The Senate today voted 81 to 19 to confirm Linda McMahon as administrator of the Small Business Administration, a Cabinet-rank post.

ABA, through its Corporation for American Banking subsidiary, today endorsed the digital lending solution for small business loans offered by Akouba.

Bankers continued tightening credit for commercial real estate loans and consumer loans in the last three months while holding steady on other business loans and easing credit standards very slightly in their home mortgage portfolios, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior loan officer survey released today.

A recipe to help bankers banks compete for millennial entrepreneurs’ business.

In the wake of the scandal over fake accounts created at Wells Fargo, the OCC has added a strong emphasis on governance of sales practices to its risk supervision for large banks, according to the agency’s Semiannual Risk Perspective released today.

Underwriting standards for both retail and commercial loan products have eased for the fourth consecutive year as banks continue to respond to competitive pressure, grow their portfolios and increase their appetite for risk, the OCC said in its 22nd annual Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices.

Tom Hunt on building a relationship to treasure.

In the wake of the decision by Visa and MasterCard to delay the EMV chip card liability shift for gas pumps until 2020, a new advisory emphasizes that cyber thieves are focusing on retailers who have not upgraded their systems.

The OCC “will move forward” with plans to provide special-purpose national bank charters to financial technology firms, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry announced today.