Banking

The purchases of Truck Insurance Specialists and Hometown Insurance are expected to help the company expand its dealings in transportation and agriculture.

The Fed chair says nonbank lenders should be subject to the law, which requires congressional action; the former head of the CFPB has been named head of the federal student aid program.

The online lender was not a party to the lawsuit involving the Federal Trade Commission and a payday lender, but it could emerge as one of the big winners from the Supreme Court’s decision.

Two new government reports suggest that U.S. consumers’ fortunes have improved since the start of the pandemic, with bankruptcies falling sharply and fewer people falling behind on bills. But it’s not clear how long the positive trends will sustain themselves as government relief efforts wind down and evictions and foreclosures resume.

On Dec. 31, 2020. Dollars in thousands.

With the Paycheck Protection Program likely winding down at the end of the month, many lenders are seeing heightened demand for the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) and 504 loans.

On Dec. 31, 2020. Dollars in thousands.

On Dec. 31, 2020. Dollars in thousands.

The Tennessee bank's deal for Fountain Leasing is set to close this month.

German regulator says the bank still has a lot of work to do on preventing money laundering; at 11%, the percentage of Blacks in mortgage forbearance is double the rate for all borrowers.

Human resources professionals predict that 2021 will be a year of rampant job-hopping as workers who were reluctant to make a move during the pandemic are now reassessing what they want.

Some say Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are too slow to investigate grievances, prompting more complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But the big three say other forces are at work.

Kearny Bank in New Jersey and four other banks were struggling to manage escrow accounts where the rules vary widely between industries and states, so they teamed up on a tech solution.

Kerry Killinger, former CEO of Washington Mutual, says the asset bubbles and increased consumer debt that contributed to his company's failure are reappearing.

The state's Department of Financial and Professional Regulation will reduce assessments by 61% this year because of overpayments in 2020, helping state-chartered credit unions deal with economic fallout from the pandemic.

Biden spending proposal would require banks to report on their business clients to the IRS; Wells, JPMorgan Chase and Citi haven’t resumed offering the property-backed lines of credit.

Incumbents have access to tons of information on consumers, but developing the means to analyze and act on it requires a strategic change, says Icon Solutions' Simon Wilson.

The Texas company kept allowances steady, citing lingering concerns over the pandemic and commercial real estate. Yet it plans to open 25 offices in Dallas after a similar expansion in Houston drove asset and customer growth.

The regional bank has renovated an office tower in downtown Buffalo, N.Y., to house 1,000 technology professionals it's hiring, retrain workers, collaborate with fintechs and overhaul everything from mortgage lending to fighting debit card fraud.

Larissa Thurston, who will also become the Massachusetts credit union's president, will succeed James Garvey, who is retiring.