Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Managing loan workouts and modifications Tips for preparing your bank or credit union to handle an increased volume of problem loans while ensuring prudent credit risk management. Takeaway 2 Meanwhile, banks and credit unions will likely see a beefed-up regulatory emphasis on credit risk management practices, especially tied to CRE. .

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last week, the American Banking Association (ABA) held its annual Bank Marketing Conference in Denver, receiving rave reviews. The theme was – developing your marketing superpowers. Amid the brewery networking, superhero costumes, and fun, some fantastic bank marketing lessons were had, and not just for bank marketers.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 10, 2023

How industry analysis can improve your credit risk management Understanding your customers' businesses leads to better loan pricing, structure, and risk management. Takeaway 2 Carefully considering a new customer's industry ensures it is a good fit for your risk appetite and helps better manage your customer relationship.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s time for banks and credit unions to finally execute those C&I lending priority initiatives. Senior bank and credit union executives have ranked commercial and industrial (C&I) loans as a top lending priority over the past several years in Cornerstone Advisors’ annual What’s Going On in Banking research.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Learn how to tap your data to generate management insights. The following steps can help narrow it down and focus your goals: Send out a simple, future-oriented survey to the board and executive management (read on for sample questions) to determine strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to your financial institution.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Adapt to a dynamic banking environment with real-time lending & credit data Lender dashboards and reports showing the lending pipeline, pricing trends, emerging risks, workflow bottlenecks, etc. Takeaway 3 Consider five examples of lender dashboards to improve workflow efficiency and monitor credit risks.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 17, 2024

The authors showcase an example of prior to the Truist merger, SunTrust and BB&T had similar balance sheets. Both banks, for example, had about $150B in deposits. As we pointed out, bank management needs to understand how a bank creates franchise value, and one way is to sell more profitable products to more profitable customers.

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Abrigo

MARCH 21, 2023

You might also like this video on managing interest rate risk. Takeaway 3 Diving deeper into depositor pricing and evaluating loan pricing to ensure compensation for the risk are among strategies to manage interest rate risk. Stay up to date with Abrigo advisors' ideas for managing interest rate risk. billion – a 39.7%

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

The abrupt collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a stunning example of bank leadership not understanding interest rate risk, running into trouble with an inverted yield curve, and ignoring the impact of a severe monetary correction on long-duration assets. That combination made their liabilities very sensitive to safety.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The rise of the coronavirus has spotlighted the need for corporate treasurers to make real-time decisions about cash management. Centralized access to information is critical as treasury management requires managing liquidity across jurisdictions and across currencies. The Advantages Of Centralized Access .

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Personalized Touch with Efficient Service Can Boost Lending Banks and credit unions can boost business lending by combining a relationship focus with transaction-oriented processing. . This competition can only increase as the lending landscape continues to shift.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 17, 2022

The swap rate is determined by the markets’ expectation of where short-term rates will be over the swap’s life. A similar concept applies in the Treasury market – the yield on the 10-year Treasury is the markets’ average expectation of the yield on the next 40 consecutive three-month Treasury Bill yields.

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2021

From leveraging PPP technology to building relationships, reasons for boosting SBA lending are numerous. . Takeaway 1 SBA lending can expand your product offerings to help win deals with prospects and existing business customers or members. Why SBA Lending? Would you like others articles like this in your inbox? 1 and Sept.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Ashley Horner (right), senior vice president and SBA loan administrator, shown with portfolio manager Melanie Elmore, says Summit Bank is on track to make $30 million in SBA loans this year. Loan providers share an infectious enthusiasm and growing optimism for one vertical’s prospects in 2022: commercial lending. Quick Stat.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 11, 2022

Asset/liability management basics In part 1 of this "Introduction to ALM" blog series, learn the goals of asset/liability management and how it can help financial institutions. Takeaway 1 ALM in banking means managing the cash flows of assets and liabilities to increase profitability, manage risk, and maintain safety and soundness. .

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Takeaway 1 Interest rate risk for financial institutions is the risk that earnings and market value may decline as market interest rates change. . As described in the first post of this series , a key component of effective asset/liability management (ALM) is managing risks. Earnings at Risk.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Support credit risk management Understanding loan covenants, when financial institutions should use them, and how to monitor them supports strong lending portfolios and credit risk management best practices. They also give the lender tools to monitor and manage the situation.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Now, many of the nearly 5,500 SBA-approved lenders that are participating in the PPP are weighing the option of leveraging that technology to continue to provide SBA lending after PPP. Leveraging tech for SBA lending after PPP. Or, they might wonder whether it’s too late to start 7(a) lending if they’ve never done it before the PPP.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

In an interview with PYMNTS, Avi Cohen , co-founder and CEO of FinTech company The Floor , said boosting digital offerings and bringing new ones to market demands quick decision making as banks seek to improve user experience and user engagement. Launching Into New Markets. Cohen asked.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Amid the talk of filling in the small business (SMB) financing gap banks have left since the financial crisis, the rush of FinTechs, alternative and marketplace lenders coming to market may have left another business segment behind: the middle market, particularly the lower middle market.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Jenny Bennett, market president at $850 million-asset Summit Bank in Eugene, Ore., Small business microlending has traditionally been a tough market to serve for banks of all sizes due to the cost inefficiencies. For example, some borrowers used the money to stock up on product to deal proactively with supply chain issues.

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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. Core deposits in growth reports for financial institutions should be defined in a variety of ways.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 2, 2023

Takeaway 3 Financial institution management can focus on mitigating risk and understanding portfolio dynamics when the analysis is streamlined. This article outlines a structured approach to ensuring management can confidently answer inquiries about the health of their CRE segments and related credit performance. estimates $1.45

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Assessing best practices, rates, marketing efforts and more can position loan producers for future success in unpredictable market conditions. Banks need to evaluate the type of markets they are in today, where they have good market share and where they don’t. Learning about lending. Double down in core markets.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The question is whether financial institutions will feel the positive impact of the current indicators or if uncertainty and volatility in the mortgage market will prevail. Developing leaders in mortgage lending. You’ll learn about: The 2022 mortgage market outlook. While the U.S. What it means for community banks is clear.

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Abrigo

JUNE 3, 2019

SBA Lending Can Be a Hidden Gem for Some Institutions. With proper planning and the utilization of technology, SBA lending can boost customer acquisitions and deposits. Many argue that SBA lending is complicated, and while that’s true, it’s actually a good thing. SBA lending rewards financial institutions that are prudent.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For example, at present, return on equity performance is about 12% for the average community bank. You can’t develop lending expertise overnight. A three-year time horizon isn’t long enough if say you want to take your lending platform nationally such as specializing in lending on robotics. Why is that?

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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. Therefore, it’s essential that the credit memo captures the complete picture of the borrower to ensure proper risk management. Improving loan grading in a recession.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Examples of "except"-ional problems I have seen cases where something is an exception even though there is a policy or guidance specifically allowing instances for what is being cited as an exception. Portfolio segments should be monitored and managed, not get buried in exception counts. This tends to be how we treat exceptions.

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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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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. These experts share nine tips and credit risk best practices to offer stability in an ever-changing market. For example, a loan vendor might test a loan that’s performing at 1.2

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Now, many of the nearly 5,500 SBA-approved lenders that are participating in the PPP are weighing the option of leveraging that technology to continue to provide SBA lending after PPP. Leveraging tech for SBA lending after PPP. Or, they might wonder whether it’s too late to start 7(a) lending if they’ve never done it before the PPP.

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Lending Training Technology Survey 195

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Financial institutions are in a constant balancing act: open up access to capital for borrowers to promote economic growth and financial inclusion and mitigate against the risk exposure lending produces — sometimes with disastrous implications for the global economy.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

So it is with the Chinese alternative lending space, with various nomenclature in place, seemingly interchangeable, embracing P2P loans or internet lending – in short, funds flowing outside the confines of the bank branch and the teller window. Regulations take shape, usually quite a bit more slowly.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Across industries, so much of marketing effectively comes down to timing — appealing to the right person, at the right place, at the right time. Timing for marketing financial services and products as a financial advisor is especially crucial, as many financial needs follow the timeline of milestones in an individual’s life.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Investors have backed Switzerland-based FinTech startup KiWi to help the firm expand its small business payments and lending operations in Mexico, reports in BankingTech said Monday (Jan. The solution is one example of add-on back-office financial services designed to work with the point of sale.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The small business financing market is in a unique position: despite market volatility and an economic downturn, funding availability remains strong for SMBs thanks to government funding initiatives. But this trend is simply part of the ebbs and flows of the market, according to Dare. In the U.K.,

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