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The pendulum has definitely swung back in favor of the credit discipline within financial institutions. The free wheeling credit standards of the past have...
As someone heavily engaged with the market and our clients discussing Red Flag Rule compliance, Red Flag guidelines, etc…this question has come up over...
By: Tom Hannagan In previous posts, we’ve dealt with the role of risk-based capital, measuring performance based on risk characteristics and the need for...
Just as with diet recommendations, moderation needs to be the new motto for credit risk management. Diets provide for the occasional bag of chips...
By: Tom Hannagan The problem in the 2005 to 2007 home lending frenzy was not just granting credit to anyone who applied. It was...
One of the more significant operational concerns around Red Flags compliance centers on the management of resultant referral volumes, i.e., the potential that the...
Whenever an industry encounters problems, the natural tendency is to play the blame game. In the banking industry, credit risk managers are looking for...
By: Tom Hannagan In my last post, I addressed the need for banks to advance their management of risk to include the relationship between capital...
By: Tom Hannagan Much of the blame for the credit disaster of 2007 and 2008 has been laid at the risk management desks of...
For those of us that have been following the Red Flag Rules adoption for more than a year now, the recent arrival and passing...
We know that financial institutions are tightening their credit standards for lending. But we don’t necessarily know exactly how financial institutions are addressing portfolio risk...
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