“Early CRE payoffs drive Bank OZK into new specialties”

Banks and commercial real estate lenders have been impacted by pandemic-driven economic volatility, resulting in an expansion towards other commercial business lines.

In a story in American Banker, our expert Subhrojyoti Mandal weighs in on industry trends in asset-based lending.

Extract from the article: “From a lender's perspective, to make the asset-backed business profitable and drive return on investment, some of the key factors to focus on are faster response time for new deal requests and robust risk management practices to underwrite good-quality loans”