Commercial lending

People's United in Connecticut is letting the loans run off its books as it invests in higher-yielding commercial loans.

Executives at Beach Community want to pursue more acquisitions in central Florida.

In a letter to the agency's inspector general, the 15 lawmakers pointed to specific cases where they said the bureau departed from legal standards in deciding not to require restitution.

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Regulators are beginning to recognize the importance of using alternative data to provide credit for the underbanked. Now is the time to expand its use across the industry.

Lower rates and more nonbank competition will make it harder for banks to keep loans on their books as business borrowers have plenty of opportunities to refinance elsewhere.

New legislation in Congress seeks to do away with a data-collection mandate that addressed discrimination in business lending. The repeal measure has the support of two bank industry groups based in Washington.

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Roughly 55% of Michiganders belong to a credit union but growth rates in the state continue to slow.

Even in the face of soft loan demand, banks in the region have held firm on terms. That should position them well for the next economic downturn.

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Net interest margin pressure, modest loan growth and limited operating leverage could weigh on bank stocks in 2020, UBS analysts said.

Political uncertainty, sector-specific concerns as well as interest rate and labor trends may continue to depress commercial and industrial lending in the coming months.

Susan Riel succeeded Ronald Paul as CEO of the Maryland bank shortly before questions surfaced about credit quality and lending practices.

Lenders have until the end of 2021 to phase out their use of the London interbank offered rate in setting interest rates, but ServisFirst Bancshares and its CEO Tom Broughton see little reason to wait when a replacement is already available.

Spirit of Texas Bancshares is acquiring four branches and a loan production office from Simmons First National as part of an aggressive expansion in its home state.

The board- and management-level handing of CRE concentration was the chief concern of FDIC examiners, making up more than 56% of all the supervisory recommendations regulators made in the two-year period.

On Sep. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands, except for average loan amount.

The bank is the first U.S. one approved for a majority-owned securities unit in China; the FSB said banks must get serious about replacing the benchmark.