Commercial lending

Sure, personal loans have a long way to go to catch up in market share with other forms of consumer credit, but millennials are relying more heavily on them than their Gen X predecessors while paring back on credit cards and mortgages. Online lenders are a big reason, and banks are exploring ways to adjust to changing habits.

The Canadian bank blamed flat profits at its U.S. business, which includes Chicago-based lender BMO Harris Bank, partly on Washington gridlock that has stalled pro-business reforms.

The startup, which offered credit lines of up to $1,000, hoped to tap into the millennial generation's frustration with overdraft fees.

The designation allows the $1 billion credit union to process SBA loans within 36 hours and to approve them without sending them to the agency first.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen defended post-crisis reforms but allowed that further adjustments may be necessary to reduce adverse effects on small businesses and subprime borrowers.

With the deadline for a federal-debt-limit renewal nearly a month away, bankers are dreading the prospect of higher funding costs, strained liquidity, weaker commercial loan demand and other ramifications if Washington does not act.

Austin, Texas-based CU has seen growth in auto, mortgage and commercial lending.

Bank earnings rose nearly 11% in the second quarter, according to the FDIC; Goldman lobbying to kill or weaken the rule to boost its bond trading performance.

The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions defended the credit union tax exemption and called for other financial reforms during a meeting Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

A Fed committee studying Libor’s replacement has dwelled heavily on the potential impact to the derivatives market. Loans may become a bigger part of the conversation later this year, but the panel plans to leave a lot of the specifics up to lenders.

Lenders say they are eager to reduce their exposure to CRE, but an examination of recent deals shows just how hard that can be.

The $2.6 trillion-asset bank's recent commitment to digital lending augurs the development of a two-tier market for borrowers who want fast access to cash.

Readers weigh in on a proposal to ease the leverage ratio, how post-crisis regulations have influenced lending, a CFPB overdraft fee study, and more.

In a move to strengthen the PayPal Working Capital program, the online payments giant has agreed to acquire the small-business capital lender Swift Financial.

JPMorgan CEO Dimon says banks are putting Silicon Valley to shame … in terms of diversity; Uber’s plan to replace its CEO with a woman seems to be sputtering; and Yellen’s potential successors also are all men.

The largest banks are approving small-business loan applications at the fastest rate since the recession, a sign that that they are willing to assume more risk and taking seriously the threat of competition from online lenders.

Triumph Bancorp in Dallas has successfully taken chances on out-of-state acquisitions, factoring and other nontraditional strategies that many of its peers have avoided.

Heather Tuason is now chief product officer of StreetShares, an online lending and investing platform.

Anchor Bancorp is a much smaller bank, but Old National says it has a lot to learn about middle-market C&I from its new merger partner.

As banks press for deregulation, the debate over whether high bank capital standards are inhibiting loan growth has taken center stage.