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Credit Training Helps Sharpen Internal Credit Analysts

January 23, 2018 - By: admin

At Cobblestone Management we recognize that primary challenges for community banks today is finding the capacity to develop internal credit analysts and junior lenders. We take pride in keeping our team at the forefront of the ever-changing regulatory landscape. Staying abreast of these changes, as well as staying on top evolving technologies, tools, and processes, is integral to ongoing team development and training.

Using Stress Test to Leverage your Balance Sheet

January 22, 2018 - By: admin Tags: Cobblestone Management, Construction Stress Test, credit risk management, Credit Underwriting, enterprise risk management, Kevin Henkin, Loan Policy, Loan Review, Underwriting Review -

In our current environment of heightened regulatory scrutiny on construction and development lending, one ought to be thinking about key elements of your construction portfolio and how it supports growth and aligns with your business objectives. If your construction loan portfolio is approaching or has grown over 100% of capital, then it is likely you will be subject to increased scrutiny from your regulators. An expert third-party validation can help you execute your strategy and achieve your goals.

Policy Exception Reporting is a New Focal Point of Regulators

November 29, 2017 - By: admin Tags: credit risk management, enterprise risk management, Loan Policy, Loan Review, policy exceptions -

One of the benefits of having so many financial institutions as clients is our ability to stay constantly informed regarding regulatory “hot-button” issues. Much of those issues have revolved around stress testing, credit underwriting support and enterprise risk management.

How Massachusetts Banks Have Grown in Commercial Lending Over the Past Year

October 16, 2017 - By: admin

In order to understand where your institution fits in the competitive commercial lending marketplace, peer analysis and the periodic measurement of industry trends is a must. As we consider it one of Cobblestone’s primary missions to help financial institutions remain informed, we did some number-crunching on your behalf to determine annualized commercial lending trends up to Q2 2017.

Regulators Outline Priority List for 2017 Safety and Soundness Exams

September 20, 2017 - By: admin Tags: OCC, Safety and Soundness, Underwriting Review -

The OCC, which has been at the forefront of regulatory scrutiny of community banks, outlined its operating plan and list of priorities for its examiners in 2017. Specific to its review of commercial lending activities within community banks, the OCC operating plan highlighted credit underwriting as a major area of focus.

Are You Paying the Right Price for Underwriting & Analysis?

September 12, 2017 - By: admin Tags: Community Reinvestment Act, CRE, Credit Underwriting, Loan Policy, Loan Review -

In the January 2017 issue of the RMA Journal, in an article titled “Banks Needn’t Fear a 1984 Scenario”, the RMA quantified the cost of underwriting a commercial loan. Their estimate specific to the cost of credit analysis was $6,140 per underwrite.