State Bankers Associations Challenge NCUA as ‘Cheerleader’
Continuing the banking industry's press against overreach by the National Credit Union Administration, the 53 state bankers associations today wrote...
Commercial Lending
Democratic Report Highlights Ex-Im Bank Benefits
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has contributed positively to economic growth and its current expired state could “damage the U.S. economy,”...
Keating Op-Ed Challenges CUs’ Business Lending Push
ABA President and CEO Frank Keating kept up the pressure on the National Credit Union Administration and the credit union...
NCUA Head to Testify as Agency Subverts Congressional Intent
National Credit Union Administration Chairman Debbie Matz will appear before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer...
HVCRE Rule Ignores Reality of Real Estate Market
The high-volatility commercial real estate (HVCRE) regulation, effective as of Jan. 1, 2015, mandates that, in order to be exempt...
Treasury Looking Into Online ‘Marketplace Lending’
With nonbank online “marketplace lending” growing dramatically -- originating $12 billion in new loans in 2014, mostly to consumers but...
Senate Democrats Urge Rules for Small Biz Loan Data Disclosure
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led a group of several Senate Democrats on Friday in asking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director...
BAFT Disappointed by Ex-Im Authorization Lapse
Noting that many lenders turn to the U.S. Export-Import Bank to add balance sheet capacity and meet their customers’ needs,...
OCC: Credit, Compliance Risk Growing in 2015
Noting an environment of “high” credit, strategic, compliance and operational risk, the OCC outlined nine priorities for ongoing midsize and...
CoBank Does It Again and Lends to Investor-Owned Water Company
Farm Credit System lenders are not just lending to large, investor-owned utilities – they're bragging about it.
