As banks prepare to implement the current expected credit loss accounting standard, the financial regulatory agencies have issued a proposed interagency policy statement on allowances for credit losses and proposed interagency guidance on credit risk review systems.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board today voted to extend the implementation of the current expected credit loss standard for certain financial institutions, as proposed earlier this year.
As the Financial Accounting Standards Board prepares to vote this week on a delay of its current expected credit loss accounting standard for some—but not all—banks, Reps. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) today called on FASB to consider extending the delay to all companies and to immediately begin a quantitative impact study of CECL.
As the Financial Accounting Standards Board prepares to vote this week on a delay of the CECL accounting standard for certain companies, the Center for Responsible Lending on Friday warned that the standard could seriously affect credit availability to low- and moderate-income borrowers.
Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
Since the ABA Banking Journal Podcast last checked in on the Current Expected Credit Loss standard—which is coming into effect for many banks and the vast majority of bank assets on Jan. 1, 2020—there have been several key developments.
The American Bankers Association on Friday called on the Financial Accounting Standards Board to extend a “full and indefinite delay” of the current expected credit loss standard to all companies, regardless of size.
With a pending proposal by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to delay the Current Expected Credit Loss standard’s implementation deadline to 2023 for certain institutions, top accounting officials at federal agencies warned banks not to “rest on their laurels” when it comes to implementing CECL.
In an interview with economist Andy Busch on the Engage podcast, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols outlined priority banking issues facing Congress this fall, including cannabis banking, the CECL accounting model, modernizing anti-money laundering rules and housing finance reform.
Following a vote last month, the Financial Accounting Standards Board today formally issued its proposal to delay the implementation of the current expected credit loss standard until January 2023 for certain companies.