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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Banks and thrifts hold half of all outstanding CRE debt through the second quarter, with insurance companies accounting for 12% and commercial mortgage-backed securities holding 14%, according to Trepp. But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits.

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How Federal Debt May Impact Banking

South State Correspondent

The relationship between federal deficits and interest rates may depend on many complex factors, such as: whether tax rate changes, money supply changes, government spending changes, or political and economic stability worldwide accompany the deficits. With time, these changes will only amplify.

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Hacker Tracker: The Evolving Threat Of Tax Fraud

PYMNTS

Earlier this year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that there was a reduction in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified between 2013 and 2015. What’s Next In Tax Fraud. As of February, the number of mentions in 2017 so far was already over 40 percent of the 2016 total. But that’s not all.

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Risk Management and Your Retirement Savings Plan

PopularBank

By investing for retirement through your employer-sponsored plan, you are helping to manage a critically important financial risk: the chance that you will outlive your money. But choosing to participate is just one step in your financial risk management strategy. Familiarize yourself with the different types of risk 1.

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Using Enterprise Risk Management to Achieve Bank Stability

NCR

As a result of the recession and market volatility, there has been a concerted effort in recent years throughout the banking industry to focus on a holistic approach to an institution’s overall risk management in order to achieve and sustain stability. Compliance Risk – The banking industry is highly regulated.

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What Basic Functions Should My Loan Origination System (LOS) Perform?

Abrigo

While a financial institution often primarily focuses on securing software to originate business loans, a commercial LOS provides scalability when it offers integrated solutions on one platform to manage all stages of the life of the loan. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

and property tax payments. Abrigo’s credit risk software automates loan administration processes like managing ticklers and tracking loan document and credit exceptions. There probably should be no more than 3-5 exception types in each of those major categories. Talk to a specialist to learn more.

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