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3 Percent down payments and risk to lenders

Abrigo

Many would point to imprudent lending standards as a leading cause of the financial crisis of 2008, and in turn, financial institution regulators have since bolstered lending standards and capital thresholds as a preventive measure against a similar crisis. Blog Bank Credit Union'

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CFPB issues 2014 fair lending report

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has issued a fair lending report covering its fair lending activities during 2014. The report states that in 2014, CFPB fair lending supervisory and public enforcement actions required institutions to provide approximately $224 million in remediation.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. They couldn't get regulatory approval.

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Opportunities in Partnership: Community Banks Can Benefit from Today’s FinTechs

Independent Banker

Additionally, a recent survey by FIS shows that 37% of consumers began a new banking relationship with a major national or global bank that had a well-established online portal in the past 12 months. Increasing role of technology. 50% of consumers now interact with their bank through mobile apps or websites weekly – up from 32% two years ago.

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The role and challenges of financial institutions in the small multifamily rental market

Abrigo

The Community Developments Investment s spring newsletter includes an array of data on the small multifamily rental housing market and provides an overview of some of the risk management issues related to commercial real estate lending and small multifamily property lending.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. Although this is higher than the current top guideline of Fed Funds rate of 25 basis points, I feel comfortable using it as a proxy for bank savings rates.

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Change Keeping Global Banks On Their Toes

PYMNTS

Ford said the decline in bank overdraft lending to small businesses means these companies cannot invest in themselves. And with the holiday season here, these companies often need overdraft loans to manage irregular cash flows, the executive added. “We have seen repayments in agriculture and our small business group.”

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