Our Credit Union is going to start giving credit counseling now that a few of our employees just received their certificates. I was wondering how other credit unions go about their process. Do you have members that are interested fill out a questionnaire? and also do you have a procedure or guideline that you use for counseling?

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We are in the process of reviewing Experian's Income Insight tool and are curious if others are using it for consumer loan underwriting. We are looking at the portion of the tool where the income pulls into the credit report itself. If you are using the product, how you are using it and how did you set policy/procedure for income verification? For example, is it being used more as a validation of what your members are stating they make so you don't need to request a paystub or are you using it in lieu of stated income? What do you do if the figures don't match?

Thank you!

Good afternoon, 

I am trying to gather some data as to what banks are experiencing or seeing in regards to % of declined loans via online applications vs in branch applications. Is anyone willing to share their percentage of declined consumer loans for both? It would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Lindsey Lopez 

Hello, just wondering what everyone does for record retention for credit reference checks?  I cannot seem to find anything for this. 

Five Federal financial regulatory agencies today issued a joint statement on the use of alternative data in underwriting by banks, credit unions, and non-bank financial firms. "Alternative data" includes information that isn't typically found in a consumer's credit report, including data related to cash flow. 

Learn more about the joint statement and what this means for your underwriting process here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20191203b.htm

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Looking for any policies and procedures, training, or other resources that your institution uses that complies with the notification requirements under FCRA for taking adverse action on applicants for employment due to information in whole or in part of their credit report. Thanks in advance!

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We are looking at adjusting our equipment financing policy. Currently it’s a simple 60 month term/amortization and 80% advance rate. Does anyone do anything differently? Longer terms/amorts for new equipment? Does anyone use useful life as an amortization? If you have any suggestions or policies to share, it would be much appreciated!

Good morning!  I'm curious if anyone uses FastGrade for their credit analysis.  The product has been used for approximately 5 years prior to my hire as the Credit Risk Officer.  I'm looking for users to see if you've experienced some of the same issues we are having.  If you're not using FastGrade would you please share what you are using as I'm also evaluating keeping what we have or changing.  Any feedback is appreciated!  Thanks!   

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Current economic conditions seem to suggest that the next U.S economic downturn is on the horizon. With that in mind, it is becoming increasingly important to have the right credit policies and procedures in place to ensure your credit union understands its members throughout the lending process.

Join this webinar session to learn common best practices for credit analysts when dealing with current and future market conditions.

Join to Learn:  

• Best practices for loan and financial statement analysis 
• How to identify problem loans and the benefits of early detection 
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Hello, does anyone have a template they can share for individual loan stress testing?
thank you!

We are in the process of trying to determine a replacement index for COFI once it ceases to be published. Has anyone else identified any alternatives yet?

     I am developing a new tiered loan rate sheet based on borrowers credit scores for our in house mortgage loans and other consumer loan products. Does anyone have a template they have developed that they could share?

             Originally posted by an anonymous author with the title AVP Regulatory Compliance and Legal on 13 Feb 2019 to CBANC FI Professionals Community.

     When you have an application with a borrower and co-borrower and a credit report is pulled with three credit scores (tri merge) for both borrowers, the score used in making the credit decision is the low middle score. Are you required to report both middle scores on the HMDA LAR or can the bank use it's own discretion and only report the score used in making the credit decision and mark NA for the other applicant?

     Originally Posted by Denise Hensley, Compliance Officer of Wyoming Bank & Trust, on 1 Feb 2018 to CBANC FI Professionals Community.