Banking

Former Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig says making online lenders, credit unions and other nonbanks comply with the Community Reinvestment Act would be a powerful tool in addressing racial and economic injustices.

Funds from a certificate of deposit at Berkshire Bank will help fuel lending to minority-owned small businesses. Mellody Hobson explains why merely "working on diversity" is not good enough. And Wells Fargo ties compensation to progress on diversity targets.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will use year-end 2019 asset totals in its calculating its next assessment, saying national banks "should not be penalized" for adding emergency loans to their books during the pandemic.

Consumer spending has improved as state lockdown orders are lifted but many continue to hold off on taking trips and entertainment activities.

⁠John Corbett says building scale, lowering costs and strengthening technology offerings have become more critical for banks to stay competitive.

On Mar. 31, 2020. Dollars in thousands.

In a new twist on an old scam, cybercriminals have tried to get thousands of people to surrender their Wells bank account information by sending authentic-looking emails containing malicious links that lead to a fake website bearing the company's name.

Decentralizing staff makes strong internal controls even more important, Josh Cyphers and Derek Halpern of Nvoicepay write.

Big banks will need to show how well they can withstand three different scenarios before they can pay dividends; the German payments company is still looking for $2 billion of missing funds.

Consumers are parking their funds at financial institutions as lending slows and interest rates remain near zero, making it difficult for credit unions to deploy these deposits.

Business owners are changing banks at three times normal levels, a trend researchers attribute to their difficulty in obtaining emergency loans. If the forgiveness stage of the Paycheck Protection Program proves arduous, that rate could climb much higher.

The agencies said late Friday that they will provide information on small businesses that received $150,000 or more from the Paycheck Protection Program.

CBTX in Houston must develop policies and procedures, along with a training program, to address deficiencies in its bank's compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act.

After drawing industry opposition, legislation that would have added broad new borrower protections during the pandemic failed to advance out of the state Assembly.

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Activity in the Paycheck Protection Program has waned, but some argue that many small businesses, especially those owned by minorities, will miss out if the June 30 application deadline isn't extended.

How the mortgage and housing industries react to the current civil rights moment could shape policies and bridge the homeownership divide for the Black community.

Worried about a lack of demand and that some of their customers are ineligible, community banks are still on the fence about participating in the effort to back loans for businesses recovering from the pandemic crisis.

A blueprint that includes more CRA and tax credits for lower-income African Americans would help a demographic disproportionately harmed by the coronavirus pandemic.