Webinar | Loan Participation as a Growth Strategy

Loan Participation Is a Growth Strategy. Treat It Like One.

Growth is the easy conversation. The harder one is what stands in the way: limited markets, thin credit experience in some sectors, concentration risk, exam scrutiny, and a balance sheet that only stretches so far. Join Baker Hill and Participate for a live webinar on how community banks and credit unions use loan participations deliberately to shape their portfolios, manage concentration, stay within limits and say yes to good borrowers. Participate’s platform digitizes participations from first sale through post-sale servicing, with a network of 750+ financial institutions across 48 states. Register Now

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Who should attend

Lenders and leaders at community banks and credit unions who carry some responsibility for commercial growth or the risk that comes with it:

- Chief lending officers and commercial lending managers

- Chief credit officers and credit administration staff

- Risk, portfolio and concentration managers

- Credit union CEOs and member business lending leaders

- CFOs and ALCO members who care about balance sheet capacity

- Loan operations and servicing leaders who would run the process

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WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH

Leave Knowing

How examiners look at concentration. How participations let you manage concentration actively instead of watching it.
How to scale without adding overhead. What smaller institutions can do to grow a commercial portfolio in a consolidating market.
What it takes to run participation as a line of business. Policy, underwriting standards for purchased loans, concentration limits, lead-institution criteria, servicing agreements, and the data to tie it together.
How the Baker Hill Loan Exchange works with Participate. Where participation fits in the workflow between underwriting and the sale.

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Loan Participation Isn't a Workaround, It's a Strategy

You'll learn:

Loan participation helps institutions manage concentration risk without turning away strong lending opportunities.
It supports portfolio growth by adding earning assets without increasing overhead proportionally.
Credit unions can preserve member relationships while managing business lending caps and hold limits.
A strong participation strategy depends on clear policies, due diligence and reliable reporting.

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