Small business lending

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Chicago-based Akouba will offer its origination and underwriting platform to ABA-member banks, which will receive preferred pricing.

James Hobson is resigning to become the CEO of Attune, a new company in the commercial insurance sector.

The Louisiana company will enter several markets around Dallas with the $21 million deal

Eastern Bank developed its own online lending platform to compete with the likes of Kabbage and OnDeck. It might now be able to cash in by licensing to other banks.

If offering a national regulation option to fintech players is the carrot, compliance with commonsense borrower protections could be the stick in promoting responsible financial innovation.

With loans of $100,000 or less, the typical bank breaks even or loses money. But one Florida community bank is betting faster turnaround times on small-business loans can help the bottom line.

Donald Trump was sworn in Friday, but banking industry executives have spent the last two months envisioning a vastly different political, economic and regulatory climate. The dominant question in coming months will be how realistic those expectations are.

MCA remains a very active area — and has become fiercely competitive.