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Banks are seeing mostly positive or neutral trends in loan demand and broader economic indicators in the first six weeks of 2017 and are upbeat about future prospects, according to the Fed's Beige Book.
March 1
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The largest U.S. bank’s yearslong effort to do more business with midsize commercial firms has progressed in fits and starts but never met expectations. More patience will be required, but executives say the payoff could be sooner rather than later.
February 28
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The longtime bank analyst is one of many who lost their jobs when CLSA shut its U.S. equity research unit; marketplace lender forms group to buy $5 billion of loans
February 28
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Prosper Marketplace will receive as much as $5 billion in loan funding under a deal that will provide investors an equity stake in the San Francisco company
February 27
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It’s unclear whether connecting lenders and borrowers over the internet offers any advantages over traditional lending, according to panelists at the Structured Finance Industry Group conference in Vegas.
February 27 -
Commerce Union had been focused on expanding around Nashville, Tenn., until a lender based 120 miles away was available to hire.
February 27
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Banks are partnering with tech companies to win back some of the small-business customers that the industry lost to fintechs.
February 24
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The industry had cause to celebrate when the regulator revamped its MBL and FOM regulations, but several fights are brewing.
February 24
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The Pittsburgh company is acquiring the U.S.-based commercial and vendor-finance operations of ECN Capital.
February 21
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