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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

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Banks and thrifts hold half of all outstanding CRE debt through the second quarter, with insurance companies accounting for 12% and commercial mortgage-backed securities holding 14%, according to Trepp. But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits.

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Small business loan processing: Automate back-office tasks

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Automation offers a secure digital portal for borrowers to upload documents and can flag missing items and send reminders so that applications have all the necessary information and documents for processing and review to begin. Small business owners loan requests that comply with policy can be automatically sent to apply rate sheets.

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Cyber Complications for Vendor Risk Management

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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. Get it in writing.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

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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. You might also like these on-demand webinars on tackling common credit risk questions.

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Cyber Complications for Vendor Risk Management

Abrigo

In a marketplace where data is shared and distributed at record speeds, third-party or vendor risk management is a challenge for most businesses. Whether it’s external audits, testing, or attestation, look for the vendor to provide external assurance regarding the state of their secure practices and governance.

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Supervisor focus: Credit risk management, stress testing

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Monitoring credit risk management, interest rate risk and banks’ ability to stress test loans affected by low oil prices are among the priorities for supervisors at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) these days, according to the agency’s recent mid-year status report on its operating plan.

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Managing risk in MBL: Best practices and comprehensive strategies for credit risk management

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The purpose of the new rule is to give credit unions more flexibility to implement principle-based risk management processes and policies. This means it’s important that credit unions reevaluate their risk management strategies. Also consider how long they have banked with the institution.