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Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets

Perficient

Recognizing that regulated and non-regulated financial institutions seek to engage in cryptocurrency and crypto asset activities, the three largest federal bank regulators, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, recently issued a joint statement on crypto assets.

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P2P lending makes it to main street?

Celent Banking

Peer to Peer (P2P) lending is one of those situations and banks have started to experiment with it, taking P2P lending to main street. Banks are certainly not playing hide and seek with P2P lending. Regulation is an important issue for banks to get into P2P lending and depending the country, there may be restrictions.

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

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Commercial real estate lending will be a top focus for many financial institutions in 2020. Despite expectations for growth, bankers, regulators, investors, and others are watchful about potentially lower returns and credit risks ahead. The Mortgage Bankers Association expects 9% growth in CRE originations in 2020.

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How the Pandemic and PPP Have ‘Turbo-charged’ New Business Lending Strategies

Abrigo

Key Takeaways The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been a critical foothold for community financial institutions seeking to obtain and diversify business lending relationships. PPP opens the door for new business lending relationships.

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Main Street SMBs, Digital AP, GoodRx’s IPO Tops This Week’s News

PYMNTS

We have deep dives on the financial health of Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), digital accounts payable (AP), and GoodRx ’s initial public offering (IPO). . Mastercard has grown its Digital-First Card Program in North America as demand rises for digitally-driven money management offerings.

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ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management – Part 1: ALM Goals & Approaches

Abrigo

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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Best Practices for Managing Credit Risk in Recession

Abrigo

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.