Bankruptcy Blogs

Social Finance’s application for an industrial loan charter has not only drawn opposition from a coalition of incumbent banks and community activists, it also serves as a microcosm of several perennial debates in financial services policy.

A series of balance sheet moves and a focus on deposit gathering and business lending led to a $157 million profit in the second quarter.

Policymakers should differentiate between housing finance-related issues of real importance to the greater public interest, and those that concern only special interests.

Former Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig shares stories from his days as a top regulator during the Clinton Administration and the reasons why bank rules should be reviewed and maybe rewritten.

WashingtonFirst had a sudden window of opportunity to sell itself in the latter half of 2016, but it had been preparing for a possible sale for more than two years before that, and perhaps as a result it received one of the most valuable buyout offers this year.