SBA 7(a) Program Switches Fixed Base Rate from Libor to Prime
With the viability of the London Interbank Offered Rate uncertain beyond the end of 2021, the Small Business Administration is...
Commercial Lending
CFTC Permanently Sets Swap Dealer De Minimis Threshold at $8B
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted today to maintain the swap dealer de minimis threshold at $8 billion on a...
Agencies Release 2017 CRA Data on Small Business, Community Development Lending
The federal banking agencies today released 2017 Community Reinvestment Act data on small business, small farm and community development lending.
Podcast: Key Ingredients of Top Community Bank Performance
On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, bank CEO and newly minted ABA Chairman Jeff Szyperski talks...
Fed Sounds Alarm on Looser Leveraged Loan Terms
A Federal Reserve official today sounded a warning about “material loosening” of terms, as well as insufficient risk management, in...
Where Jeff Szyperski Knows Your Name
Meet ABA’s 2018-19 chairman.
Big Drivers of Small Business Loans
Six digital capabilities that can grow banks’ share of the small business lending market.
FDIC Report: Banks’ Small Biz Lending Significantly Underestimated
Banks lend significantly more to small businesses than is captured by commonly used proxies, according to a major FDIC study...
Podcast: Building a Bank Vertical for Tech, Media and Telecom Firms
Huntington Bank, a $104 billion regional bank based in Columbus, Ohio, is building a new nationwide vertical to provide specialized...
