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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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Bankers embrace new guidelines for ethical AI

American Banker

Regions, Citizens, BMO and others are adopting principles IBM unveiled at Davos.

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How to Practice Loan Pricing Discipline

South State Correspondent

Objectives of Loan Pricing We believe that all national banks and most banks over $10Bn in assets (regionals) are using some version of a risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) loan pricing model. The national and regional banks originate about 85% of all domestic loans, and community banks hold the remainder.

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Hong Kong Relaxes Rules In Effort To Boost FinTech Lending

PYMNTS

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has, as finews.asia reported this past week, amended its credit risk management guidelines in a way that seeks to boost the embrace of analytics when lending to smaller firms.

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Data Sharing, XaaS Target SMB Financing Efficiencies

PYMNTS

Currencycloud is connecting regional banks to advanced FX and global payments technologies, while the firm’s founder, Nigel Verdon, is also targeting Banking-as-a-Service with his new startup, Railsbank. Plaid is unlocking payroll data to ease access to federal financing. ” Plaid Unlocks Payroll Data to Support PPP Lending.

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Fed Casting Wary Eye On FinTech Firms’ Infrastructure Access?

PYMNTS

Yet now, said Reuters, the Fed has said there is not enough risk management in place to allow FinTechs full-fledged access to the payment system. Fed officials, continued Reuters, are reluctant to offer such guidelines, as cyber risks are of concern and may harm consumers and the system itself.

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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

But, while there is no silver bullet for understanding borrowers at the onset, the bank can create risk-mitigation strategies, which will in part include more objective and defensible credit analysis procedures.

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