by Samantha Zerger | Nov 19, 2019 | CECL
Most financial institutions (FI’s) find that data is the biggest hurdle when it comes to regulatory requirements: they don’t have enough information, they have the wrong information, or they simply have missing information. With the CECL accounting standard, the range...
by Dr. Jimmie Lenz | Dec 19, 2018 | Case Study
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved a measure that will allow a three-year phase in of the impact of CECL on regulatory capital yesterday (12/18/18). This change will also delay the impact on bank stress tests until 2020. The change does not...
by Tan Cheng See | Nov 19, 2018 | Regulations
Time is ticking for the 450 insurers around the world to comply with the International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) by January 1, 2021 for companies with their financial year starting on January 1. Insurers are at different stages of preparation, ranging...
by Dr. Jimmie Lenz | Oct 25, 2018 | CECL
Accounting and regulatory changes often require resources and efforts above and beyond “business as usual”, especially those like CECL that are significant departures from previous methods. The efforts needed can be as complex as those for a completely new technology...
by Dessa Glasser | Oct 1, 2018 | Data
Let’s start with a succinct summary of the benefits of DaaS. Data as a Service (DaaS) is one way to consistently deliver and effectively manage data from multiple sources across the firm, both internal and external. It can be used as one “logical” and centralized,...