Fed: CECL Tool for Community Banks to Launch July 15
The Federal Reserve today said it plans to launch a new tool, the Scaled CECL Allowance for Losses Estimator, or SCALE, to help community banks implement the current expected credit loss standard.
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CECL’s First Wave Offers Insights for Smaller Banks
Many banks have until January 1, 2023 before they must implement the current expected credit loss standard, or CECL. But it’s not too soon to start gleaning lessons from larger institutions that are already utilizing the new standard.
Stakeholders Discuss TDRs, Purchase Accounting, CECL Changes at FASB Roundtable
During a virtual roundtable hosted by the Financial Accounting Standards board today, investors, bankers and regulators expressed broad agreement on accounting alternatives related to troubled debt restructurings under CECL and acquired loans.
Quarles Highlights Role of Stress Tests in Pandemic Response
The Federal Reserve’s efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of stress tests have proven critical in helping the agency and the financial industry respond to COVID-19, Fed Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles said today.
FDIC Finalizes Deposit Insurance Rule Change to Accommodate CECL Transition
The FDIC today finalized changes to the risk-based deposit insurance system that applies to banks with more than $10 billion in assets to address the temporary deposit insurance assessment effects resulting from CECL implementation. The final rule takes effect April 1.
Opening the Post-COVID Bank Books
Banks moved heaven and earth to help clients through COVID-19. While examiners are stepping cautiously in exams, bankers must prepare for more probing questions.
COVID-19: A Positive Disruptor to Expected Credit Loss Models
The current murky picture delivered by traditional data has forced an increased focus on new methods that better capture credit risk.
Treasury Inconclusive on CECL Effects, Calls for Further Study
While noting emerging indicators that credit availability declined and lending standards tightened in early 2020, the Treasury Department yesterday said it is difficult to find a link between these trends and the current expected credit loss framework due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Agencies Finalize Three Rules Issued as Part of Pandemic Response
The federal banking agencies today finalized several rules originally issued as interim final rules during the spring weeks of the emergency coronavirus response.
ABA Recommends Focus for Congressionally Mandated CECL Study
As the deadline for an ABA-advocated, congressionally mandated Treasury Department study of the current expected credit loss standard looms, ABA recently wrote to Treasury to provide its view on which aspects of CECL the study must address.