Bankruptcy Blogs

‘Before hitting the panic button…’: Comments of the week

10/19/17

Readers weigh in on online lending growth, how President Trump’s healthcare policies affect lenders, regulation’s effects on community banks and more.

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AI insights, board progress and the dearth of male allies

10/19/17

Personalized experiences are becoming more prevalent in banking with digital assistants and apps, thanks to AI. Getting more women on boards is part of the job for JPMorgan Chase's Karen Simon. Why aren't 'good guys' better allies? (Carrie Fisher sure is.)

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Amazon’s grocery expansion a threat to CRE, banks fear

10/19/17

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

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Sallie Mae works to head off threat of refi lenders

10/19/17

While some tackle the problem by offering their own consolidation loans, Sallie Mae is developing products with extended terms that reduce borrowers' monthly payments in an effort to discourage borrowers from refinancing in the first place.

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Automation is leveling the commercial lending playing field

10/19/17

Ditching paper and digitizing tasks help community banks operate more efficiently and write more profitable commercial loans.

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GAO ruling puts leveraged lending guidance in GOP crosshairs

10/19/17

Federal regulators’ 2013 guidance on leveraged lending should have been treated as a rule under the Congressional Review Act – and is now eligible for Congress to repeal, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday.

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Fed's Powell gives boost to banks in real-time payments race

10/19/17

The Federal Reserve Board governor sketched out a future in which U.S. banks remain at the center of commercial transactions.

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East West Bancorp's profit jumps 20% on strong loan growth

10/19/17

The $36.3 billion-asset bank reported double-digit growth in C&I loans, commercial real estate loans and specialty loans to the private-equity, entertainment and energy industries in the third quarter.

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Fears of commercially owned banks are unfounded: OCC's Noreika

10/19/17

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika pushed back against concerns that his agency's proposed fintech charter will unduly benefit nonfinancial firms.

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Record revenue and profits provide a strong coda for Webster CEO Smith

10/19/17

Robust growth in net interest income, combined with a lower provision for loan losses, helped boost Webster Financial Corp.'s profits to a record $62.4 million in the third quarter, 26% higher than a year earlier.

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