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Forbearance lending as a crisis management tool

BankUnderground

This post is an example of issues considered under the Prudential Architecture Theme which focuses on the evolving regulatory structures and fresh strategic issues for regulators and supervisors. Loan forbearance features prominently among those interventions by lenders and/or regulators.

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SMEs Begin To Test The Regulation A+ Waters

PYMNTS

The largest anxiety critics of the alternative lending space have today is a lack of regulation. Without investor protection and without regulation on the cost of financing, small and medium-sized businesses, those critics say, may be left in a tighter cash bind than they were before.

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Should Congress Increase FDIC Insurance Limits?

South State Correspondent

The regulators are considering three options: raising the limit above $250k, raising the cap for only certain accounts (such as banks’ business accounts), or eliminating the cap entirely. We have witnessed more bank failures by asset size in 2023 than in 2008 and 2009 combined. economy needs. economy needs.

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Why Diversification Fails at Banks

South State Correspondent

The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. We believe that while lending diversification leads banks to lend more in normal times (especially for banks over $50B in assets) and does benefit the general economy, community banks should be careful in how and where they choose to diversify.

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Why Diversification Fails at Banks

South State Correspondent

The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. We believe that while lending diversification leads banks to lend more in normal times (especially for banks over $50B in assets) and does benefit the general economy, community banks should be careful in how and where they choose to diversify.

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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. Ashbaugh’s presentation begins with a quick summary of why regulators care about HVCRE. How did we get here? What are HVCRE loans?

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Stressing the importance of stress tests

Abrigo

The reports were positive: all 31 stressed banks “passed,” showing that they are stronger than they have been at any time since the tests began in 2009, the Fed reported. During examination time, regulators are increasingly looking at a bank’s stress testing processes and resulting capital plans. ” Blog Bank'