Retail & Commercial

Like banks, credit unions seek growth in deposits, loans and other products. The starting point for many is to get more members in the door, executives say.

The Minneapolis company previously disclosed an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in connection with its management of prepaid cards for unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Now the bank says the agency is considering a potential enforcement action.

A Piper Sandler survey of CEOs found a majority expect to expand their balance sheets this year. They also foresee increases in nonperforming credits, with office loans a key area of weakness, as well as heightened pressure on net interest margins.

Toronto-Dominion Bank is on the hook for $1.2 after settling litigation over its connection to a massive Ponzi scheme, and Independent Bank Group in Texas agreed to pay $100 million. A third bank, HSBC, settled for a smaller amount.

Nothing demoralizes a good employee like seeing managers tolerate a bad one.

Overall, depository share has shrunk, but the major player, which had reduced its involvement, has been increasing it and recently shared some thoughts with a HUD official.

It's long been understood that there's a digital divide between Black banks and credit unions and other depositories. A new Urban Institute analysis looks at the prevalence of online banking services and mobile apps — and finds a chasm between the haves and have-nots.

A decline in deposits at many banks is putting upward pressure on loan-to-deposit ratios, a key metric of liquidity. The sharpest increases have come at banks with between $3 billion and $10 billion of assets.

Jodie Harris is leaving the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund this spring to be president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.

Reducing access to funding would harm both homebuyers and communities across the country.