Treasury Department Issues Sweeping Regulatory Reform Recommendations
The Treasury Department tonight issued a 150-page report making dozens of recommendations for how Congress and regulatory agencies can streamline...
Commercial Lending
ABA Wins Extension on CFPB’s Small Business Lending Request for Information
In response to a request by ABA and 12 other trade groups, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced that...
Beyond the Cross-Sell: Deepening Relationship Banking
Regular outreach calls, tracking of customer goals and value-added events help bankers win with customers—without making a hard sell.
ABA Supports Bill to Waive Fees for Vets Seeking SBA Export-Specific Loans
ABA yesterday wrote to Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) in support of the Veteran Small Business Export...
Agencies Remind Banks of Appraisal Waiver Process
With financial institutions -- especially those in rural areas -- facing a critical shortage of qualified appraisers that is slowing...
ABA Issues Staff Analysis on CFPB Small Business Data Rulemaking
ABA has published a members-only staff analysis of the CFPB's request for information regarding the small business lending market.
CFPB Seeks Information on Small Business Lending Market
As it prepares to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this morning issued a...
Fed Survey: Banks Continue to Tighten on CRE Lending
Bankers continued tightening credit for commercial real estate and certain consumer loans in the first quarter of 2017, while easing...
To Protect Consumers, ABA Seeks Pause on HMDA Expansion
ABA today called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to rescind requirements to collect any Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data...
