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2024/2025 School of Commercial Lending
April 14, 2025 - April 18, 2025
Program Overview
Mass Bankers presents the 2024/2025 School of Commercial Lending. Each year, the School covers a comprehensive program that prepares students to work effectively within the commercial lending field. Over the course of five days, students will study risk appetite, risk tolerance, risk culture and loan portfolio evaluation from the critical perspective of the modern commercial lender. The school will cover foundational topics while also extensively exploring more advanced credit underwriting techniques in establishing sound credit discipline and the assessment of borrower risk.
Dates & Times
April 14-18, 2025
8:00AM Daily Class Start to 4:30PM Daily Class Concludes
What You Will Learn
- Foundation Concepts in Lending
- Understanding the Borrower’s Business
- Assessing The Risks Facing the Borrower
- Assessing Borrower Financial Performance
- Projecting Future Performance
- Loan Structure and Support
- Responsible Commercial Real Estate Lending
- Effective Relationship Management
- Identifying and Managing Problem Loans
- Establishing Credit Discipline
- Evaluating Management
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Click HERE for Course Descriptions
Who Should Attend?
New Commercial Lenders and Commercial Lending Staff
Suggested Prerequisites
- A minimum of 1 year of experience in commercial lending, or
- A minimum of 1 year in credit administration in a bank, or
- 5 years of banking experience, or
- Successful completion of Fundamentals of Commercial Lending course
Graduation Requirements
- Attendance at all sessions, and
- Completion of all assignments, and
- Passing grade on final exam
Fees
Registration includes all instruction, casebook, supplemental materials, and meals.
Mass Bankers has a room block at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center. See Hotel tab for more information.
Workforce Training Fund Program
The course ID for the 2024/2025 School of Commercial Lending is C-9675. Banks with 50 or fewer employees can be reimbursed 100 percent for the program's cost. For more information on the Commonwealth Corporation's Workforce Training Fund Program, please visit their website. If you need assistance with the Express Grant, please contact the Commonwealth Corporation directly.
Agenda
Speakers
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Mike Wasson
<p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Mike Wasson is a retired Banker with over 45 years experience in managing Community Banks. Mike has served as the CEO of six Community Banks and as the Chairman of a Broker/Dealer.Mike has extensive knowledge in Credit, Strategic Planning, Operations, Management Reviews, Commercial Lending and Problem Bank Workouts.</span></span></p>
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Ron Rushing
<p>Ron Rushing is the President of Rushing Consulting Group, LLC in Sparta, Missouri. During his banking career he has served as a safety and soundness examiner, a commercial loan officer, director of loan review/internal audit and Chief Credit Officer. He is a frequent speaker for state banking associations on topics including commercial lending, credit risk management, cash flow/financial statement analysis and loan documentation. Ron holds a BA from Drury University in Springfield, MO and a MBA from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. Ron is also a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking Boulder, Colorado.</p>
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Sponsors
Continuing Education
Hotel
The Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center, 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701 is the host hotel for the conference. The room rate will be $189/per room, per day, plus tax for single or double occupancy.
Hotel accommodations can be secured by clicking HERE. Rooms will be available at 4:00 p.m.. Check out time is 11:00 a.m.