Commercial lending

Senior loan officers also expect decline in loan performance; meeting termed "cordial and collegial."

Bankers weigh their options in mortgage and CRE lending as implementation of a new accounting standard nears.

As the consumer lender announced its seventh consecutive profitable quarter, its CEO bragged that his company is better positioned than the likes of Goldman Sachs and LendingClub.

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Lenders are glad the agency worked swiftly through a backlog of paperwork, but they're worried funds will get cut off if the government closes again.

The agency is exploring how to reopen small-dollar lending options for banks, but consumer groups are urging it to maintain pricing limits and other controls.

New data from the League of Southeastern Credit Unions sees CUs in the two states exceeding national averages in a number of growth metrics.

In addition to closing on its largest acquisition to date, the Tulsa, Okla., company reported double-digit growth in energy, health care and commercial real estate loans.

Assets increased 6% in 2018 to nearly $52 billion as loan originations surged and the company redeployed $2 billion of cash into higher-yielding securities.

Big data and artificial intelligence will allow banks to do more for small businesses, former SBA head Karen Mills argues.