Banking

Community banks support legislation that would exempt them from paying tax on interest earned from farmland loans, arguing it would make them more competitive with government-backed lenders and expand access to credit in rural areas.

Tens of millions of consumers diligently pay their rent, utilities and other bills every month yet have no credit history. Supplementing traditional credit scoring with such data will promote equity and upward economic mobility, says the CEO of Experian North America.

The deal is expected to generate for significant cost savings that could Mid Penn could then use to fund its expansion in the Pittsburgh market.

The National Credit Union Administration issued three prohibition orders in June, barring those people working for any federally insured financial institution.

Langley Federal Credit Union in Newport News and Virginia Beach Schools Federal Credit Union would serve more than 300,000 members after combining.

The National Credit Union Administration closed the New Jersey credit union after determining it engaged in unsafe and unsound practices.

HoldCo Asset Management opposed the $900 million deal, arguing that Boston Private failed to consider other potential buyers and did not attract an acceptable price.

Banks such as Santa Cruz County Bank are now trading shares over the counter to capitalize on investors' bullish outlook for small lenders.

A congressional resolution that invalidates the regulation issued last fall by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency would help regulators crack down on so-called rent-a-bank schemes that promote predatory lending, the president said before signing the measure.

President and CEO Doug Fecher is leaving after a 20-year tenure.

Ron Collier, who has served as the $2.8 billion-asset credit union’s president and CEO for 18 years, will step down on Dec. 31, 2022.

Andrew Harmening, who took the helm of the Wisconsin company in April, pointed to an economy emerging from the pandemic and waning loan deferrals, saying that loan growth could resume by the end of the third quarter.

Financial services companies are set to be exempt from a global plan to make multinational firms pay more tax to the countries where they operate, in a win for U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, the No. 2 Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is trying again to bar banks from charging customers more than once per month for overdrawing, and to set other limits.

Credit unions have gotten stronger support from their regulators to do business with pot companies, but banking agencies are showing signs of softening just as more states legalize marijuana.

Kikoff, whose investors include Golden State Warriors' star Stephen Curry, provides applicants with a no-fee $500 revolving line of credit they can use to purchase personal finance books and courses from its online store. The company then reports this payment activity to some credit bureaus.

Even as lockdowns ease, the trend toward remote work poses challenges for building owners and the banks that lend to them.

The buyer is acquiring Westchester Bank Holding Corp. in White Plains, New York, for $220 million. While a relatively small deal for Valley, it fills a geographic gap in its metro New York footprint.

Elissa LaBorde will become the president and chief executive of the advocacy group this summer.