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RMA is pleased to introduce a new webinar series addressing the top challenges facing the financial services industry and providing practical solutions to allow your institution to thrive. Created by risk professionals for risk professionals, this new resource continues RMA’s mission of helping your institution manage emerging risks in an increasingly complex market. The webinar series will feature two 1-hour webinars every first and third Tuesday of the month on a variety of current topics. Because of the timely nature of this series and our desire to bring you the most relevant content, the additional webinars will be announced at a later date.
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By 2024, the cannabis industry is predicted to reach $40 billion annually. Clearly this industry could boost bank profits.
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Climate change presents both physical and transitional risks to the assets financed by your financial institution.
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Because the consumer landscape is drastically changing right now, we want to hold off on delivering this webinar, to be able to provide relevant content to you at a future date in May. We will update this site once we have a new date.
Find out how customer service in other industries and rapid advances in technology are shaping borrower expectations regarding auto, home, and other lending, and the opportunities and risks this changing landscape presents for financial institutions.
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Log on for the latest expert perspectives on the state of this over $1 trillion market, and what the current risks and opportunities could mean for your institution.
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Problem Loan Resolution is designed to provide participants with a template to identify:
The focus is on developing a successful workout when supported by the appropriate factors, since workouts tend to yield the least adverse outcome for both parties.
The instructor for this seminar series is Joseph W. May, a former executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Whitney National Bank. Prior to joining Whitney, May was executive vice president and chief credit policy officer with Comerica Incorporated. He held that same position with Manufacturer National Corp. prior to its merger with Comerica. May has served in various capacities during his association with RMA which began in 1971, and was president of RMA in 1993–1994. He received his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Rhode Island and graduated from the NACM Graduate School of Credit and Finance, Stanford University. Joe has been an RMA instructor and course designer for over 30 years. In addition, he has been a SCORE counselor and local chapter officer for 15 years.
Problem Loan Indicators is designed to enhance the participants ability to identify and evaluate potential problem loans in the current environment. It opens with the uneven impact of economic change on various industries and the governments influence, pro and con, thereon. The major focus is on commercial borrowers and the warning signs that suggest budding problems.
Speaker: Dima Berdiev, Managing Partner and Founder DNB Advisory LLC
Once you have registered through the RMA website you will receive an email to complete your registration for this event in Zoom.
These are critical times, with borrowers, banking customers, and lending institutions being pushed to the limit. What’s important to realize is that:
What worked before, including during prior crises, is not likely to work in this situation. We need to retire for a while our old playbooks and adapt to this unique situation quickly. The waive of deferrals and the PPP funding only postponed and masked our true assessment of the economic damages to our borrowers, our credit facilities, and our organizations.
One of the first steps in adapting to the new environment is changing our underwriting / portfolio management process, as it will face a mass wave of troubled credits. How do you manage them efficiently and effectively, maximizing recovery of viable borrowers and minimizing loan losses? The seminar will cover:
The survival of commercial lending organizations in this environment will depend on their ability to map the new process and other critical areas as well as to implement them quickly and effectively. This must happen in the next one to two months.
You will have an opportunity to participate in the Q&A and provide input into additional resources you may need.