Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: Making Sense of CECL

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Building a Risk-Focused Culture: A Framework for Modern Financial Services

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According to Artisan’s risk specialist, Dan Bagus: “An enterprise risk management program should serve as the rudder of the strategic planning process for every institution – large or small—and operate in service to the specific goals and objectives of the strategic plan.”  Get the full white paper, “Building a Risk-Focused Culture: A Framework for Modern […]

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Understanding Opportunity Zone 2.0

Understanding Opportunity Zone 2.0: Key Changes and Bank Strategies

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By Barry Wides, CPA Managing Director, Artisan Advisors  The recently enacted 2025 Tax and Spending Bill introduced significant changes to housing and community development programs that affect banks. This article, the second in our series, examines the bill’s revisions to the Opportunity Zone (OZ) tax incentive—now called “OZ 2.0.”  Background: Opportunity Zone 1.0  The original

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OCC Highlights Key Areas of Focus for Bank Examiners in Spring 2025 Semi-Annual Risk Perspective

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By Barry Wides, CPA Managing Director, Artisan-Advisors  On June 30, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its Semi-Annual Risk Perspective (SARP), a 20-page summary of key issues impacting the federal banking system. This report outlines several supervisory issues that may be useful for banks in anticipating areas of focus during

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Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: Barry Wides on OCC’s New Banking Risk Report: What Bankers Need to Know

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The newest episode of Artisan Unfiltered is available! Listen now to “Barry Wides on OCC’s New Banking Risk Report: What Bankers Need to Know” to get an insider’s POV on where the banking industry is heading this year. Artisan’s newest Managing Director in our Risk Management practice, Barry joined us after 20 years as Deputy Controller

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Congress Expands Community Development Investment Opportunities for Banks

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New Provisions in the 2025 Tax and Spending Bill, Plus Pending Legislation, Poise Banks to Deepen CRA-Eligible Investments  By Barry Wides, CPA Managing Director, Artisan-Advisors  Several provisions in the recently enacted 2025 Tax and Spending Bill (Public Law 119-21) will significantly broaden community development investment options for banks under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). This

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Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: Making Sense of CECL

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The latest episode of our Artisan Unfiltered podcast series, “Making Sense of CECL,” is now available for download. It focuses on the important and timely topic Current Expected Credit Losses, or CECL. A credit loss accounting standard that was issued by Financial Accounting Standard Board in 2016 that replaced the Allowance for Loan and Lease

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