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DOJ announces settlement of redlining lawsuit

CFPB Monitor

The Justice Department announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lakeland Bank to settle the DOJ’s claims that Lakeland engaged in unlawful redlining in the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan area. Those services were not available in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Newark Lending Area.

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5 ways to shake up your lending strategy

Independent Banker

Particularly for small businesses, community banks should make sure they use up-to-date tools to assess risk, such as relying more heavily on the owner’s personal credit, says Joel Pruis, who leads the commercial and small business lending practice at Cornerstone Advisors in Scottsdale, Ariz. Learning about lending.

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Blockchain.com Unveils ‘Borrow’ Service

PYMNTS

Blockchain Co-Founder and CEO Peter Smith said per the report, “Institutional and retail investors have the same financial goals — grow wealth and manage risks — but the tools at their disposal are vastly different.”. The offering occurs following Blockchain’s opening of an institutional lending desk last summer.

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Valley National Bank, heavy on CRE, is confident despite investor worry

American Banker

Investors have hammered the New Jersey-based lender following the turmoil at New York Community Bancorp. But Valley executives say there are key differences between the two real estate-focused banks, and they express confidence that the bank's underwriting will hold up again this cycle.

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Popular Bank Appoints Director of Wealth Management

PopularBank

Joseph Culotta Brings More Than 18 Years of Leadership and Wealth Management Expertise to Popular Bank. NEW YORK, NY – September 15, 2020 – Popular Bank , a subsidiary of Popular, Inc. We are thrilled to welcome Joe to our Wealth Management leadership team to head our Popular Investments business,” said Ford. “We Popular, Inc.

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Top 3 Jeff4Banks.com Blog Posts of 2023

Jeff For Banks

Then hold the head of commercial lending accountable for the continuous profit improvement of commercial lending products and the commercial lending line of business. First a mea culpa: last year I only wrote 20 articles, far fewer than "content managers" tell me I need to keep the interest of readers. There you have it.

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First Bankcard, Provident Bank Team For Commercial Payments

PYMNTS

Provident Bank, a New Jersey-based financial institution (FI), will issue a comprehensive suite of commercial payment solutions in conjunction with First Bankcard. Macko, senior vice president, director of corporate cash management.

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