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FDIC Seeks Public Comment On Banks And Small-Dollar Loans

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that it is has issued a request for public comments related to small-dollar lending by financial institutions. ” Recent research from the FDIC shows 20 percent of U.S. With that in mind, the FDIC suggests that in 2017, 14.8

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Fed, OCC, FDIC: US Bank Loan Risk On The Decline

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Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) all released a joint report saying that due to a healthy economy, prospects for loan repayment look good. However, the portion of loans owed by strongly leveraged borrowers is still high.

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US Regulators To Reward Banks For Low-Income Lending

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The regulators also let banks know their position on using reserves and buffers during times of stress in the market, and whether that would lead to future penalizations. Regulators are now asking banks to use their built-up liquidity reserves that were stocked up after the financial crisis.

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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market

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banking industry is in flux, largely thanks to federal policy that has made it easier (and faster) for institutions to merge. As concerns are raised about how industry consolidation might impact competition, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is warning that it could hinder small businesses’ access to capital and financial services.

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Could COVID-19 Cause A Banking And Commercial Real Estate Crisis?

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The Post reported that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FDIC) currently considers 356 banks to be “concentrated” in commercial real estate based on the ratio of CRE loans they hold.

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For Marketplace Platform Payments Experiences, Is It Back To Basics?

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It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of new sharing economy platforms. “ But not all emerging platform economy trends are attention-grabbing. According to an FDIC study , 6.5 Findings from the Federal Reserve reinforce the need for payment choice. digital and physical goods that’s expected by 2024.

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COVID Casts More Doubt On Future Of Bank Branches

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Physical banking was already on the decline before the COVID-19 pandemic put much of the physical economy into the deep freeze for a year and left customers scrambling to digitize their day-to-day lives as much as possible and as fast as possible.