By: Kari Michel Are you using scores to make new applicant decisions? Scoring models need to be monitored regularly to ensure a sound and successful...
By: Tracy Bremmer It’s not really all about the credit score. Now don’t get me wrong, a credit score is a very important tool...
— By Kari Michel What is your credit risk score? Is it 300, 700, 900 or something in between? In order to understand what...
By: Tom Hannagan As I’m preparing for traveling to the Baker Hill Solution Summit next week, I thought I would revisit the ideas of risk-based...
1. Portfolio Management – You should really focus on this topic in 2009. With many institutions already streamlining the origination process, portfolio management is...
The debate continues in the banking industry — Do we push the loan authority to the field or do we centralize it (particularly when...
By: Tom Hannagan Beyond the financial risk management considerations related to a bank’s capital, which would be directly impacted by Troubled Asset Relief Program...
This post continues the feature from my colleague and guest blogger, Mark Sofietti, Associate Process Architect in Advisory Services at Baker Hill, a part...
We have talked about: the creation of the vision for our loan portfolios (current state versus future state) – e.g. the strategy for moving...
By: Prince Varma Good day all. My last blog revolved around practical approaches to effective client relationship management. It time to get back to...
By: Prince Varma Part 2 Two additional tactics that you should incorporate into your relationship management penetration strategy include: Conducting relationship reviews in addition...
This post is a feature from my colleague and guest blogger, Barry Timm, Senior Process Architect in Advisory Services at Baker Hill, a part of...
By: Tom Hannagan Part 6 Peer Group 2 fee income Non-interest income again, as a percent of average total assets, declined to .86 percent...
By: Prince Varma Hello. My name is Prince Varma and I’ve spent the better part of the last 16 years helping financial institutions (FI)...
When you begin thinking about financial risk management, you must begin with a vision for your loan portfolio and the similarity of a loan portfolio to...