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Payouts continue to be relatively generous, but that could change if the Federal Reserve demands banks bolster capital or the economy worsens.

The funds include $3.2 billion in loans that community development financial institutions had already approved during the PPP's second phase.

The credit union regulator is adding line items to required quarterly reporting in order to better account for loan forbearance, CUs lending through the Paycheck Protection Program and more.

The funds include $3.2 billion in loans that community development financial institutions had already approved during the PPP's second phase.

Banks would be wise to dust off their Great Recession playbook and shed nonperforming loans while growing through M&A.

COO says bank is on track to meet growth targets but expects more consumer lending losses; the mortgage agencies’ ability to raise $240 billion in capital before going private won’t be easy.

The congressional showdown over the pace of rulemaking during the pandemic is a hardening of older positions on banking policy ahead of the 2020 elections, observers said.

Bankers have become more uncertain about how to serve marijuana businesses owing to confusion about which states deem them essential.

Some observers wonder if proposed regulatory targets for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will stoke concerns about low shareholder returns. But others suggest those fears are unfounded.

The templates are meant to make it easier to obtain agency approval for small-dollar loan products and to accommodate mortgage servicers that want to provide online loss mitigation options.