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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3

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The State of Banking

Jeff For Banks

In 2013, there were 6,812 FDIC-insured financial institutions. That yielded 291 total institutions, broken down by region. Some regions are experiencing slightly elevated non-performers from the previous year. Are these anomalies due to region, competition, or business models? Where are we and where have we been?

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California Consumer Group Calls for Mnuchin Investigation After Leaked Memo

American Banker

A California consumer group on Thursday urged the Senate Finance Committee to delay Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin's nomination hearing after a leaked 2013 memo described alleged illegal foreclosure practices at OneWest Bank when he was chairman and CEO.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. The DOJ Finding. The Aftershocks.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

It is annual report season, meaning publicly traded financial institutions are finalizing their 2013 numbers and submitting their 10k''s to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In preparation for meetings, I frequently read 10k''s. If you haven''t read a 10k, it will win no literary awards, especially for originality.

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