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Small business loan processing: Automate back-office tasks

Abrigo

Automation fosters efficiency, accuracy, and the support that community businesses need. Manual loan processing: Costly in several ways During a recent Abrigo webinar , more than a quarter (28%) of respondents answering a poll question said their institution handles all loan types the same without automation. The results?

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Improve loan decisioning: 5 ways to serve small businesses better

Abrigo

Community financial institutions have the expertise and local ties to support small businesses, but outdated processes and risk-averse approaches often slow down their loan decisioning. Understand and meet borrower expectations For community financial institutions (CFIs), small business lending presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

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Writing Effective Credit Memos Efficiently

Abrigo

You might like the on-demand webinar, "Credit presentations: Developing a high-quality credit memo." Templates and frameworks can help, but as Kent Kirby, a retired Chief Credit Officer and senior advisor at Abrigo, pointed out during a recent webinar , too often memos are either too dense or too sparse.

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Managing interest rate risk in 2024: Strategies for community banks

Abrigo

You might also like this on-demand webinar, "Navigating uncertain times: Strategies for effective risk management and compliance." Rising-rate environment Planning ALM strategies In today's volatile economic landscape, managing interest rate risk has become a top priority for community banks.

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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

In today’s banking world, community banks are focused sharply on shareholders’ expectations for growth in earnings and return on equity. So, how can community banks support earnings and ROE growth in the face of intense regulatory scrutiny and competitive pressures on profitability? Changing Lending Environment. What's Next.

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Response from community groups to OCC/FDIC joint CRA proposal

CFPB Monitor

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was issued only by the OCC and the FDIC. If the OCC and FDIC move forward without agreement from the Federal Reserve, different banks could be faced with wildly different CRA regimes. Notably absent was the Federal Reserve, which did not join in on the proposal or offer a counter-proposal.

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Community banks’ net income, loan balances increase in 2014

Abrigo

The latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile was just released and the industry continues to be led by the nation’s community banks. percent of community banks were unprofitable during the quarter. Here are a few other highlights of community banks from the report : Net interest income up more than 6 percent.