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The Indiana bank is "on offense by continuing to invest in new client-facing and key support talent and being ready and opportunistic for acquisitions," CEO Jim Ryan says.

The former treasurer of FMC Corp. worries that the proposed new capital rules will translate into higher costs for corporate borrowers and reduced access to key types of financing options.

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.