Banking

The same creativity and flexibility that community development financial institutions bring to business lending ought to be applied to financing affordable housing.

The parent company of Fulton Bank announced the creation of three new management roles and promoted existing employees into those jobs. The changes follow the recent hiring of an outsider to be CFO.

The Bank of Japan's interest rate hike and plan for quantitative tightening have international markets scrambling to adjust to a new reality in which carry trade credit is tighter and a U.S. downturn is somewhat more likely.

The Long Island-based thrift, long associated with multifamily and CRE lending, saw business lending spike the past year as it onboarded 15 banking teams. Other banks that did significant hiring have also reported more deposits and wider margins.

The Dallas-based bank is the latest bank to announce plans for a direct lending rollout using nonbank capital.

The proposed settlement would resolve allegations that USAA violated laws protecting those in the military from excessive interest rates. The bank said it "strongly disagrees" with the allegations.

The resurgence of the syndicated loan market signals a pendulum swing back to greater reliance by debt issuers on traditional bank financing.

Judge Martin Glenn of the Federal Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York greenlighted SVB Financial's bankruptcy plan Monday, but $1.93 billion in FDIC-held deposits remain contested pending further litigation.

Monday's market decline has sparked concerns of an economic downturn, calling attention to installment lenders that market to distressed consumers.

New executives were lined up for lenders across the country, including Fremont Bank in California.

Ent Credit Union in Colorado is using automated customer relationship management software from Creatio to help improve its employee-facing data management systems without the need for computer programmers.

Shares in U.S. banks weren't immune to a global market sell-off, as worries mounted over whether the U.S. economy's recent resilience is faltering. The turmoil hit some tech stocks hard and led to the worst day for Japanese stocks since the 1980s.

When banks realize they are unable to continue their operations, a credit union is often a natural partner to consider.

The agency admitted navigating the different rules and regulations involved in its four existing lines of credit proved time consuming and confusing and kept some lenders from offering them altogether.

While banks are trying to advance, regulators are lagging, with outdated rules failing to address today's technological and digital asset realities. It's time for a new paradigm in banking regulation.

After a bloodbath that wiped out several trucking companies, a new U.S. Bank report on the industry signals its fortunes may be turning. The rebound, if sustained, may end the bleeding in bank loans to the sector.

Financial institutions have trouble pinning down a common definition of AI and figuring out which of their processes incorporate the technology. That can lead to trouble with regulators.

The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index was up 18% year to date through July, supporting expectations for more banks to use their shares as currency to take out competitors.

U.S. banks need to start taking sustainability risk seriously

Despite the continuing trends of consolidation and limited startup activity, bankers and industry insiders say there is a path forward. But small lenders must evolve with changing technology.