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FDIC proposes stricter governance guidelines for regional banks

American Banker

issued a proposal requiring larger banks to implement a three-line-of-defense risk management model and increased board independence in response to observed weaknesses in corporate governance during past financial crises and recent bank failures. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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FDIC Issues Guidance on Service Technology Service Provider Contracts

CFPB Monitor

On April 2, 2019, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter FIL-19-2019 (the “Letter”) to remind financial institutions about certain contractual provisions and other requirements pertaining to technology service provider contracts. Defining key terms in the contracts relevant to business continuity and/or incident response.As

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Effective CECL model validation: A framework

Abrigo

Applying model risk management to CECL What's involved in CECL model validation? Learn what banks, credit unions, and others subject to CECL accounting can expect from this risk management process. Model validation is a crucial aspect of model risk management. Access a brief guide to CECL model validation here.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

Portfolio segments should be monitored and managed, not get buried in exception counts. This is particularly true of credit exceptions related to account management (e.g., As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked. It just stays on forever.

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Navigating Liquidity, Funding, and Return in the Paycheck Protection Program

Abrigo

“We don’t have to hold more capital against these loans, which is an interesting way to make the availability of this a little better, but it’s going to cost us some money to put these on the books,” explained Dave Koch, Managing Director of Advisory Services at Abrigo, during a recent podcast. The PPP is still rapidly unfolding.

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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. To manage them, the bank’s executives can prepare and document these credit policies in a way that bolsters growth without slowing the credit department down.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. Although this is higher than the current top guideline of Fed Funds rate of 25 basis points, I feel comfortable using it as a proxy for bank savings rates.

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