Lending

The top five banks have combined construction loans of more than $71 billion.

The top five servicers that are depositories have a combined unpaid principal balance of more than $1.89 trillion at the end of Q2 2023.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would not hesitate to take rates to their lower bound again, despite the challenges that rising rates have posed to banks. Economists and policy experts say other parts of the crisis playbook warrant reconsideration.

An executive with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago pushes back on a BankThink article criticizing the Mortgage Partnership Finance program.

Limiting large-bank access to the system could have an unintended negative impact on smaller banks.

Banks are simultaneously looking to shed their obligations under laws like the Community Reinvestment Act and begging the government for more support in the form of higher deposit insurance limits.

Treasury's plan to overhaul the certification process for community development financial institutions will benefit the communities served by those institutions.

California regulators are suggesting that programs that allow workers fee-free access to their earnings between pay periods should be treated as loan products. That's wrong and short-sighted.

Pride month is the perfect time to take a hard look at the discrimination that LGBTQ people face in the financial services industry, particularly when it comes to obtaining credit.

Total loans from credit unions increased by nearly 18%, driven in part by car dealerships rebuilding their inventory. Headwinds in the mortgage market also fueled interest in home equity loans.

Emergency borrowing from the Federal Reserve plunged last week, partly reflecting the seizure of First Republic Bank, which accounted for a large share of outstanding loans.

Elevated interest rates, economic uncertainty and financial sector fragility exposed by recent bank failures threaten to stunt lending activity.

With once-in-a-generation levels of inflation whittling away at their savings, Americans are once again beginning to fall behind on payments, bank earnings show.

The shift in refi behavior — in the wake of multiple Federal Reserve interest rate hikes — helped fuel a loan growth trend that's expected to continue through year-end.