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Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs

PYMNTS

Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include a lack of transparency and sky-high fees and interest rates. small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017.

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Food Stamps Online: The $75B Grocery Game-Changer?

PYMNTS

Low-income consumers are far more likely to find it difficult to secure mainstream credit sources and are thus much more likely to make use of high-cost alternative credit sources when financial emergencies hit, often in the form of a payday, title, tax refund anticipation or installment loan. SNAP online . It doesn’t stop there.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

//Jeff Marsico remarks to the 2023 New Jersey Bankers' Association Annual Convention: May 19, 2023// Four decades ago, the prolonged savings-and-loan crisis devastated the industry. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? trillion failed. Spread of the Ukraine war?

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

CVB Financial acquires Community Bank. With active investment and community engagement, Hispanic membership growth at ICCU is now more than twice the rate of other household segments. Another example of sincerity and innovation making an impact on local communities. Write articles about helping people with taxes or something.”

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