Credit quality

Slowdowns in new factory orders and production, largely tied to the trade war with China, could translate to more defaults among industrial clients.

Bankers are expected to field numerous questions on third-quarter earnings calls about the threat of shrinking loan yields, stubbornly high deposit prices and what they're going to do about them.

Caught in the middle of a credit-subsidy debate, the program would have shut down on Tuesday without congressional action.

The Dallas company inherited the loan relationship from a bank it bought in 2017.

The Boston company said the loan participation went into default due to potentially fraudulent activity.

The decision to bring in Michael Doyle follows a quarter where the South Dakota company reported a spike in net charge-offs.

The Michigan company sold collateral tied to Live Well, a mortgage company that has filed for bankruptcy protection.

MoneyLion and Varo say familiarity with existing customers — whom they already offer savings, investment and personal finance products — will help them make smart credit decisions.

The popular program could go idle next month for the second time in less than a year if lawmakers are unable to approve a $99 million credit subsidy.

Private Bancorp of America is the latest bank to report a borrower issue in connection with a high-profile fraud case tied to liquor licenses.

The loan participation has been flagged for potentially fraudulent activity.

The unnamed borrower was the victim of an alleged scam by another company.

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The Plano bank, which is being sold to Prosperity Bancshares in one of the industry's biggest M&A deals this year, was also worried about credit quality, a regulatory filing shows.

Recent studies offer a dire outlook for water levels in drought-prone states. Some banks are bracing for this risk with changes to underwriting of real-estate-related loans.

Lenders insist they will be able to ramp up commercial loans and mortgage refinancings without skimping on underwriting.

People’s United offered 30% more in the summer of 2018 for United Financial than it agreed to pay in a deal announced last month. What followed the initial talks is a textbook lesson in the impact of indecision and the unexpected in bank M&A.

The Michigan company disclosed that an unnamed client made a large payment on a $6.5 million nonperforming loan.

The Upstart Network, the first and only startup to participate in the bureau’s program for promising digital platforms, claims that using nontraditional credit data items has helped loan volume and affordability.

It’s hard to time the next economic slowdown. But lenders, many with lingering memories of the financial crisis, are taking steps now to limit exposure in commercial real estate, construction and other loan segments.