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SBA Eyes Fees Paid To Rocket Loans, Contractor In Loan Program

PYMNTS

government's Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, plagued by delays and fraud, has created attention for a firm that netted around $800 million in fees while subcontracting the work out to the nation's largest mortgage lender, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. which owns Quicken Loans as well. Rocket Cos.

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Credit unions continue to see growth in auto lending

Abrigo

Overall auto lending at credit unions is up more than 30 percent in recent years, a positive sign that CUs remain competitive in an evolving banking landscape. Utilizing the Sageworks Bank Information platform, Sageworks recently examined how steadily auto lending at credit unions – specifically for new vehicles – grew in 2014.

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Rising Interest Rates Have Hurt Smaller Banks

PYMNTS

The Federal Reserve began raising interest rates about three years ago from almost zero, and after the financial crisis, many small and regional banks ramped up their lending with long-term and low-rate loans. The Southern National Bancorp of Virginia is now shelling out 2.25

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1 And so went the birth of First National Bank of Keystone's meteoric rise.

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Military Lending Act

Independent Banker

New Military Lending Act regulations kick in next fall. Following a three-year study on predatory lending, the U.S. Department of Defense has now issued the final rule to implement the Military Lending Act. armed forces or servicemembers on active National Guard or Reserve duty, their spouses and their card-carrying dependents.

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Wealthy Entrepreneurs Turn To Pawn Shops To Start New Ventures

PYMNTS

The National Pawnbrokers Association pegs that at about $150, reports said. Last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Attorney General of Virginia took action against a pawnbroker in Virginia, ordering the business to pay restitutions to customers due to misinforming them of fees associated with loans.

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What SEC Filers Have Learned About CECL Implementation

Abrigo

Summit Community currently expects to use a 12-month economic forecast for qualitative factors , basing the forecast on national economic data from the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee and on subscription-based quarterly reports for its lending areas in Virginia and West Virginia. Lending & Credit Risk.