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Under a plan signed into law in March, the agency will first target direct loans that it has made to socially disadvantaged farmers. Guidance that will affect small banks that have made government-backed agricultural loans is due in 120 days.

The pandemic was certainly a factor, but the Mississippi company says its decision to concentrate interactive teller machines in drive-through lanes and retrain employees who appear on-screen made a big — and potentially lasting — difference.

The investment in Finitive is one of a number of technology agreements that the commercial lender has struck recently in an effort to broaden its reach.

Carrie Hunt, the vice president of government affairs and general counsel of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, will become the league's president next month.

Small businesses are desperately trying to borrow what’s left in the fund from overwhelmed banks; lenders would be required to disclose their risks from climate change.

The Small Business Administration’s sluggish pace in forgiving the biggest Paycheck Protection Program loans is straining relations between banks and some borrowers.

The National Credit Union Administration changed course late last year and proposed changes that would in effect give members more time to resolve overdrafts. However, consumer activists and even some credit unions say the proposal falls short.

The two companies are the first banks to sign on to a philanthropic initiative from the asset manager BlackRock. The aim is to test ideas that make it easier for more households to establish financial safety nets.

Charlotte Cash will step down from CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Virginia, and Glenna Jarvis plans to leave her position at Missouri Central Credit Union in Lees Summit.

Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown told acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu that the cryptocurrency firms approved to operate national trusts under prior agency leadership “seek access to the benefits of a bank charter” without meeting certain regulatory standards.

The Massachusetts bank, which traditionally In contrast to its typical strategy of supporting low-income housing, the invested $500,000 in CEI Ventures’ Coastal Ventures V fund to support small businesses in disadvantaged communities.

It is time for banks to figure out their role in the future financial ecosystem to avoid becoming a casualty of the creative destruction process.

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The crash came after China’s central bank warned financial institutions about accepting digital currencies as payment; ComplyAdvantage uses machine learning to ferret out potential risks.

Only 0.9% of mortgage borrowers are currently at least 90 days delinquent. That figure could rise as high as 3.8% once pandemic-related deferrals lapse — still well below the 6% mark reached after the Great Recession, according to research by the New York Fed.

The target is among the top-performing banks in Utah and the only bank in a five-state region with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion.

The $1 billion bond, which follows similar issuances by Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Truist Financial, gives a big role to broker-dealers owned by minorities, women and disabled veterans.

Co-leaders Marianne Lake and Jennifer Piepszak are now seen as the main potential successors to CEO Jamie Dimon; the pay raise, from $20 currently, would take effect by 2025.

Peeyush Nahar, who also spent 14 years at Amazon, brings both Big Tech and startup experience to a consumer-banking unit that has lost several senior leaders in recent months and faces challenges common to entrepreneurial divisions within large organizations.

The Springfield, Virginia, credit union named Scott Benson, its chief operating officer, to succeed Lynette Smith as chief executive.