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Ag lending outlook & top challenges

Abrigo

Strong demand is a factor in the ag lending outlook ahead Ag lenders can begin taking steps to ensure they are prepared and can provide positive customer or member experiences. The outlook for ag lending has its share of uncertainty. Inflation, rates are factors in ag lending outlook. Farmers expect worse in 2023. Rising inputs.

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For Ag Lenders, Farm Outlook Warrants Watching

Abrigo

farmers is even more unpredictable than in recent years, so financial institutions will want to keep a close eye on the agricultural sector -- both to protect ag lending portfolios and tap into ag loan growth opportunities. Stay up to date on the farm outlook and ag lending best practices. The economic and financial outlook for U.S.

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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

Economy , supervisory and risk specialists from the Federal Reserve of Kansas outline top challenges and opportunities regarding the future of community banking. Community banks are critical to ag lending and small business lending. In the recent publication, Community Banks’ Ongoing Role in the U.S. Digitalization.

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How to stress test your ag portfolio

Abrigo

The report, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , stated that demand could remain high since futures markets for fall crops show prices are likely to remain low because of the potential for another record harvest. Without diversification, risks will be expounded.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

According to the CFPB, the new members “include experts in consumer protection, financial services, community development, fair lending, civil rights, consumer financial products or services, representatives of community banks and credit unions, and scholars with relevant methodological and subject matter experience.”

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Agricultural Alert!

Independent Banker

This leaves federal crop insurance support as a key risk-management tool. It’s a crucial risk-management tool” for 1.7 million farms and the community banks that lend to them each growing season, Scanlan points out. It’s a crucial risk-management tool” for 1.7 Robert Johansson, USDA economist.

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Finovate Alumni News

Fintech Labs Insights

Around the web: American Banker article notes Vouch is bringing social connections back into lending in the 21st-century. Cachet Financial Solutions partners with risk management software company Advanced Fraud Solutions. Xero updates Tracked Inventory feature.