Small business lending

BMO Harris Bank has made significant strides in recent years attracting retail and small-business customers, and now it's up to Ernie Johannson to keep the momentum going.

The agency wants more information as it conducts fair-lending exams, but conflicting statutes make writing a data collection rule difficult.

Community bankers reject the conclusions of a Government Accountability Office report that say regulatory burdens only had a “modest effect” on the declining number of banks since 2010.

The legislation, which creates new disclosure standards for financing costs, could hamstring commercial lenders that offer revolving credit facilities.

Using software from Eastern Bank spinoff Numerated, Bremer Bank says it will be able to approve automated loans to farmers within a minute.

The nation's largest bank said Wednesday it is seeking proposals on ways to address economic inequality in local neighborhoods across the country.

If Gov. Jerry Brown signs the legislation headed to his desk, it would be the first law of its kind in the U.S. It is designed to allow small-business owners to make comparisons between offers in the often bewildering world of online business lending.

In a report, the watchdog said the economic environment and competition instead have driven trends in small-business lending.

Organizers of Dogwood State Bank are looking to raise $75 million in hopes of opening by mid-2019.