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10 Top banking podcasts you should be listening to

Abrigo

The average time spent listening to podcasts has surged 450% since 2014, and listeners span all ages. According to Edison Research , nearly half of all Americans 12 and older (47%) listen to at least one podcast each month, up from 15% a decade ago. Indeed, people 35 and older spend 7 to 8 hours a week listening to podcasts.

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Cultivate a better ag lending process: 7 best practices

Abrigo

The most recent Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll on farmers’ use of communications and computing technologies found in 2020 that 66% of farmers said they use a smartphone, up from 30% in 2014. Forty-one percent use a tablet computer like an iPad that has mobile access to the Internet, up from 19% when the question was first asked in 2014.

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A guest blog from Curtis Fort from the Construction Credit and Finance Group.

JSP Credit Management

When debts are owed to a third-party that is not the original creditor, there is a danger of not recognising the credit risk and the credit risk for accounts receivable is higher than traditional credit lines. In 2014, debt collection was a $20 billion market in the United States. billion by 2022.

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Lending standards slip, risk increasing according to OCC

Abrigo

Lending standards continue to relax, according to data from the OCC’s 2014 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices. Source: OCC 2014 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices, December 2014. The OCC found that commercial loans evaluated within the survey had an increased risk level, compared to 2013.

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How to Mitigate Ag Lending Risks

Abrigo

The following article is based on the whitepaper, The Ag Lender’s Survival Guide by Rob Newberry, SVP of Credit Risk Services at Abrigo. Today, most of farmers’ cash reserves that were built up in 2012-2014 are at, or nearing, depletion. To download the whitepaper, click here.

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OCC warns against lax auto loan standards

Abrigo

percent of banks reported stronger demand for auto loans in Q4 of 2014, up from 18.8 Demand is also increasing at credit unions. Credit union auto loan portfolios reached $225 billion as of the end of Q3 2014, according to Sageworks Bank Information. Blog Bank Credit Union' FRED reports that 25.4

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OCC cites loosening of underwriting standards as a top supervisory concern

Abrigo

The report, based on data through the end of 2014, discusses risks facing national banks and federal savings associations, and focuses on issues that pose threats to the safety and soundness of those OCC-regulated institutions. For more on the topic, access the recorded webinar: Instilling the Right Credit Risk Culture.