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Small business loan processing: Automate back-office tasks

Abrigo

But these businessesoften the backbone of their communitiesdepend on access to capital. The speed advantage may be due to large banks greater use of automated lending technology, the FDIC said, although large banks increased reliance on hard credit-scoring information may also play a role. The results?

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

When and how to cite credit exceptions A policy on credit exceptions can address many factors that can lead financial institutions to diverge from loan policy and miss signs of potential trouble. Takeaway 3 A credit exception policy should spell out what one is, when it can be used, and how to clear it.

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Bank exam “hot spot”: Inflating policy limits to avoid scrutiny

Abrigo

The desire to avoid examiner scrutiny may tempt some financial institutions to set the bar high when it comes to credit and liquidity risk management policy limits, but regulators are discouraging this approach. Do established policy limits reflect true risk tolerance?

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9 “hot spot” issues examiners see at banks with CRE loans

Abrigo

FDIC officials in March outlined several types of weaknesses in loan underwriting, administration and oversight practices that are emerging at some banks with CRE portfolios. Eberley, director of the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision wrote in the publication.

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The role of bank directors in managing risk

Abrigo

The FDIC is offering a fresh take on how a bank’s board of directors should understand and manage risk. The regulator’s April edition of Supervisory Insights provides what the FDIC called a “refresher” on its Pocket Guide for Directors, the 1988 booklet outlining the basic duties and responsibilities of a bank’s board of directors.

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Model Risk Management: Regulatory Priorities and Best Practices

Abrigo

Meet Model Risk Management Expectations Updates to the FDIC Risk Management Manual should steer institutions toward a model that manages risk and drives growth. FDIC Update. Last April, the FDIC released an Interagency Statement titled Model Risk Management (MRM) for Bank Models and Systems Supporting BSA/AML Compliance.

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Bank ROE – What Should Be Your Bank’s Target?

South State Correspondent

Bank ROE Historical Performance Total assets for all FDIC-insured institutions was $23.7T There are various models investors may use to assess return and risk, but the most widely used is a risk premium model called CAPM (capital asset pricing model). These intangible factors can also lower the bank’s cost of capital.