The head of small business at Truist Bank discusses how regional banks are operating in this market, in conversation with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger.

The head of U.S. business banking at BMO discussed what small businesses need with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger in the Leaders Forum.

Banks are perfectly willing to comply with a reasonable data collection standard. The problem is that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final rule makes demands far in excess of what the law requires.

If banks reached the same market penetration among U.S. customers of Latin American descent that they have among white Americans, they could tap an additional $155 billion in annual revenue, according to new research from the consulting giant McKinsey.

Executives at Capital One, U.S. Bank, BMO and Atlantic Union Bank are striving for seamless onboarding and more efficient branch bankers, among other projects on their technology drawing boards.

The agreement includes funds for small-business lending and mortgages for low- and moderate-income borrowers in California and Massachusetts. It puts an end to questions about the fate of an $11.2 billion plan that Silicon Valley Bank inked before it failed in March.

Don't underestimate how lonely and messy entrepreneurship is, Walter said at American Banker's Small Biz Banking conference.

Bankers should stop thinking of small companies as difficult to serve, Comerica's Brian Haney says; "How does succeeding in small business make the retail bank stronger?"

Small Business Administration lending is an arena where community banks and nonbanks compete favorably with some of the largest U.S. financial institutions. Here are the biggest SBA 7(a) lenders based on the value of approved loans.

But high costs and any downturn in the economy could weigh on lenders and their commercial borrowers in coming months, economists caution.