Asset-based lending

The legislation, which creates new disclosure standards for financing costs, could hamstring commercial lenders that offer revolving credit facilities.

The New York bank, which is part of Leumi Group in Israel, is entering a new business line after spending years improving its infrastructure.

State Bank popped up on the Houston company’s radar eight years ago, but management waited until now to strike.

Aggressive growth in commercial leasing and asset-based finance helped offset a planned pullback in auto lending at the Wayzata, Minn., company.

The holding company for Union Bank — itself a unit of the Japanese giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group — is on a mission to double its size and become one of the nation's 10 largest banks. Under Steve Cummings, its first-ever American CEO, MUFG Americas has expanded middle-market lending and amassed $3 billion of consumer deposits through its new online bank. Is a splashy acquisition next?