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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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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

Heck, maybe there'll be a reassessment and your real estate taxes will go down. Taxes go down? 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. I made a funny.

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Reverse Trend

Independent Banker

Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. New FHA guidelines. FirstBank, which has $2.3 It’s not like cross-selling a credit card.”

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Dynamic Duo

Independent Banker

The signature regulatory relief bill that garnered the most co-sponsors was the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act (CLEAR Relief Act). He has called for capping banks so they cannot hold more than 2 percent of the national gross domestic product or 10 percent of total insured bank deposits nationally.