Mentoring programs and community connections help increase commercial real estate lending competence.

To help bankers reduce costs and provide an excellent user experience for residential and commercial construction loan customers, ABA has endorsed the construction lending platform offered by Nashville-based Built Technologies.

By a voice vote, the Senate today passed H.R. 4743, a bipartisan bill that will strengthen the Small Business Administration’s oversight of its loan programs and increase its maximum lending authority.

"Do you really think I could do this?" the aspiring entrepreneur asks Patti Husic. She offers encouragement, understanding the value of imagination and inspiration in helping small businesses launch and grow.

Small business performance and financing success rates improved in 2017, according to the latest Small Business Credit Survey -- a joint effort by the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks -- released today.

For Jim Edwards, a third-generation banker and the chairman and CEO of United Bank Corp. in Zebulon, Ga., community banking is about providing a "high-touch" experience.

ABA and three other trade groups today urged House and Senate appropriations leaders to oppose the Trump administration’s $15.4 billion rescissions proposal, which would seek to claw back $23 million from the Bank Enterprise Award Program and $151 million from the Capital Magnet Fund.

By a voice vote, the House today passed H.R. 4743, a bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) that would strengthen the Small Business Administration’s oversight of its loan programs and increase its maximum lending authority.

In New York City, more than 1.3 million rental homes and apartments have rents that are stabilized, controlled or otherwise regulated. These units account for more than 60 percent of New York City’s overall rental market and over 40 percent of all occupied housing in the city. While economists debate the merits of rent stabilization policy, the owners of these ...

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