Bankruptcy Blogs

Higher Interest Rates Won't Solve Banks' Problems

07/29/15

While rising rates may temporarily improve net interest margin and profits, they will not increase bank stock prices for at least three reasons.

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The Examiners: Good Business Sense Should Protect Shoppers

07/29/15

Do shoppers suffer too much in bankruptcy, or should they be expected to share the pain?

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The Examiners: Existing Safeguards Protect Shoppers

07/29/15

Do shoppers suffer too much in bankruptcy, or should they be expected to share the pain?

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Regulators Should Hold CIT Bank Accountable for Strong CRA Plan

07/29/15

Regulators have given the merger between CIT Group and OneWest Bank the green light Â-- so long as CIT comes up with a revised Community Reinvestment Act plan. This condition is good news for the low-income communities impacted by the merger and sets a strong precedent for regulators' review of future bank deals.

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Morning Scan: Home Prices Flatten in Potential Good News for Buyers; RBS' Citizens Sell-Off

07/29/15

Wall Street Journal

The rate of home-price appreciation has slowed, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for May, which economists say is a good sign more potential buyers will soon be able to afford to buy. After home prices increased at low double-digit percentage rates per month in 2013, price gains per month this year have hovered just above 4%. A recent report from the National Association of Realtors was somewhat misleading. NAR said median...

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Baha Mar Contractor, Export-Import Bank of China Want Bankruptcy Tossed

07/29/15
Construction of the Baha Mar resort on the beach on New Providence island, Bahamas, May 2014.
Craig Karmin/The Wall Street Journal

The Export-Import Bank o

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Pie and Mash

07/28/15

Or a bit of this this and that.

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A Law to Kill Zombie Debts That Outlasted Bankruptcy

07/28/15

zombie debtFederal lawmakers have a proposal to kill “zombie” debts for people whose credit-card bills survived bankruptcy.

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Don't Let Outdated Laws Shackle Credit Innovation

07/28/15

There is no reason a bank should be able to issue a loan and enjoy one set of rules while a marketplace lender, essentially issuing the same loan, must deal with a morass of conflicting state standards.

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