Financial institutions

The House-passed tax bill would eliminate the New Markets Tax Credit while the Senate bill would not reauthorize it when it expires in two years. Bankers and other proponents say that if it is discontinued many economic development projects in rural and low-income communities won’t be funded.

Mnuchin’s former business associate is likely to be sworn in next week; Mulvaney, as a congressman, called the CFPB a “joke” and co-sponsored a bill to kill it.

While technology will let many banks cut staff and reduce the size of branches, factors such as geography, customer demographics and strategic direction will ultimately shape the look and feel of future offices.

Natco plans to use the grant monies to expand lending opportunities for low-income consumers.

It’s good to be a business lender with a long contact list. Loan growth is weak and the talent pool has been shrinking, so banks big and small are paying top dollar to get an edge.

The differences in business model between commercial banks and universal banks should not be ignored as Congress works to recalibrate the regulatory regime.

Year to date through Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

Full-time equivalent, as of Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

Year to date through June 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

Freeing a number of big banks from enhanced oversight, including capital requirements, could motivate CEOs to pursue deals. Still, other impediments could prevent a flood of large mergers.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg on Tuesday opposed efforts to roll back “core reforms” to bank regulation that were implemented after the 2008 financial crisis, but said some review of the Dodd-Frank law is warranted.

Bipartisan proposal would remove the SIFI label from more than two dozen banks; European regulator cautions investors on the risks as bitcoin price plunges.

In his first major move as CEO, Charlie Scharf has made several management changes at Bank of New York Mellon.

The planned sale will also include $70 million of loans in southern California.

Sterling Bancorp in New York is determined to turn Astoria Financial's largely residential operation into a commercial powerhouse. While investors are skeptical, CEO Jack Kopnisky has proven in the past that such an ambitious plan is doable.

Outsiders gained access to customer information at Southern National Bancorp of Virginia using a malicious email. Other financial institutions, meanwhile, are implementing policies in hopes of avoiding the same fate.

Ronald O’Hanley withdrew from law school at Vanderbilt University in 1983 after admitting to plagiarism while editor-in-chief of the school’s law review, according to a news report.

The authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to label a firm a “systemically important financial institution” triggers duplicative regulation even if banklike rules are not appropriate to the company.

Fintechs should learn to value risk management — and the necessary bureaucracy that comes with it, bankers said this week in defending themselves again criticism that they are a pain in the neck to work with.

Endeavor Bank in San Diego aims to be the third new bank to open this year. There is hope that as many as eight new institutions could open in 2018.