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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? Recent headlines may lead bankers to believe that shunning commercial real estate lending is the safest path to limit or avoid credit risk, given stresses on CRE and regulatory concerns. But that might not be the best move for your financial institution or your community.

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Credit unions continue to see growth in auto lending

Abrigo

Overall auto lending at credit unions is up more than 30 percent in recent years, a positive sign that CUs remain competitive in an evolving banking landscape. Utilizing the Sageworks Bank Information platform, Sageworks recently examined how steadily auto lending at credit unions – specifically for new vehicles – grew in 2014.

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How the PPP + Technology Means MBL Growth and More for Credit Unions

Abrigo

Secure online portals allowed PPP loan applicants to upload required documents, and many credit unions finalized borrower applications with electronic signatures. In fact, it was Ohio’s top SBA lender among credit unions. But historically, SBA lending and member business lending isn’t a major focus among credit unions.

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SAFE Banking Act returns to Congress: Is safe harbor for cannabis banking on the horizon?

Abrigo

Bipartisan support The SAFE Banking Act's long road to the Senate Many in the AML/CFT community have been watching the unfolding of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act for some time now with no significant progress. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing.

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Growing a mortgage portfolio: Encourage borrowers to bank local

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In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending. • Cleveland, Ohio – First Federal Savings and Loan Association ($955 million). banks and credit unions.

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Does KBA Have A Place In Online SMB Credit Checks?

PYMNTS

That does not mean older verification methods are obsolete, however: Many companies still rely on knowledge-based authentication (KBA) methods like passwords or security questions, even in areas like business lending — where stringent verification is crucial. Another form of identity security is biometrics.

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Tuition, Digital Disbursements And The Paper Chase

PYMNTS

The punchline isn’t all that funny, actually, as 21st century college lending remains mired in paper checks and legacy disbursement systems. We cannot mandate direct deposit for federal [aid] … per [a] Department of Education regulation,” Ohio University Bursar Sherry Rossiter told PYMNTS. “So,

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