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Why you should attend the “CECL Workshop Series”

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Are you ready for CECL? The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is expected to release final guidance in Q1 for the current expected credit loss ( CECL ) model. Why credit risk specialists should care about CECL. Implementation will not be required until 2019 or 2020, but banks are looking to start preparing now.

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CECL Extensions One Step Closer to Final Approval

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CECL | 6 minute read Key Takeaways The FASB affirmed plans to extend deadlines for CECL implementation; a final vote is expected in November. FASB staff reported on implementation workshops underway. . CECL-compliant calculations you don't have to second guess? CECL workshops underway. Now that's big.

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FASB Gives Breathing Room on CECL to Smaller SEC Filers, Private Cos

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Small public banks, privately held banks, and credit unions will get extra time to get CECL right, based on a move by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Wednesday. Securities and Exchange Commission filers until January 2023 for CECL implementation. More time for better CECL implementation.

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How your bank or credit union should get ready for CECL

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) long-awaited final guidance on its new standard for measuring expected credit losses is expected to be released in June, a step that will be a major milestone in the multi-year development of the current expected credit loss (CECL) model. It is available by replay here.

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2016 Risk Management Summit agenda addresses CECL concerns

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In early June, Sageworks hosted a Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) Workshop Series webinar and asked the attendees “Given what we know about CECL, what area do you feel will see the largest impact?”

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ALLL at many banks, CUs reliant on 1-2 people - poll

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Sageworks conducted the poll of more than 600 individual bankers from both banks and credit unions during a recent CECL Workshop webinar in order to determine what problems currently plague the ALLL process at financial institutions. Listen to a replay of the webinar here.

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GAO: Dodd-Frank beginning to impact community banks and credit unions

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Unfortunately for community banks and credit unions, additional regulatory burdens are likely to be announced in early 2016 with the FASB’s CECL model. Under CECL, institutions will be required to estimate the expected loss over the life of the loan, which is likely to increase allowance levels.