Small business lending

The bank is pledging to lend another $2 billion in a market where it has invested $3.6 billion in various community development initiatives since 2016. Most of the new funds will be used to make loans to small businesses that operate in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.

On Dec. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands, except for average loan amount.

StreetShares will add to its line of financing products with a credit card specifically for small-business owners with a military background.

Regional and community banks are working to finance the economic development districts created by the new law. But they have lots of questions about how the program works — and thoughts on how to improve it.

AI-driven customer insights, mortgages and small-business loans are among the features in the app, which the bank is rolling out Friday.

The Connecticut bank, which has been unable to complete a pending deal for an SBA platform, has managed to build the business anyway.

The Nusenda Credit Union Foundation, which is being honored with a Wegner Award, works with its partners to find creative solutions to unmet needs, including its mircolending program, Co-op Capital.

The bank will fund community development financial institutions that lend to women-owned businesses backed by the fashion designer's foundation.

Pacific Mercantile and P2Bi are collaborating on a program to help businesses that are not ready for traditional bank financing.

Karen Mills, who led the Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013, is joining the Eastern Bank spinoff Numerated as an adviser and investor as it tries to bring online-lending technology to community banks.