Retail & Commercial

The prepaid card company benefited from payments that were designed to offset the pandemic’s impact on U.S. consumers.

Consumers are reluctant to take on additional debt in the wake of the coronavirus, cutting into credit unions' revenue streams. That could spur more institutions to roll out rewards programs to promote debit card usage.

The global pandemic and stalled trade negotiations have discouraged farmers and ranchers from taking on more debt and made banks uneasy about extending more credit.

Along with the assets-under-management milestone, Michigan Business Connection noted that its partner credit unions have financed more than 1,000 Paycheck Protection Program loans.

Besides reauthorizing the Paycheck Protection Program, Congress should upgrade the loan forgiveness process, offer businesses the chance to take out a second loan and ensure the pricing satisfies lenders, bankers say.

KeyBank, Regions and others are using self-service portals, robotic processing automation and virtual assistants to digitize the collections process and make it more humane in anticipation of rising delinquencies.

Community bank earnings are usually easy to understand, but loan deferrals and modifications as well as the complexities of the Paycheck Protection Program are skewing financial statements.

Over 90% of loans from CUs in the Empire State are eligible for forgiveness using the $150,000 threshold.

Financial firms could lose access to data that’s critical to their businesses if Congress passes a privacy bill. To change lawmakers’ minds, they need to show how data in the right hands has the power to improve customers’ lives.

The marketing and tech-sharing opportunities for Google's eight financial institution partners are captivating despite the risk of data privacy or other issues cropping up down the road.