Commercial lending

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Fifth Third, U.S. Bancorp and others aim to design a short-term credit product that would satisfy their various regulators, but exactly how and how quickly they should go about it is murky at this point.

Evans Bancorp in New York believes the business is ill-suited for community banks and that it can draw unwanted attention from regulators.

Call-report data on commercial and industrial loans does not fully capture small-business lending by smaller institutions, a recent FDIC survey suggests.

Strong loan growth at the Miami Lakes, Fla., company more than offset an increased loan-loss provision tied to Hurricane Irma and continued weakness in taxi medallion lending.

A GAO determination has effectively nullified a 2013 leveraged lending guidance. But that leaves the future uncertain about what, if anything, regulators will devise to replace it — and how banks should treat such loans in the meantime.

The Minnesota bank held on to auto loans, sold fewer consumer mortgages and paid more interest on deposits and long-term borrowings as it also redeemed preferred shares in the third quarter.

Quarterly results at the Santa Clara, Calif., company got a boost from stronger lending to venture capital and private-equity firms.

Well-known in the industry for its business lending prowess, Royal Credit Union was looking for a way to streamline its MBL process.

Banks tout their small-business lending services, but J.D. Power survey results suggest something's amiss. The solution is easy and old-school — but it costs money.