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Latest CECL FAQs

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new current expected credit loss (CECL) standard, known as one of the biggest changes to bank accounting. Because of the complexities and changes that CECL brings, there are many questions surrounding implementation, potential effects, and more. When does the CECL standard take place?

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Countdown to CECL: A Timeline for Credit Unions

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Large SEC filers have officially adopted the current expected credit loss standard, or CECL, for recognizing credit losses, and other financial institutions are eager to learn from their implementation efforts. While credit unions have until 2023 until they must comply with CECL, there is likely less time than expected.

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What SEC Filers Have Learned About CECL Implementation

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Key Takeaways An SEC filer with a 2020 CECL deadline recommends starting ASAP on implementation -- even if your deadline is 2023. All eyes will be on the large SEC registrants in January as they become the first financial institutions to adopt the current expected credit loss model , or CECL. Transition to CECL with confidence.

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A CECL Timeline for Credit Unions

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We are closing in on six months until the SEC filers’ CECL effective date. While credit unions have some additional runway after the November 2018 CECL delay, there is likely less time than expected. CECL is still happening, and in order to be ready to transition in time and with confidence, then it’s time to prepare now. “If

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Why Non-PBEs Shouldn’t Bank on a CECL Delay

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1564 , calling for a delay in the implementation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s current expected credit loss (CECL) standard. The bill would delay CECL until a “quantitative impact study can be completed to understand its likely effects it will have on the economy.” Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a bill, S. Why start now?

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The first step in a practical 2017-2018 credit union action plan – Build a CECL committee

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In the recent Sageworks webinar “Actionable Steps to Prepare for CECL Today,” Neekis Hammond and Jared Mills, advisory services consultants at Sageworks, discuss five actionable steps credit unions can take to prepare for the upcoming CECL regulation. That data may be important for migration and vintage techniques.”

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A year since CECL: Capital expected to be most impacted

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Although institutions will not be required to implement the current expected credit loss model, or CECL, before Dec. Based on Sageworks’ surveys, financial institutions expect the largest impact under CECL will be related to capital and changes in reserve levels. Capital was selected as the answer by 39 percent of respondents.

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