Category: Commercial Lending Benchmarking

Businesses large and small often turn to commercial banks to fund their capital needs, help them manage cash flow, and provide access to basic financial products such as checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit. While commercial banks handle a wide range of business needs, their bread and butter are typically making commercial loans and one of the best ways to boost the performance of lenders is by tracking commercial bank key performance indicators. What are Commercial Banking Key Performance Indicators? Although they are both depository institutions, retail banks…

Banks use net interest margin—the yield between the interest they pay to depositors and the amount of interest they receive from commercial and consumer loans—as one indicator of profitability and growth. And while interest rates are largely out of banks’ control since they are tied to the federal funds rate, lenders can improve lending efficiency to positively impact net interest margins. What are Performance Metrics for Commercial and Consumer Lending?    For consumer loans such as mortgages and automobiles, lenders evaluate the personal financial health of the borrower(s) when deciding…

For many banks, commercial lending is the backbone of their lending portfolios. But since commercial loans can be complex and for large dollar amounts, these loans require specialized underwriting and a high degree of monitoring to make sure they are not at risk of default. Commercial loan key performance indicators alert the bank to any potential issues that can make these loans more risky and less profitable. What are Commercial Loans? While consumer loans are for personal items such as a home, car, or boat, commercial loans are loans made…

What is Commercial Banking, or Commercial Lending? Commercial Lending is defined as the process of loaning money to businesses by banks or other financial services institutions. The process is much different than a loan made by commercial banks to individual consumers and is typically much more complex. Commercial loans can help businesses with mortgages for commercial real estate, short-term funding to float payroll, or even renewed indefinitely as a revolving line of credit based on incoming revenue. Most commercial loans are secured credit facilities backed up by collateral such as…