Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2024

Of small business owners who applied for a business loan in early 2023, 6 in 10 found it difficult to find affordable financing, and overall, 77% are concerned about their access to capital according to a survey from Goldman Sachs. Minority small business owners need ‘fair and accessible’ lending. The problem is even worse in 2024.

Lending 78

Lending How To Capital Data 78

Abrigo

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Start with a survey and pre-planning meetings. In a banking landscape that is constantly changing with new regulations, increasing competition, and other new challenges, it is critical to maximize your strategic plan's effectiveness. Learn how to tap your data to generate management insights. Explore Abrigo Connect.

Lending 221

Lending Risk Management Meeting Survey 221

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

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.

Lending 195

Lending Trends FDIC Survey 195

Abrigo

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Top banking risk management papers and infographics Abrigo experts' insights on deposit pricing, stress testing, loan review, and CECL were popular with banking risk professionals. Indeed, regulators and management alike focused on these risks more and more in 2023 following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and repeated rate hikes.

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Resources Risk Management eBook Strategy 221

Abrigo

MAY 19, 2023

As our annual loan review survey pointed out, loan review units have a severe workforce shortage at both the junior and senior levels. The annual loan review survey showed that schooling has most likely not interfered with loan reviewers’ education because departments lack funds to expend on loan reviewer training.

Training 195

Training Lending Risk Management Guidelines 195

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Key Takeaways Managing a large volume of loan workouts is the next challenge facing many financial institutions. Managing loan workouts requires tackling numerous process-related decisions concerning selecting, analyzing, and tracking loans. Managing loan workouts is a chief concern among banks and credit unions these days.

Management 195

Management Lending Risk Management Community 195

Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Takeaway 2 Management reports, probability of default, and model validation topics were found in the top blogs for risk professionals. Takeaway 3 Updates on interest rate forecasting and best practices for managing CRE risk were among the most-read blogs. The FASB’s description of proposed changes can be found here.

Risk Management 221

Risk Management Regulation Management Lending 221

Abrigo

MAY 18, 2023

How to evaluate loan review processes based on their scope and depth A closer look at loan review can help your institution determine what steps to take to please regulators and streamline processes. As our annual loan review survey pointed out, loan review units have a severe workforce shortage at the junior and senior levels.

Lending 195

Lending Training Guidelines Policies 195

Abrigo

JANUARY 29, 2020

Key Takeaways The FDIC issued an advisory to FIs encouraging safe and sound lending practices in today's ag lending environment. FDIC) issued an advisory to financial institutions encouraging exceptionally safe and sound lending practices in agricultural lending.

Lending 195

Lending How To FDIC Survey 195

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Bank regulators for many quarters have expressed concern about easing underwriting standards in commercial real estate lending, especially as examiners have noticed increased concentrations of CRE loans in financial institutions’ portfolios. 17 at 2 p.m.

Lending 150

Lending Survey Risk Management Regulation 150

Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2023

You might also like this whitepaper: "2022 Loan Review Benchmark Survey Results." The initial credit grade may change as it moves through the approval process, but many organizations hold the account officer, relationship manager, or the lender responsible for the initial rating. This blog will examine credit review in more detail.

System 195

System Lending Risk Management Management 195

Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

WATCH Takeaway 1 Understanding generative AI and how peers are using AI and genAI helps financial institution leaders and management vet the technology and related risks. Takeaway 3 Regulators are closely watching expanded uses of AI and generative artificial intelligence. GenAI is seeing varied use cases in banking.

Examples 195

Examples Fraud Resources Risk Management 195

Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2023

Focus loan reviews on risk in the portfolio Continuous loan review monitoring helps banks and credit unions ensure credit review systems support safe and sound lending. discussed how they use continuous monitoring in their efforts to ensure safe and sound lending practices.

Lending 195

Lending Risk Management Software System 195

Abrigo

MAY 14, 2021

You might also like this webinar on the findings of Abrigo's 2021 Business Lending Process Survey. Takeaway 1 Digital pushes in financial services are widely reported, but Abrigo's Business Lending Process Survey found many manual processes. See how automation made lending easier and faster for one financial institution.

Lending 195

Lending Survey System Data 195

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

For most consumers who have a checking account, savings account and maybe a mortgage, the regulations placed on their community bank isn’t given a second thought. Two recent surveys addressing the community banking landscape have pointed to increasing regulations as the primary cause of stress for these institutions.

Community Bank 150

Community Bank Community Regulation Survey 150

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. These findings are true among all generations surveyed.

Lending 259

Lending Community San Antonio Survey 259

Abrigo

JUNE 12, 2015

Agricultural lenders are reporting increases in non-performing farms loans and decreased farmland values, according to the latest Agricultural Lender Survey conducted by the Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics. Respondents’ primary service territories were throughout the U.S.,

Survey 150

Survey Kansas Kansas City Lending 150

Abrigo

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In the 2015 Growth Strategy Survey by Bank Director , the most commonly cited areas for growth were Commercial Real Estate Lending, C&I loans, SBA loans, and Construction loans. To learn more about opportunities in small business lending, download the whitepaper Tapping Growth Opportunities in the Business Loan Portfolio.

Lending 150

Lending Millennials Study Survey 150

PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Optimism Up.

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Regulation Innovation Fintech Marketing 156

Abrigo

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Takeaway 2 It's imperative that FI senior management demonstrate commitment to a robust loan review program. . There will always be risks inherent in loan portfolios, and effective portfolio management and loan control functions are critical to the overall risk management function of banks and credit unions.

Risk Management 195

Risk Management Lending Policies Management 195

Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2023

You might also like this whitepaper: "2022 Loan Review Benchmark Survey Results." Additionally, the process of translating all this information into a persuasive business case is often a new or unfamiliar endeavor for a Loan Review Manager. At Abrigo, we understand how difficult this process can be.

Software 195

Software Lending System Risk Management 195

Abrigo

JANUARY 8, 2016

The GAO acknowledged that community banks, credit unions and their professional industry associations reported increased compliance burdens and reduced activity in specific business activities, such as certain mortgage lending, as a result of Dodd-Frank.

Regulation 150

Regulation FDIC Survey Community Bank 150

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. These findings are true among all generations surveyed.

Lending 195

Lending Community San Antonio Survey 195

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Demand for corporate finance helped propel China’s banks to new lending records in November, according to news from Reuters on Monday (Dec. An earlier survey from Reuters found analysts predicted new yuan loans in November to hit 800 billion, up from October’s figure of 663.2 Chinese banks provided $169.27 billion yuan.

Lending 100

Lending New York Regulation Survey 100

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Takeaway 2 The rule is aimed at tracking small business credits to enforce fair lending laws and ID and support women- and minority-owned small businesses. The regulation, expected to be finalized in weeks, outranked BSA/AML rules, beneficial ownership requirements, and current expected credit loss (CECL) obligations.

Data 195

Data Lending Compliance Resources 195

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

ALM | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Many financial institutions view asset/liability management as a "check-the-box" regulatory exercise. An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance. ALM seen as checking the box.

Management 150

Management FDIC Community Risk Management 150

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. Regulators review them to assess safety and soundness.

Report 195

Report Risk Management Capital Data 195

South State Correspondent

MAY 13, 2024

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. It is likely that regulators will soon ask banks to come up with a plan.

Conference 195

Conference Payments Fraud Data 195

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Used to be that managing a company’s liquidity and cash position was a matter of reconciling disparate bank accounts at the end of the day. In the second annual survey conducted by C2FO focused on corporate treasurers based in Europe, responses showed that 75 percent of the 100 respondents wanted to invest in technology tied to trade finance.

Management 100

Management Lending Capital Survey 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

As the fluctuations within the small business lending industry continue, SMEs must keep their eye on the state of the market: whether capital is available, how affordable it is and where it’s coming from. 13) the results of its research on how small businesses are managing the changes made to how they access financing.

Regulation 100

Regulation Survey Lending Capital 100

Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Two years ago, more bankers surveyed for that report named core deposit growth as their greatest challenge than any other issue. Using information from the core deposit study, bank or credit union management better understands depositor behavior and has critical information to develop pricing strategies and manage funding costs.

Conference 195

Conference San Antonio Lending Fraud 195

Gonzobanker

JUNE 14, 2023

Cross River Bank recently found itself in hot water with the FDIC when the agency declared that the bank engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices in relation to its compliance with fair lending laws and regulations, specifically the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Truth-in-Lending Act. If only it were so easy.

Compliance 109

Compliance FDIC Strategy Fintech 109

Abrigo

MARCH 25, 2020

Key Takeaways Financial institutions have an opportunity to participate in a huge expansion of SBA lending programs under a stimulus package expected to be voted on by the Senate. Streamline SBA 7(a) lending processes. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Management in Crisis: Coronavirus Implications for Lenders.

Lending 195

Lending Capital Compliance Survey 195

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

But B2B payment habits continue to stifle suppliers’ growth plans across the globe, found the latest Working Capital Outlook Survey released by C2FO this month. Globally, three-quarters of small businesses surveyed said supplier-friendly payment options that support faster payments are important to them. In the U.S.,

Management 100

Management Survey Capital Payments 100

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements. Be aware of existing or emerging risk concerns. increased operational risks.

Compliance 101

Compliance Regulation Community Bank Community 101

Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket. This reflects a larger industry trend.

Community Bank 150

Community Bank Handbook Lending Risk Management 150

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Estimates show that shadow banking is now a $52 trillion global industry (per data from the Financial Stability Board), where assets under management have jumped 75 percent in the years since the end of the financial crisis. The Question of Regulation. During the Congressional hearing, Rep. As many as 64.3

Lending 175

Lending United States Survey System 175