Commercial lending

The OCC wants California First to implement “prudent concentration limits” on leveraged loans.

Zeus Mortgage in Houston is positioning its new online crowdfunding platform as an alternative to traditional mortgages for property buyers and others having trouble borrowing to remodel homes or fund construction projects.

Bond Street targets small businesses that might be able to qualify for a bank loan but are looking for a faster and easier approval process.

Marketplace lenders have set themselves apart from banks by moving faster, but lending fraud might force them to revamp their authentication processes.

Seacoast Commerce Banc Holdings in San Diego will keep more of its small-business loans on its balance sheet in response to rapidly changing economic and political conditions.

The San Francisco online lender reported a $32 million loss in the fourth quarter, which brought red ink for the full year to $146 million.

Progress will pay $42 million to expand in Birmingham, Ala., adding branches in a market where it hired a lending team last year.

The Cleveland company has tapped Jamie Warder for the senior-level post.

The Toronto company will add as many as 75 small-business bankers in several of its key U.S. markets.

Financial firms are going on offense in Washington, pressing a policy agenda that would have been unimaginable just a few months ago. Some proposals, like reforming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, have been floated before while others began to gain traction after Republicans swept the November elections. Here's a look at some of the industry's requests.

One of the root problems of investing disparities is lack of diversity among those who make investment decisions. Here’s how to change the dynamic.

Chicago-based Akouba will offer its origination and underwriting platform to ABA-member banks, which will receive preferred pricing.

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The company, which provided few details about the possible fraud, plans to hold a conference call Friday.

The San Francisco-based online lender will soon begin selling refinanced student loans through Promontory’s member network.

Joseph Ficalora, New York Community's CEO, told analysts that his company could still have a chance to buy Astoria "down the road."

The Federal Reserve’s regular opinion survey of senior bank loan officers suggests that lenders expect to ease lending standards for commercial and industrial loans in 2017, while also expecting to have to tighten lending standards for commercial real estate and auto loans this year.

Easing regs without mulling the consequences could hurt the financial system, but a fintech charter and other careful reforms could promote innovation, Patrick Harker said.

James Hobson is resigning to become the CEO of Attune, a new company in the commercial insurance sector.

A number of banks are tapping the brakes on commercial real estate lending, giving others an opportunity to make more loans at better terms.