Podcast: The Bank M&A Outlook for 2019

The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 7.18% this week. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.57%.

A total of 720 lenders reported data about originations and purchases of small loans — $1 million or less — to businesses and farms in 2025.

More than 6,500 communities across the U.S. have been designated Qualified Opportunity Zones, which provide tax incentives for investing in distressed areas, the Treasury Department and IRS announced.

U.S. consumers are highly satisfied with their bank’s digital banking services, according to a new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of ABA.

ABA joined five associations in urging the SEC to extend the comment deadline for its proposed crypto custody rules, saying more time is needed to answer given the highly technical nature of the subject.

Members of ABA’s policy team were on hand to help ag lenders begin to sort out the election results that put Democrats in control of Congress and what the transfer of power might mean for ag and rural...