Commercial lending

Credit decisions were a natural place to start with artificial intelligence, but now banks and credit unions are taking the technology to all parts of their businesses.

Banks are taking back more farmland through foreclosure than at any point in the past three years as low crop prices, epic flooding and the Trump administration’s trade spat with China have left many farmers struggling to pay their debts.

The company says its exposure involves a participation loan to a business customer for which it was the originator.

It hasn't stimulated loan demand in ways banks hoped it might, and some CEOs fear future rate cuts might cause companies to hunker down.

Numerated, a vendor of loan prospecting, marketing and underwriting software that was developed within Eastern Bank, now has $32 million.

The bureau issued three policies removing the threat of legal liability for approved companies that test new products.

Mnuchin hopes to strike a deal soon to recapitalize the two mortgage giants, a prelude to privatization; the bank’s focus on mid-tier corporations is starting to bear fruit.

Its new training program will try to make commercial bankers out of professionals who left the workforce and want back in. It is another example of a bank getting creative in a tight job market.

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

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