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. Visit CFPB 1071 resources for lenders for more on data collection requirements for small business lending.

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2024

How to respond to CRE loan distress Use these tips for banks and credit unions to identify and handle commercial real estate loans that are showing signs of being problem CRE credits. Bring together the deal team, credit approvers, and workout experts to discuss and determine the grade and next steps.

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Abrigo

MARCH 14, 2024

You might also like this SMB Lending Insights report for banks and credit unions Download report Takeaway 1 Banks need to implement customer retention strategies to keep their valuable customers, not just attract new ones. Follow this guide for strategies to stay competitive. Read the buyer's guide to lending solutions.

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2023

You might also like this webinar, "Return to basics: Asking the right credit risk questions." WATCH Takeaway 1 Loan review officers must figure out how to adhere to the FDIC’s guidance on loan review and credit risk review systems. Read more for specific objectives every loan review system should meet.

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Abrigo

JUNE 3, 2016

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) long-awaited final guidance on its new standard for measuring expected credit losses is expected to be released in June, a step that will be a major milestone in the multi-year development of the current expected credit loss (CECL) model. 15, 2020, based on the FASB’s latest decisions.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Essential technology for modern lending and credit departments. Learn more about what they are and how they help banks and credit unions gain needed efficiency in the loan administration process. The software also regularly provides detailed reports about project status, which helps keep track of payments and collections.

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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2023

Timelines for small business loan data collection and reporting Deadlines for complying with the new CFPB section 1071 rule requirements for financial institutions to collect data on small business loan activities. Takeaway 3 The earliest deadline requires financial institutions to begin collecting data Oct.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 30, 2022

Expanding the commercial loan portfolio in today's market With the right strategies, banks and credit unions can expand their commercial loan portfolios successfully. Takeaway 3 Risk mitigation is essential to understanding the impact of lines of credit on profitability and allowance. Risk management. Listen now.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 14, 2023

King outlined the following best practices for developing and refreshing your strategic plan and encouraged banks and credit unions to make them an integral part of board meetings. It’s essential to involve your board and executive management in pre-planning steps to ensure everyone’s input is collected and heard.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Recent dynamics of the small business lending market A deep understanding of the small business lending landscape and potential efficiencies can help banks and credit unions grow their portfolios. Dynamic market Small business lending by banks & credit unions Small businesses are a pillar of the U.S.

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tillful

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Can a checking account help or hurt your credit score? In most cases, the answer is neither — it doesn’t connect to business credit at all. However, there are some exceptions, and credit scoring models may be moving in that direction in the future. Do checking accounts affect your credit score?

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Abrigo

JUNE 23, 2023

You might also like this on-demand webinar on the new CFPB small business data collection rule Watch Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions often face challenges implementing data warehouses and are not pleased with the result. Stay up to date on the CFPB 1071 data collection rule and other lending compliance topics.

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RMAi Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Credit cards and debit cards can be confusing. Credit cards allow you to use other people’s money while debit cards only let you spend your own money. How a Credit Card Works: Before you can get a credit card, you will have to complete a credit application. When you use a credit card, you pay the bill later.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 11, 2022

Takeaway 1 ALM in banking means managing the cash flows of assets and liabilities to increase profitability, manage risk, and maintain safety and soundness. . Takeaway 2 Rather than helping financial institutions avoid risk entirely, ALM helps ensure a bank or credit union's risk exposures represent levels in line with policy limits. .

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Abrigo

MARCH 21, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Earning more income and mitigating interest rate risk isn’t as simple as charging higher rates on loans and earning higher rates on the investment portfolio. Takeaway 2 Some banks and credit unions were late movers and are now scrambling to lock in funding for the short term to meet liquidity and capital needs.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2019

Ask the staff of banks and credit unions about the loan application, underwriting, and onboarding processes at their respective institutions, and you’ll likely hear some complaints from them, too. A look at the steps of an institution relying on manual processes and an institution utilizing technology sheds light.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Takeaway 1 10% of banks and credit unions have completed CECL adoption, according to Abrigo's CECL implementation survey. With just weeks left to complete CECL implementation, how are banks and credit unions doing? What are their biggest challenges with the current expected credit loss model?

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Abrigo

JANUARY 27, 2022

Takeaway 2 If the market trends downward for long, banks and credit unions could actually see another increase in deposits. The Federal Reserve’s signal this week that it will start raising interest rates in March 2022 generated a collective high-five throughout the banking industry. Lending & Credit Risk.

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tillful

MAY 12, 2023

A poor business credit score or thin credit history can get in the way when applying for small business loans. This is especially true in higher interest rate environments, when lenders pull back on credit (like now). For instance, you may choose to improve your credit score at this stage before you start your loan applications.

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Biz2X

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Are you seeking a top-notch loan management system for your credit union, small regional, or community bank? Overloaded loan officers are at risk of making mistakes in the pre-qualification, credit decision, and document management processes. A digital lending platform can save your team from many tedious duties.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The blog considers the potential consequences of using incorrect or misapplied models to conduct  stress testing , assess capital adequacy, estimate credit losses, or  monitor and manage high-risk customers. Liquidity risk Regulators expec t banks and credit unions to maintain adequate levels of liquidity.

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Abrigo

JULY 30, 2019

Why is writing effective credit memos so vexing? Given that a credit memorandum is one of the most critical documents in the life of the loan, it would seem like a straightforward process. However, lenders, credit analysts, and other banking staff frequently seek tips for writing better credit memos.

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Biz2X

JULY 11, 2023

This guide makes the case for why lenders, including banks and credit unions, MUST invest in business loan automation. It also offers automated debt collection. Easy-to-set borrower eligibility requirements, including minimum monthly income, geographical location, credit history, and more, based on your firm’s lending policies.

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Biz2X

MAY 23, 2023

Bank failures, higher interest rates resulting from central bank actions and the threat of inflation are causing traditional banks, credit unions, and other businesses in the financial services industry to look for novel ways to attract customers and increase profitability in 2023 and beyond.

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2017

With the National Credit Union Administration issuing its final member business lending (MBL) ruling as of January 2017, credit unions are seeing increased flexibility in their lending limits. Who is responsible for collecting key documents, and will a system be used to track tickler documents and member compliance?

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Abrigo

APRIL 8, 2020

Abrigo customers are able to quickly push the application data collected directly into E-Tran, where the data will repopulate. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. The Paycheck Protection Program has been a whiplash of events, to say the least. SBA Lending.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 11, 2016

As discussed in a previous post, many banks and credit unions are turning to loan portfolio growth as the way forward. Very often, banks and credit unions will pass on loan applications that don’t appear to quite meet their underwriting criteria.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Improving policies and procedures starts with asking for and collecting the right data to fully understand a borrower. Banks, in particular, community banks, have often relied on a borrower’s character, one of the 5 Cs of Credit , to make lending decisions.

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Abrigo

JUNE 29, 2017

Keith collected data from her website, where articles answering these questions collectively received over 66,700 views. Keith points out that for document collection , defer to the guidelines at your institution. View the webinar recording to see Keith’s answers to all 15 questions.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The Financial Accounting Standard Board’s proposed move to the current expected credit loss, or CECL, is top of mind for many of the bankers and industry experts attending the 2015 Risk Management Summit presented by Sageworks. Involving people from the financial institution’s credit department will be key, he added.

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Abrigo

APRIL 21, 2016

As technology and data collection improve, banks and credit unions are finding ways to use this information to improve their loan decision making and thus improve their asset quality in the long term. A probability of default model (PDM) is a system for objectively quantifying future credit risk.

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Fundera

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

When a credit bureau computes your credit score, their job is to produce a number that estimates—given your past and current financial history—how likely you are to default on future debts. There are five notable components of a personal credit score. There are five notable components of a personal credit score.

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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. After adjusting the inherent risk for the institution’s risk management controls, residual risk represents the bank or credit union’s current risk.

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Biz2X

AUGUST 7, 2022

To give you a sense of how Interest-rate changes affect the profitability of banking, consider the following: If the recent increase in inflation were to prove persistent, this would be positive for bank profits as they can establish loans to small businesses at higher interest rates and collect more in monthly interest payments.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Abrigo's most popular whitepapers and checklists on lending and credit risk Abrigo experts' insights on CFPB 1071, loan policies, and risk ratings were popular with banking professionals. You might also like this webinar, "Unraveling risk rating: Making sense of your best early warning tool." Here are the top resources.

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2023

NCUA expectations for credit unions post-CECL adoption The NCUA's focus on risk, especially credit risk, has implications for credit unions instituting CECL this quarter. Takeaway 2 Credit unions may still have questions about regulatory expectations for CECL after adopting the new standard.

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2021

Takeaway 2 Once a bank or credit union understands the need for an LOS, it develop one or use a third-party vendor. A loan origination system (LOS) has become a common banking buzzword among banks and credit unions in recent years. It’s also important to understand how an LOS may be able to help your bank or credit union.

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