BAFT, the international financial services association that is an ABA subsidiary, today joined the Financial Services Roundtable in urging Congress to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank before its charter expires at the end of June.
The OCC reported today that the loan growth rate continued to accelerate in the nine-state Southern District, which spans from Texas to Georgia, growing to 8 percent in 2014 from 4 percent in 2013.
The OCC today updated its Comptroller’s Handbook guidance on trade finance and services, consolidating three previous booklets issued in 1994, 1998 and 1999.