Abrigo

MARCH 17, 2022

The Stress Test Scenarios for Big Banks Are Useful for Smaller Institutions' Own Tests Banking regulators recently released the 2022 scenarios for upcoming stress tests by the biggest banks. Prudent stress testing as a risk management tool helps the enterprise see where the potential pitfalls are in their plans.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 11, 2014

In September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published final guidelines designed to “strengthen the governance and risk management practices of large financial institutions.” Assess risk management structures. Update the scope and frequency of risk management reporting.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 10, 2015

Most people who exercise regularly can vouch for the side benefits of physical activity. Incorporating some of the findings from the stress tests into strategic plans, forecasting, and other risk management processes can provide more value. Manage concentration risk. Incorporate into capital-planning process.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 12, 2016

Risk rating practices for the loan portfolio can draw scrutiny from regulators, to be sure. One of every six financial institutions responding to the 2015 Sageworks Bank & Credit Union Examination Survey said that examiners criticized or required action related to their risk ratings practices.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Effective fraud risk management includes detection and fraud monitoring that should consider customer or member history and behavior. As financial transactions become increasingly digital, consumers and businesses must be equipped with the knowledge to navigate day-to-day business securely.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Non-recourse loans While the bank historically has not experienced excessive levels of charge-offs due to loans not having one or more guarantors, there is considerable evidence to show that the options available to resolve a problem situation, as well as the costs incurred to exercise such options, are adversely affected by the lack of guarantees.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

ALM | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Many financial institutions view asset/liability management as a "check-the-box" regulatory exercise. An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance.

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Abrigo

JUNE 9, 2016

One simple exercise for exploring this is to pick any client who is currently receiving only one service from the firm but with whom staff typically enjoy working.

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

First “live” DFAST exercise yields mixed results for banks and regulators Management Duties Risk Management Operational Risk.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Regarding the CECL transition status, respondents selecting specific answers appear to be focusing today on building governance structure and assessing their data adequacy,” said Sageworks Executive Risk Management Consultant Tim McPeak. These choices are understandable and appropriate relative to timelines for implementation.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

For this and other reasons, now is a good time to review and refresh articles, bylaws and committee charters to ensure resilience and bolster risk management. But if they see it as a risk management tool, it’s a game changer. He also recommends not updating the resiliency document as only a “table-top exercise.”

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2015

There are more than 6,000 banks and thrifts under $10 billion in assets and they are often less equipped to deal with complexities brought by additional regulations. He commented that regulations are likely to generate at least somewhat of a burden, but many provide public benefits that offset any burden imposed on community banks.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Lending Discipline: Hedging programs make loan pricing more transparent and force bankers to exercise sensible pricing methodologies. FDIC regulations afford QFCs certain rights and protections that will accrue to the hedge end-user (a community bank or a community bank borrower) if the hedge provider fails and the FDIC becomes the receiver.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 26, 2016

.” The reissued guidance includes an amendment that the CFPB described as “needed to clarify that supervised entities have flexibility [in their risk management program for service providers] and to allow appropriate risk management.”

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FluentBanking

MARCH 27, 2020

Vacancy Not specific Job Context Job Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh (subject to transfer to any other location within the country) Job Responsibilities To perform risk calculation & analysis exercise for market and liquidity risk management (i.e. so that risk can be measured at a regular interval.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 brought a renewed focus on the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes within the financial institutions, who, not very long ago, viewed GRC as little more than a necessary evil – cost of doing business, which added little value. IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.0

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FICO

APRIL 7, 2020

Thinking long-term while in the midst of a crisis is a challenging exercise. As fraud practitioners, it’s easy to see the immediate impact on our lives – from reduced operational capacity, to the proliferation of COVID19 scams , to the need to modify our strategies as consumer spending habits have suddenly shifted.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. While interest rate risk caused the most significant impact on value, several other factors contributed to the terminality of each bank that was closed.

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Cisco

AUGUST 9, 2022

As these have attacks have evolved, regulatory bodies have updated their regulations to account for the increasing threat of cyber risk. financial institutions, the FFIEC released new guidance and a Cybersecurity Assessment Tool for institutions to self assess their risks and determine their cybersecurity maturity.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 13, 2023

Wider implications for risk management and premiums In addition to solvency considerations, failure to recognise correlations might be detrimental to firms’ risk management. At least, a light touch exercise to scope this possibility might be wise. Looking more widely, we signpost a recent interesting paper.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Brokers/dealers were concerned about the potential for consumers to exercise their rights under Regulation E to assert that a transaction was unauthorized up to 60 days after its settlement, despite the fact that securities settlement transactions are exempt from Reg. Beyond Securities Transactions.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 8, 2020

They may be looking for a dance partner or hiding from a regulator. So far, bankers have taken comfort in the soundbite that “this crisis is different” because of the strong capital levels and risk management rigor that has developed since the Great Recession. 25% 140 banks will have capital levels that have fallen below 8%.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 25, 2016

Somewhere in that immersion exercise or buried on page 24 of the slide deck, there was a sizzling nugget to take away and implement. The big challenges are culture and risk management. Boards and management teams everywhere struggle with this. One way or another, private equity firms do this.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

It’s been nearly a decade since the financial crisis exposed how a weak risk management framework and lack of governance can almost permanently debilitate even one of the strongest capital markets. The volume of regulation has created more surface area for compliance gaps. Look for Regtech in the Collections tab.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

“I know that unnecessary regulation saps the strength of community banks.” Federal banking regulators are always alert to emerging safety and soundness issues. To combat this malicious activity, management has to analyze, understand and measure their institution’s risk and readiness as part of a solid risk-management culture.

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FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

FICO brings AI and advanced analytics to risk management, fraud detection, collections and much more. We serve corporates, insurance companies, and banks – be it a retail, private, wealth management, automotive or telecom bank, tier 1 or tier 3 bank. However, this has changed over time. In the U.S. Can you elaborate on that?

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Concern over regulators getting hacked. Do you know how to assess your firm’s readiness for this pivotal regulation? The CAT Conundrum; he regulates me, he regulates me not. This risk takes various forms, including not only operational and financial risk but also reputational risk cause by regulatory issue fallout.

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FICO

MAY 18, 2020

Just as organisations were getting to grips with IFRS 9 and its implications, the impact of COVID-19 has created the “perfect storm” for collections as regulators, organisations and customers scramble to understand the economic and financial impact of this pandemic. Regulator Help and Expectations. This is a unique time.

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FICO

MARCH 25, 2020

There have been significant numbers of forbearance requests from customers, and C&R teams will need to exercise discipline regarding when and how forbearance is provided. Source: FICO Blog Ultimately, the purpose of forbearance is to return customers to being up to date, whilst preventing unfair customer outcomes.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Consumer lending compliance — like other aspects of enterprise risk management at financial institutions — saw a huge impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. Major consumer loan compliance regulations. Regulation B, implementing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) for fair lending. Pandemic Issues.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If you want some earlier thinking on China and CBDC design options, see War over Money reaches new heights, as Libra opts into regulation, China launches national blockchain, and Financial Stability Board raises alarm. Let’s lump a few “regulators fight back” entries here as a lead in to the next section. Slowing GDP growth by 1.5%

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If you want some earlier thinking on China and CBDC design options, see War over Money reaches new heights, as Libra opts into regulation, China launches national blockchain, and Financial Stability Board raises alarm. Let’s lump a few “regulators fight back” entries here as a lead in to the next section. Slowing GDP growth by 1.5%

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FICO

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The most popular posts in our Customer Development category dealt with digital banking, optimizing credit line increases, loan pricing and machine learning for credit risk models. With this approach, loan pricing is not an isolated exercise. Instead, loan prices are optimized within the context of the entire customer offer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Instead of going to the gym, they’re climbing on their Peloton bikes or exercising in front of their Magic Mirrors with trainers and others who are part of those digital fitness communities. And instead of investing in tickets to go to a game, they’re investing in smart flat-screen TVs to watch live sporting events at home with friends.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

Instead of going to the gym, they’re climbing on their Peloton bikes or exercising in front of their Magic Mirrors with trainers and others who are part of those digital fitness communities. And instead of investing in tickets to go to a game, they’re investing in smart flat-screen TVs to watch live sporting events at home with friends.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The phenomena of regulation and other hurdles resulting from bad business decisions is a tale that is regularly repeated. Fast forward to the BP oil spill that is now costing the industry hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with new regulations. Maybe poor governance is contagious.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The phenomena of regulation and other hurdles resulting from bad business decisions is a tale that is regularly repeated. Fast forward to the BP oil spill that is now costing the industry hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with new regulations. Maybe poor governance is contagious.

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