institution, but typically, problem loans are isolated, documented and discussed, analyzed for root problems, and frequently reevaluated.

Analysis 195

Analysis Lending System Survey 195

Abrigo

JULY 6, 2017

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.

Risk Management 170

Risk Management Lending Policies Management 170