News Topic: Commercial lending

Can farmers — and the banks that lend to them — survive Trump's trade war? ... Read full article

The credit union's organizers believe there is a funding gap in the state for agriculture — and they want to fill the void. ... Read full article

Heightened competition from nonbanks, the rise of populism and the uncertainty surrounding Libor’s demise are just some of the short- and long-term threats facing big banks, risk executives say. ... Read full article

By creating corporate governance courses for prospective board members and a multifaceted financial literacy program for high schoolers, Virginia National aims to deepen its bench for years to come. ... Read full article

The New York unit of Popular has contracted with Biz2Credit to automate commercial loan approvals and handle the underwriting for applications under $100,000. ... Read full article

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands. ... Read full article

From Democrats winning control of Congress to an escalating trade war and technology companies applying for a fintech charter, there are plenty of scary prospects facing the industry. ... Read full article

Amalgamated Bank of New York said it will begin tracking the carbon emissions it is financing through its $3.4 billion loan portfolio, using as a guide the science that would limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, which is the goal of the Paris Climate ... Read full article

The results did not include the company's purchase of CoBiz, which closed last month. ... Read full article

Though consumer lending and C&I lending improved at the Cincinnati company, its corporate and mortgage banking revenues fell in the third quarter. Last year Fifth Third also posted a one-time gain of $1B associated with its sale of shares in Vantiv, ... Read full article

Increased third-quarter revenue outweighed higher operating expenses at the Alabama regional. ... Read full article

The Columbus, Ga., company ramped up its business and consumer lending even as it scaled back lending on construction and commercial real estate projects. ... Read full article

The Salt Lake City bank said consumer loans rose 7% from a year earlier. That was one of its several quarterly highlights. ... Read full article

The $22.9 billion-asset TCF also highlighted improvements in credit quality in the third quarter as it continued to exit the auto finance business. ... Read full article

Netspend customers kept from accessing paychecks; Sen. Elizabeth Warren rebukes Comerica over fraud in benefits program; FDIC poised to revamp deposit rules (about time, say banks); and more from this week's most-read stories. ... Read full article

Strong net interest income and other factors made up for a drop in investment banking and other noninterest income at the Atlanta bank, which reported double-digit earnings growth. ... Read full article

The Providence, R.I., company reported a 27% gain in profits thanks partly to a boost in fee income from its purchase of Franklin American Mortgage in August. ... Read full article

A shifting C&I landscape, heated competition for deposits and red flags in consumer lending also took center stage in often testy exchanges between bankers and analysts on quarterly earnings calls. ... Read full article