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The regulation — mandated more than a decade ago to combat discrimination — will make lenders provide data on approvals and denials of small-business loan applications, the cost of credit and demographics of borrowers.
March 30 -
Lenders had started tightening as early as the fourth quarter in anticipation of a possible recession. Now, the banking crisis is driving community and regional banks in particular to hit the brakes harder, stoking renewed recessions fears.
March 28 -
Investors have bought a one-branch bank in Elmore City, Oklahoma (the town that inspired "Footloose"), renamed it Old Glory Bank and plan an all-digital brand that emphasizes patriotism. Experts question whether Old Glory is offering a solution to a nonexistent problem.
March 24 -
On Thursday, a ransomware group published data apparently stolen from Tri Counties Bank, which suffered an outage to its ATM network last month.
March 23 -
About 40% of smaller firms applied for private-sector financing last year, which was up from 25% in 2021, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve banks. The results suggest a return to pre-pandemic credit needs, but borrowers now have different plans for the use of financing.
March 8 -
The small businesses said in a lawsuit that the bank used "misleading marketing and business practices" to rake in processing fees from oversized Paycheck Protection Program loans. A bank spokesperson placed responsibility on PPP borrowers for the representations they made in loan applications.
March 1 -
TD Bank estimates it hands out 20 million pens every year. Huntington is getting close to offering its 80 millionth pen. It's a way to get a bank's brand to travel with customers across the globe, but is it worth it?
February 21 -
The Columbus, Ohio, bank hopes both to reduce costs and increase revenue by consolidating three segments into a single unit. Huntington is particularly focused on building out its wealth management business.
February 16 -
A community bank in Missouri plans to offer fractional stock rewards later this year, while a small bank in Utah is winding down a similar program.
February 15 -
Goldman Sachs, Capital One and New York Community Bank are shrinking their workforces, and other banks are planning to do the same. Whether such reductions become more widespread will depend largely on loan demand in 2023, according to analysts.
February 9