Knowledge and Insights: Newsletters
How Independent Loan Reviews Can Mitigate Risk to Your Institution
Banks and financial institutions rely on the insight from independent loan reviewers to uncover potential risks embedded in their loan portfolios. As part of standard practice, financial institutions engage independent…
Risks You Haven’t Thought of: How Climate Change is Presenting New Challenges for Lenders
In the Fourth Quarter of 2021, President Biden presented his administration’s “roadmap for climate change,” identifying how government agencies would strengthen infrastructure in response to worsening climate conditions. This was…
How Does Corporate Culture Mitigate the Risk of Fraud?
In August of 2021, an Economic News Release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 4.3 million American workers had quit their jobs, a number that increased by…
Post-Pandemic Aftermath: Fraud in Your Own Backyard
The world is slowly returning to some sense of normalcy, travel is resuming, kids are heading back to the classroom, and retailers, restaurants, and cultural arts centers are greeting us…
Writing A Successful Business Profit Plan
Now more than ever, clients are reaching out to us for advice on how to create successful business plans that will consistently drive profits. Many thriving businesses begin with someone’s…
Vendor Cybersecurity Risk: Is Your Non-profit Prepared?
Last summer many in the non-profit sector received a communication informing them that their information, placed on Blackbaud’s servers has been captured by cybercriminals. Blackbaud — a popular cloud software…
Nonprofits – What’s Keeping You Up At Night?
The answer is probably “a lot of things” right? It is for many of us here at Mercadien. Our Nonprofit and Human Services Group meets regularly to discuss our clients’…
Times Are Changing – Have You Reviewed & Updated Your Strategic Plan?
It’s hard to believe that over a year has gone by since many of us have changed the way we do business. I have only been in the office a…
The Right Valuation Approaches During Times of Uncertainty
The uncertain economic environment during the COVID-19 pandemic has made business valuation practitioners questioning the more historically utilized inputs. Many companies have experienced unforeseen growth or decline, depending on the…
Remote Working is Here to Stay – Things to Consider
The practice of “working from home” has been around for years. However, the pandemic forced more companies to adopt remote work on a scale never seen before, which turned out…