Abrigo

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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Lending How To Risk Management Policies 221

Abrigo

MAY 2, 2024

Boost your small business lending efforts from the bottom up Small businesses play a crucial role in our economy, and one of the critical factors in their success is access to funding. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending.

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Lending Strategy Analysis Policies 221

Abrigo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Abrigo's most popular whitepapers and checklists on lending and credit risk Abrigo experts' insights on CFPB 1071, loan policies, and risk ratings were popular with banking professionals. Watch NOW Takeaway 1 Abrigo's experts produced many pieces on lending and credit risk to provide strategies and tools to help banking professionals.

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Resources Lending Risk Management Policies 221

Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? You might also like this webinar on credit department housekeeping.

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Risk Management Management Lending Capital 221

Perficient

AUGUST 4, 2024

This blog post delves into the myriad benefits of Azure Integration Services and highlights high-impact examples that demonstrate its transformative potential for financial services organizations. API Management benefits your products & customers as much as it benefits your development teams.

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Industry Compliance Examples Risk Management 467

Abrigo

AUGUST 25, 2021

Takeaway 2 A consumer loan origination system can help FIs offer a fully digital retail lending experience. How can FIs overcome retail lending challenges? In today's competitive – and increasingly digital – consumer lending environment, financial institutions will need to find ways to adapt to changing customer expectations.

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Abrigo

MAY 27, 2022

What Makes a Successful Credit Manager Focusing on these traits can only help you become a better credit manager at your financial institution. 5 Traits of the Ideal Credit Manager. Below are five traits integral to being a successful credit manager. Credit Risk Management. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Management Risk Management Analysis Lending 195

Abrigo

MAY 14, 2021

Check out this webinar on Enterprise Risk Management. Takeaway 1 Enterprise Risk Management is a priority for financial institution leaders but still maturing. The Importance of Effective Risk Management. The same can be said for banking risk management. WATCH ON-DEMAND. Compliance and Decision-making. ERM Today.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Why change management is vital for banks and credit unions Regulators promote change management to manage risk, but banks and credit unions can also achieve important benefits when they manage change. This article describes recent comments by financial regulators about managing change.

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Management Lending Risk Management Strategy 195

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Loan Decisioning Allows Small Business Lending to Grow Community financial institutions can leverage automated loan underwriting to increase small business lending and achieve consistency. . Takeaway 2 Loan decisioning allows institutions to efficiently allocate credit analysts’ time for profitable small business lending.

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Lending Community Bank Community Analysis 195

Abrigo

APRIL 1, 2020

The first is to complete loan data file transfers in XML format, either through a system such as the Sageworks SBA Lending Software , or from a bank’s proprietary system to the SBA’s E-Tran database. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending. Breaking Down SBA Lending: What is E-Tran? Lending & Credit Risk.

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Lending Illinois System Resources 195

Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This post by Hayley Collier , Trepp's Marketing Communication Specialist, was originally published on Trepp's blog and can be found here. CRE Lending. Credit Risk Management. Lending & Credit Risk. CRE Lending. Lending & Credit Risk. CRE Lending. Credit Risk Management. Learn More.

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Marketing Lending Risk Management Retail 312

Abrigo

MARCH 3, 2022

By leveraging their strengths in relationship lending and their access to technology in order to grow the small business loan portfolio profitably. CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market.

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Lending Community Marketing Community Bank 195

Abrigo

JULY 9, 2021

Managing multiple vendors can be complex and expensive. COVID-19 and subsequent relief efforts, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), initiated a boost in spending and planning for digital transformations to navigate the pandemic and find efficiencies in their lending processes. Managing vendor relationships.

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Management Resources Lending Training 195

Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

I wrote a blog the other day for The Next Web. There is RegTech for Regulatory Technologies; WealthTech for Wealth Management Technologies; InsurTech for Insurance Technologies; and so on. Because there are so many categories, I’m not going to get through them all in one go, so guess I need to split this into two blogs.

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Fintech Regulation Technology Analytics 342

Abrigo

JANUARY 25, 2022

Change Management Helps Financial Institutions with Digitalization Bank and credit union executives who manage the people side of digital transformation have more success. . Takeaway 3 Seven steps of change management will jump-start the implementation and improve adoption and digital transformation. Not in all cases.

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Management Software Survey Fintech 195

Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Managing loan workouts and modifications Tips for preparing your bank or credit union to handle an increased volume of problem loans while ensuring prudent credit risk management. Takeaway 2 Meanwhile, banks and credit unions will likely see a beefed-up regulatory emphasis on credit risk management practices, especially tied to CRE. .

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Management Risk Management Policies Lending 195

Abrigo

JANUARY 27, 2022

Higher Fed Rates Ahead: Plan Now to Manage Impact on Deposits The Fed's signal of higher interest rates reiterates the importance of financial institution ALM and deposit management strategies, policies, and programs. . What’s your deposit management strategy? Get the latest best practices for managing excess liquidity.

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Strategy Management Policies Lending 195

Abrigo

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Fortify your credit risk management framework How to prepare your organization for scrutiny of its credit risk management practices during your next exam or review. . You might also like this whitepaper, "Stress Testing: Managing Capital Levels and Credit Risk." So how can banks help customers keep up in uncertain markets?

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Risk Management Management Policies Lending 195

Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The banking industry has faced many challenges in 2020, from transitioning to CECL, managing Paycheck Protection Program loans, and navigating an unprecedented economic recession. More than 500 banking professionals across the country gathered for a two-day 2020 ThinkBIG: Manage Risk. CRE Lending. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Management Lending Community Strategy 195

South State Correspondent

JULY 7, 2024

In commercial banking, lending optionality occurs for liquidity, credit, or interest rates. Another example of interest rate lending optionality is a lack of prepayment protection on loans. Liquidity optionality is a common, but manageable, risk in the industry. Credit optionality should be easier for commercial banks to manage.

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Lending Community Bank Community Exercises 195

Abrigo

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Across personal and professional platforms, bankers have experience with managing passwords to online services. Yet given the confidential nature of data often stored in web-based lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions, bankers have to pay special attention to potential weaknesses in password management.

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Risk Management Management Lending Handbook 150

Abrigo

AUGUST 5, 2020

Now, banks and credit unions must determine how to safely and effectively manage risk in the portfolio while also driving growth at their institution. Therefore, it’s essential that the credit memo captures the complete picture of the borrower to ensure proper risk management. Improving loan grading in a recession.

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Management Risk Management Trends Industry 195

Abrigo

APRIL 8, 2020

Many hopeful participants took to Twitter to express frustrations with their primary lenders not lending or including caveats to borrower eligibility. To meet the volume of needs, automating the lending process is important to get capital into the hands of small business owners quickly. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending.

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Lending How To Resources Community 195

Abrigo

JUNE 18, 2020

Key Takeaways The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been a critical foothold for community financial institutions seeking to obtain and diversify business lending relationships. PPP opens the door for new business lending relationships. Reimagining branches post-pandemic to support business lending. learn more.

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Lending Strategy Resources Community 195

Abrigo

JUNE 28, 2024

Navigating interest rate management in today's environment As regulators focus on interest rate risk management, read about what financial institutions can do to be ready for a rate drop. You might also like this on-demand webinar, "Navigating uncertain times: Strategies for effective risk management and compliance."

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Community Bank Strategy Community Management 195

Abrigo

MARCH 22, 2017

The 2017 Risk Management Summit presented by Sageworks is set for September 25-27th in Denver, CO. The Summit is the industry’s leading life-of-loan conference, spanning business development through portfolio risk management in a CECL - current expected credit loss - world. Here are the 2016 Summit Takeaways.

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Risk Management Management Denver Conference 186

Abrigo

JULY 20, 2021

From leveraging PPP technology to building relationships, reasons for boosting SBA lending are numerous. . Takeaway 1 SBA lending can expand your product offerings to help win deals with prospects and existing business customers or members. Why SBA Lending? Would you like others articles like this in your inbox? 1 and Sept.

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Lending FDIC Capital Risk Management 195

Abrigo

JANUARY 29, 2020

Key Takeaways The FDIC issued an advisory to FIs encouraging safe and sound lending practices in today's ag lending environment. FDIC) issued an advisory to financial institutions encouraging exceptionally safe and sound lending practices in agricultural lending. Learn More.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 18, 2017

He gave me the classic view: “A bank is there to take people’s money and lend it out at a profit, whilst ensuring the risk of non-payment is minimised” No it isn’t, I said. The lending part is now no longer important, as that can be done through alternative media such as peer-to-peer lenders.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Small Business Loans | 5 minute read Key Takeaways Credit unions' small business loans hit a record low, while small business lending continues to remain strong at big banks and community banks. Going digital can help reduce the cost of small business lending and capture more member business loans. Talk to an expert.

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Lending How To Community Community Bank 150

Abrigo

JULY 13, 2017

The 2017 Risk Management Summit presented by Sageworks is set for September 25-27th in Denver, CO. The Summit is the industry’s leading life-of-loan conference, spanning loan origination through portfolio risk management in a CECL - current expected credit loss - world. One month before the primary registration period ends.

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Risk Management Management Denver Conference 170

South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

We will consider the minimal project DSCR in this article and cover the debt yield topic in future blogs. Why DSCR and LTV are Misleading Many banks believe that 1.20x DSCR and 75% LTV are good credit safeguards and that credits that started at those levels were unlikely candidates for special asset management.

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Lending Community Bank Community National 195

Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Cybersecurity | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Third-party/vendor risk management is becoming increasingly challenging with more cloud-based providers. On top of initial vendor due diligence, there are ongoing, systematic approaches to managing third-party relationships. . Cyber Due Diligence. The banking industry is no stranger to this.

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Risk Management Management Lending Fraud 150

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Personalized Touch with Efficient Service Can Boost Lending Banks and credit unions can boost business lending by combining a relationship focus with transaction-oriented processing. . This competition can only increase as the lending landscape continues to shift.

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Lending St. Louis Community Survey 195

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. Community financial institutions' experience with PPP technology also translates to other areas of lending.

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Lending Community San Antonio Survey 259

Abrigo

JUNE 18, 2020

CRE Lending. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending. How the Pandemic and PPP Have ‘Turbo-charged’ New Business Lending Strategies. CRE Lending. Credit Risk Management. Lending & Credit Risk. CRE Lending. Lending & Credit Risk. C&I Loans. Learn More. C&I Loans.

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