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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Stress testing, monitoring are essential Financial institutions should challenge assumptions about CRE risk while also watching for red flags as they manage the CRE portfolio. They explained adopting a more nuanced approach during a recent Abrigo webinar for bankers. You might also like this webinar on credit department housekeeping.

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Interest rate risk management in a rising rate environment

Abrigo

You might also like this video on managing interest rate risk. Takeaway 3 Diving deeper into depositor pricing and evaluating loan pricing to ensure compensation for the risk are among strategies to manage interest rate risk. 4.75% over the course of 2022 and 2023. 4.75% over the course of 2022 and 2023. 1, 2022, to the current day.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Takeaway 2 Small banks can better serve customers when they free up staff to focus on fostering relationships.

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4 tips for better vendor management

Independent Banker

There’s a host of regulatory guidance when it comes to vendor management, but community banks also have wiggle room to craft their own policies. Managing all of your bank’s vendors can be a tall order, especially for community banks that rely on dozens or even hundreds of vendors. In addition to its vendor management platform, $2.2

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Can fintechs enhance your bank’s marketing campaign?

Independent Banker

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Photo by Janimal Photography. Dick, Chairman and CEO, Mainstreet Bank.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Prepare your cyber defenses

Independent Banker

While there’s no cyber or data security silver bullet, by bringing the theoretical into a true banking environment, we can begin to establish action plans that speak to real-world attacks.”. Cyber and data security have long been areas of emphasis for community banks, but in today’s escalating digital environment, that focus has grown.

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

Abrigo

If signed into law, the SAFE Act would allow banks to provide services to cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in states that have passed the legalization of marijuana in some form. According to a letter from the American Bankers Association (ABA) to the Senate Banking Committee, only about 11 percent of all U.S.

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