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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

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CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market. Today, CFIs are uniquely positioned to regain the market. Learn more with this best practices webinar. Watch Webinar.

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Study: Construction loan monitoring decreases loan defaults

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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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Model Risk Management: Regulatory Priorities and Best Practices

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Meet Model Risk Management Expectations Updates to the FDIC Risk Management Manual should steer institutions toward a model that manages risk and drives growth. FDIC Update. Last April, the FDIC released an Interagency Statement titled Model Risk Management (MRM) for Bank Models and Systems Supporting BSA/AML Compliance.

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

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You might also like this webinar, "Unraveling risk rating: Making sense of your best early warning tool." Interest rate forecasts in today’s market: Planning your ALM position Many financial institutions are questioning where rates are headed and how to structure their ALM strategies accordingly.

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2020 CRE Outlook: Trends Expected to Shape Commercial Real Estate Lending

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Real Estate Market Outlook. MBA Vice President for CRE Research Jamie Woodwell said in a news release that low interest rates gave CRE markets a boost last year. “In With global bond yields expected to remain extremely low and equity markets likely weaker and more volatile, the stable, solid returns of U.S. CRE Lending.

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The Risk Your Asset/Liability Management Process Might Be Missing

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Bankers since the financial crisis have become accustomed to seeing language like the following: “The FDIC is re-emphasizing the importance of prudent interest rate risk oversight and risk management processes to ensure FDIC-supervised institutions are prepared for a period of rising interest rates.” FDIC FIL-46-2013 October 8, 2013.

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How to Measure Interest Rate Risk Effectively in Banks & Credit Unions

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As recently as May 2021, regulators identified interest rate risk as among the key risks in the economy, financial markets, and the banking industry that could affect insured institutions. FDIC) noted in its 2021 Risk Review. You might also like this webinar on liquidity risk. check out Webinars. EAR, Gap Analysis.

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