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Acquisition and integration considerations for banks in 2024

Abrigo

Account for the details before your FDIC bank acquisition Consider these tips for assessing your institution and a to-be-acquired institution for a smooth integration You might also like this webinar, "Valuation and purchase accounting: Navigating the changing M&A landscape."

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How segmentation can benefit a bank’s ALLL and risk management practices

Abrigo

A segmentation strategy, though, is a great place to start to nail down an effective and efficient process – not only will it serve a substantial purpose for the ALLL, but also as a larger risk management tool. The goal is for the segmentation to be granular enough for the pools to show those similar loan characteristics.

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Independent Loan Review & Credit Risk Review System Objectives

Abrigo

An effective independent loan review system has always been critical for managing a financial institution’s credit risk and accurately estimating the allowance for loan and lease losses, or ALLL. Reviewing lending staff’s risk ratings. In many ways, they also provided more general guidance to financial institutions.

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Why banking technology makes sense – recession or not

Abrigo

You might also like this whitepaper, "Best practices for purchasing bank or credit union software" DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 As Southwest Airlines learned, technology shortcomings create enormous costs in the short-term and in the future. Experts say that would be a mistake. Viewing technology as a near-term cost ultimately hurts the enterprise.

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Stress testing revisited to avert risk and improve risk ratings

Abrigo

Avert Risk The OCC’s October 2012 Supervisory Guidance notes that financial institutions that perform stress testing “have the ability to minimize the impact of negative market developments more effectively” than those that do not have a stress testing process in place.

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Study: Construction loan monitoring decreases loan defaults

Abrigo

You might also like this webinar, "How to manage a high-performing construction loan portfolio." More construction loan monitoring ultimately decreases loan default, according to a new FDIC Center for Financial Research working paper. On-site inspections. Bank monitoring in construction lending.

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The most popular CECL, ALM, & portfolio risk blogs of the year

Abrigo

Watch NOW Takeaway 1 Portfolio risk and accounting professionals often keep up to date on industry trends by reading Abrigo's blog. Takeaway 2 Management reports, probability of default, and model validation topics were found in the top blogs for risk professionals. The FASB’s description of proposed changes can be found here.