Abrigo

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Review the 2023 Loan Review Survey results with experts and get their take on emerging trends and best practices WATCH WEBINAR Takeaway 1 Loan covenants are critical to banks and credit unions to manage credit risk, especially when borrowers face stress. Make sure that the covenants are appropriate to the transaction.”

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Strategies for adopting AI at your financial institution Abrigo CTO Ravi Nemalikanti offers insights on how banks and credit unions can begin to utilize generative AI. You might also like this webinar, "Banking as a service: Objectives, opportunities, and obstacles." So, what is generative AI?

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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2023

Takeaway 2 Reporting tiers and their deadlines are based on the number of covered transactions to small businesses that a lender originated in 2022 and 2023. Despite the seemingly long runway to prepare, it's not too early to get a handle on the new requirements and how they will affect a bank or credit union.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

You might also like this checklist for preparing for the CFPB 1071 rule DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 Bank and credit union executives are worried about complying with the CFPB's upcoming final rule on small business loan application data. What is a “covered" credit transaction? Which credit transactions are excluded?

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Abrigo

JANUARY 25, 2022

Change Management Helps Financial Institutions with Digitalization Bank and credit union executives who manage the people side of digital transformation have more success. . That has top bank and credit union leaders looking to continue the advances in digitalization that have helped them through the pandemic.

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Abrigo

APRIL 7, 2022

You might also like this webinar, "Mergers & Acquisitions in a CECL Environment." Understanding the mission-critical analysis, best practices, and risks of BSA/AML compliance – no matter what side of the transaction you are on – can determine the success of the transaction and assist in avoiding penalties. CECL Accounting.

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Abrigo

MAY 2, 2024

Introduction Small business lending for banks & credit unions Small businesses play a crucial role in our economy, and one of the key factors in their success is access to funding. This policy serves as a set of guidelines that outline the rules and expectations for the credit function within the bank or credit union.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

After the success community banks and credit unions had helping businesses in their local communities with lending during the pandemic , financial institutions continue to turn to small business loans as a source of portfolio growth. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL.

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Small Businesses Credit Unions Credit Risk CECL 78

Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

But impulse buying – whether at home or in business – can result in waste, so think carefully about areas of your bank or credit union that could benefit next year from a small investment as 2021 draws to a close. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 billion from $515.3

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The goal is to eliminate the threat before any inside fraudulent transactions occur. Chargeback misuse costs both financial institutions and their clients significantly. Cyber shoplifting : This type of 1st-party fraud involves a cardholder filing an invalid dispute against a credit card transaction, usually after a significant purchase.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Digitalizing the small business loan from beginning to end can reduce processing time, allowing banks and credit unions to provide decisions more quickly and transparently. Life-of-loan digitalization also makes it easier for high-salaried lending and credit professionals to focus on loans that require more intense analysis.

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Small Businesses Credit Unions Credit Risk CECL 78

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Rather, a loan agreement is needed when the extension of credit results in a “significant” downgrade in the risk rating subsequent to the financing transaction (depending on the number of levels in your risk rating system, two or more ratings). Yet, far too often, it is cited when it is not relevant (e.g.,

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Credit Risk CECL Credit Unions Transactions 78

Abrigo

DECEMBER 7, 2021

According to the FFIEC, there are no required risk categories, and the number and detail of these categories vary based on the bank or credit union's size or complexity. Determine whether these volumes are increasing or decreasing and what controls the bank or credit union has in place for each.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 19, 2022

The unusual circumstances make effective loan pricing more imperative than ever for banks and credit unions. Excess liquidity is persisting into 2022, affecting balance sheets and capital and squeezing net interest margins further as banks and credit unions deploy more assets in the lower-margin investment portfolio or in plain cash.

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Credit Unions Credit Risk CECL Transactions 78

Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

banks and credit unions, and they may believe that these serious AML/CFT concerns will not affect their communities. Community financial institutions have more frequently become targets of these illicit transactions, as larger banks commonly have more sophisticated monitoring systems for detecting and reporting suspicious activity.

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Credit Unions Cybersecurity CECL Credit Risk 78

Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) continues to receive attention surrounding their proposed current expected credit loss (CECL) model , as final guidance is expected to be released late 2014 or early 2015. To learn more about FASB’s CECL model, download the whitepaper, FASB’s CECL Model: How to Prepare Now.

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Abrigo

JULY 30, 2019

Trapp says a potential executive summary at the beginning of a memo could include the recommendation, why the institution would want to make the loan, what could go wrong and the transaction structure. Credit Risk. Writing Effective Credit Memos Efficiently. Credit Risk. Portfolio Risk & CECL. Credit Risk.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

How banks and credit unions use genAI today Short supporting copy. Credit unions are jumping in too. Banks and credit unions want to serve their clients better and improve their services and products. For example, banks and credit unions must comply with strict data privacy laws.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Top banking risk management papers and infographics Abrigo experts' insights on deposit pricing, stress testing, loan review, and CECL were popular with banking risk professionals. A CECL prep kit was also popular. It covered the significant ways banks and credit unions measure interest rate risk and manage liquidity risk.

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CECL Credit Unions Credit Risk Transactions 88

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

What banks need to know as the CFPB gets closer to its final rule Banks, credit unions, and other creditors may be required to collect more data for each application under a new rule. You might also like this webinar: "Fortify Your Loan Policy to Effectively Manage Credit Risk." CECL Regulation. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Credit and Collections Credit Unions Credit Risk CECL 78

Abrigo

JUNE 15, 2023

The subjective nature of real estate pricing makes for easily manipulated transactions that run through financial institutions. Credit: Brian Koppel, Reel to Real Filming Locations blog According to a Global Financial Integrity (GFI) study , an estimated $2.3 billion was laundered between 2015 and 2020 through the U.S.

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Credit Unions Credit and Collections Transactions CECL 78