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China Bets On SMB Lending To Ramp Up Bank Competition

PYMNTS

China’s banking regulation is in-flux. This week, JPMorgan Chase announced plans to take advantage of China’s new position on foreign competition, vowing to go “full force” in the nation. More recently, the CBIRC has expanded on those efforts to open China’s banking sector to foreign competition.

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CFPB’s New Study Notes Bank Fees As A Hidden Cost Of Payday Lending

PYMNTS

As the nation waits and drama builds over expected new guidelines from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on short-term lending, the government watchdog has issued a new report that indicates that the high cost of payday loans is even higher than most people think.

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

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. 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.

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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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Nursing Home CMS Staffing Mandate: What is it and how can operators prepare?

PopularBank

By Andrew Boland – Director of National Healthcare Financing, Popular Bank A minimum staffing standard for nursing homes across the country was unveiled last month, raising concerns from operators and industry leaders over the impact the mandate will have on their ability to maintain adequate access to long-term care.

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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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Change Keeping Global Banks On Their Toes

PYMNTS

banks, meanwhile, have risen in financial stability regulators’ ranks for how much of a risk they pose to the global financial system should they fail. Ford said the decline in bank overdraft lending to small businesses means these companies cannot invest in themselves.

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