What's it like for commercial RMs in the midst of their first financial crisis? And how should banks handle difficult workout conversations with clients?

Many banks are trying to reduce risk by only allowing senior execs to make all key commercial lending decisions. Is that approach actually having the opposite effect?

Mergers and acquisitions - once an attractive tactic for banks - have become more problematic during the COVID crisis. Why are some banks pulling the plug on planned mergers, and how are banks that made recent acquisitions handling the new lanscape?

With Main Street Lending programs finally about to start, how should banks approach them? Will MSLP stimulate more activity? And how should banks think about risk with these deals?

Banks have been heads down in processing PPP deals, but they need to step back and consider some big questions, like how they plan to tackle Main Street Lending, and what their risk profile looks like going forward.

We discuss the cratering middle market lending numbers and why banks need to be ready to participating in the Main Street Lending program.

Main Street Lending is the next set of federal emergency lending programs, but it's been somewhat overshadowed by PPP. We go through some different uses cases for the program, the controversy around SOFR, and how banks are trying to navigate all the complexity.

In this week's episode we explain our latest product: the PrecisionLender CARES Edition. Dallas Wells walks listeners through why we developed CARES Edition and how it helps bankers manage the unprecedented demand for federal emergency loan programs.

Discussing recent commercial line of credit utilization numbers. What's happening with them, and what do they tell us about how companies are faring right now?

How are current market conditions affecting the way banks are approaching commercial deposits? Will we another wave of "surge deposits," a la 2008? And what can deposit balances tell us about the current level of credit risk?