FASB has set the implementation timeline for calculating the ALLL using the current expected credit losses model (CECL). Discover 5 things your bank or credit union can do now to prepare for implementation

1. 5 Things to Do Now for CECL
Prep for a Smooth
Implementation

2. 1.LEARN.
• Read FASB’s CECL Accounting Standards
Update
• Read FASB Comment Letters
• Review Analysis from ABA
• Review Analysis from Your Bank Auditor
• Listen to Federal Reserve Calls on CECL

3. Develop your own
tactical approach to
CECL.
You won’t be able to
simply copy what
another bank is doing.

4. 2.SHARE.
• With Board and Senior Management
• External Auditor
• Regulators

5. Get everyone on the
same page.
Avoid committing
time and expense to
a model that proves
ineffective.

6. 3.HOARD.
• Data
• Loan Balance Data
• Segmentation Information
• Risk Information
• Loan Origination Information
• Transaction Level Data
• Defaults and Pre-Payments

7. CECL will require
more data.
Start gathering data
now.

8. 4.FORECAST.
• Forward-Looking Model
• Economic Data Plays a Role
• Use “Reasonable and Supportable” Forecasts

9. Sources for
economic data
The Fed
Conference Board
Congressional Budget Office

10. 5.MODEL.
• Generate Modeling Strategies
• Develop a sample CECL Model
• Test, Adjust, Reexamine

11. Do not book losses
according to CECL
before the CECL
implementation
date.

12. “This is not a tweak for
any bank.”
-Steven Merriett
Chie f Acco unt a nt , Fe de ra l
Re s e rve Sys t e m, fro m 9/ 2015
AICPA Na t io na l Co nfe re nce o n
B a nks & Savings Ins t it ut io ns

13. So ft wa re So lut io ns fo r
St re a mlining t he ALLL a nd
Pre pa ring fo r CE CL
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