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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Bankers should examine warning signs and shore up defenses for existing income-producing CRE loans as part of commercial property loan risk management. But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits. The impact is not consistent.”

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How Mobile Solutions May Help Address Slipping Corporate Travel Policy Compliance

PYMNTS

Sabre Corporation has published the results of its “ 2017 Asia Pacific Corporate Traveler Study ,” identifying two major trends driving business travel in the region: an increased emphasis on mobility and a growing concern over non-compliance.

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FDIC proposes stricter governance guidelines for regional banks

American Banker

issued a proposal requiring larger banks to implement a three-line-of-defense risk management model and increased board independence in response to observed weaknesses in corporate governance during past financial crises and recent bank failures. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Loan review: Continuous monitoring vs. targeted monitoring

Abrigo

Kirby “If you do it correctly, you can shrink your scope size and look at riskier portfolios,” said Kent Kirby, a retired banker with 39 years of experience in all aspects of commercial banking: lending, loan review, back-room operations, credit policy, portfolio management, and portfolio analytics. It speeds things up,” Kirby said.

Lending 195
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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

These expansions can come with growing pains, including identifying new customers to whom the bank can make loans, creating more rigorous and objective credit analysis policies and training bank employees on those policies.

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Commoditization, Optimization or Transformation: What’s in Your Core Wallet?

Gonzobanker

It has become crystal clear that digital transformation is now the largest technology initiative for regional and community financial institutions. Three winning core strategies to accommodate any financial institution’s budget, business case, and future vision.

Strategy 156
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Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations

PYMNTS

regional bank executives were gearing up for a bumper year, according to Bloomberg. Crediting lower taxes, thanks to the end of the year tax reform bill passed by Congress, regional bank executives saw a sudden and notable pick up in both commercial loan demand and a big jump in spending on credit and debit cards. Bancorp said.

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