Coronavirus Impact
Coronavirus Impact
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Firms that create virtual assistants for financial institutions are training their bots to answer questions about the pandemic and relieve phone lines from a barrage of customer calls.

April 22
6 Min Read
Loans in forbearance will temporarily be eligible for the government-sponsored enterprises to purchase in order to “help provide liquidity to mortgage markets and allow originators to keep lending,” said FHFA Director Mark Calabria.

The FHFA will allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for a limited time, to purchase loans for which the borrower has sought to postpone payments because of the economic effects of the coronavirus.

April 22
1 Min Read

Businesses have turned to workarounds to accommodate the coronavirus’ impact on brick-and-mortar stores, emergency measures that will likely become permanent in order for these businesses to survive into the future.

April 22
4 Min Read
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The largest credit union in the world increased its provision by 28% from a year earlier.

April 22
1 Min Read

Veem specializes in cross-border payments, but when small-business customers clamored for help this month with emergency SBA loans, the fintech responded.

April 22
2 Min Read
Apart from the layoffs, LendingClub's restructuring plan includes a temporary 30% base salary reduction for CEO Scott Sanborn.

The online lender, reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, also said it is cutting senior executives' salaries by 25%.

April 21
1 Min Read
“This bipartisan agreement will provide more ... funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, which is already helping millions of small-business employees receive paychecks instead of pink slips,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

The House is expected to vote later this week on the bill expanding emergency relief for small businesses reeling from the effects of the coronavirus.

April 21
3 Min Read
“This bipartisan agreement will provide more ... funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, which is already helping millions of small-business employees receive paychecks instead of pink slips,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

The House is expected to vote later this week on the bill expanding emergency relief for small businesses reeling from the effects of the coronavirus.

April 21
2 Min Read
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