Commercial lending

Strong demand for commercial loans helped offset weaker growth in consumer lending and a decline in fee income.

Credit union and bank executives say the federal work stoppage hasn’t hit business lines yet, but that could change if things drag on much longer.

The acquisition of VAR Technology Finance bolsters the bank's efforts to expand into new areas of lending.

Demand for commercial loans surged in the fourth quarter and executives at the Buffalo company see the momentum continuing in the new year.

During the National Credit Union Administration's monthly meeting on Thursday, Chairman J. Mark McWatters noted that the agency was making progress on hiring more women and minorities.

The New York company added eight new client teams in 2018 and established a new division that caters to private equity firms on both coasts.

Federal regulators should consider applying guidance that is nearly two decades old to end uncertainty about the legality of particular bank partnerships.

Farm Service Agency staff will have three days to work on existing loan applications and provide tax documents for existing loans.

The online student lender said it is reallocating some jobs and "sunsetting" others.

Some in the industry worry the Fed may balk at allowing OCC charter recipients into the payments system, but Otting downplayed those concerns.

Now that Wells must abide by the central bank's asset cap through year-end, it may have to divest more nonessential assets and take other steps to open up room for core loan growth.

Loans grew 6% at JPMorgan Chase, but the bank is "not going to be stupid" and assume that will last forever, its CEO says. Here are some precautionary steps it's taking.

A recent proposal to allow the government-sponsored enterprise to offer more credit in agricultural regions is deeply flawed.

The San Francisco company's quarterly earnings also reflected higher wealth management revenue.

The impasse has halted grant and loan applications and frozen many farm subsidies just weeks ahead of planting season.

The agency is expected soon to propose a revamp of the 2017 regulation that would eliminate the ability-to-repay provisions, which small-dollar lenders saw as a direct threat to their business.

The U.S. online lender provides credit lines of up to $150,000 to small businesses that shop at Alibaba.com.

The tricky part: raising awareness without appearing to take advantage of borrowers at a time when agencies like the SBA are out of commission.

Financial institutions of all sizes are offering low- or zero-rate loans, waiving fees and making other arrangements to aid federal workers — a practice that regulators officially blessed on Friday, the 21st day of the closing of many U.S. agencies.

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