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Member business lending: How to leverage MBL for credit union growth

Abrigo

Develop an MBL program while mitigating risk Credit unions looking for alternate paths to growth in today's rising rate environment may be primed to leverage member business lending. Takeaway 3 The specific policy areas outlined below should be carefully considered by credit unions engaged in member business lending.

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Create and Maintain an Effective Loan Policy

Abrigo

Confident Risk Management Begins with Sound Loan Policy A risk-based approach to loan policy can effectively improve your institution's profitability. You might also like this webinar on loan policy best practices. Loan policies make up the foundation for managing that credit risk. . When and how to update your policy.

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The top lending & credit risk blogs of the year

Abrigo

The most-read lending & credit blogs in 2023 Probability of default, CECL model validation, and stress testing were among Abrigo's top blogs on ALM, CECL, and portfolio risk this year. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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Perficient Included in IDC Market Glance: Lending Digital Transformation Strategies

Perficient

While it was once expected and acceptable for lenders to enforce standardized payment due dates and policies, COVID-19 brought the impracticality and ineffectiveness of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to credit and lending to light. IDC’s Take on Lending Digital Transformation Strategies. And for good.

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European Central Bank Solidifies Monetary Policy Decisions

PYMNTS

The European Central Bank (ECB) held this year’s first monetary policy meeting, and said in a statement on Thursday (Jan. The central bank’s governing council said that Eurozone interest rates will stay at record lows, as would other policies instituted during the pandemic.

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Adapting lending policies in a ‘negative-for-long’ scenario

BankUnderground

Over the past decade, several central banks have cut policy rates below zero. In a recent paper we explore the effect on bank lending by combining data on exposure to negative rates with banks’ balance sheets, the Spanish credit register and firms’ balance sheets. Why might negative rates work differently?

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China Fiscal Policy At Odds With SMB Lending

PYMNTS

China is struggling to bridge its small businesses to financing for growth, with broader fiscal policy at odds with the initiative, according to reports. 29) that the government’s efforts to spur small business lending by pumping money into the financial services market has yielded only modest success.

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