Banking

One of the biggest subprime auto lenders agreed to pay $550 million to settle predatory lending charges; the bank regulator has largely completed his goal of overhauling the Community Reinvestment Act.

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting says the revised Community Reinvestment Act will provide more credit access to communities in need and won't, as some had feared, create new thresholds for grading banks.

Recent tweaks to Reg D have blurred the line between checking and savings accounts, opening up the possibility for new innovation in those products.

Lenders are scrambling to pause ranchers’ loan payments as meat processing plant shutdowns during the pandemic threaten $25 billion in losses for the livestock industry.

The final regulation will significantly revise a December proposal, responding to concerns from stakeholders. Meanwhile, in a surprising move, the regulator who had championed the reforms is expected to resign this week.

The lender will pay $65 million in restitution and forgive nearly $500 million in auto debt to settle charges that it steered subprime borrowers into risky loans.

Congress should pass legislation authorizing use of nontraditional data sources to make credit more available to consumers who’ve taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Texas bank is leaning on solutions from Lightico and MANTL to quickly set up accounts and handle loans when customers can’t sign documents in person because of the coronavirus emergency.

The Baltimore-area credit union crossed the latest threshold despite a dip in net income during the first quarter as many organizations struggle with the coronavirus fallout.

The company, formed by the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, shared the information in response to a credit union's legal challenge to its new name.

Mike Maddox will succeed George Jones on June 1.

Black and Latino business owners were less likely to get loans than overall borrowers, survey states; Atlanta Fed president tells lenders they won’t be second-guessed if they do right by borrowers.

Nicolet Bankshares said its lagging stock price would complicate efforts to complete its planned purchase of Commerce Financial.

With rates so low — after steep emergency Federal Reserve cuts in response to the pandemic’s fallout — banks will struggle to generate bread-and-butter interest income and asset-sensitive lenders will face substantial net interest margin contraction this year and next, analysts say.

The order's removal allows the Delaware company to pursue more opportunities in its payments business.

Saul Van Beurden's team is tasked with keeping systems running during the pandemic, including driving equipment to homebound workers. Yet the bank must continue making upgrades demanded by regulators, investing in new technology and recruiting top talent, he says.

After nearly two decades with the company, Hanisch is the longest-serving member of the executive team at CO-OP Financial Services.

Bracing for a prolonged economic slowdown, many community bankers say they are considering a number of belt-tightening measures, including freezing salaries and delaying investments in technology and product development, according to a survey by Promontory Interfinancial Group.

The government's latest stimulus package cleared the House on Friday but a number of key credit union priorities didn't make the cut.

Operation HOPE Chief Executive John Hope Bryant talks about how the Community Reinvestment Act influenced him at the age of 9 and eventually led to the founding of his nonprofit, which works with banks to help communities in need. But he says the 1977 law is outdated.