Commercial Lending Update

According to AM Best, insurers continued to follow a years-long trend by increasing their structured securities investments in 2021, with 3% growth YoY to $1.14 trillion, though indications portray an uncertain picture for 2022 as […]

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  The U.S. Department of Justice announced an agreement with Evolve Bank & Trust on Thursday to resolve allegations the Memphis-headquartered bank engaged in lending discrimination from 2014 through 2019. Evolve Bank, as part of […]

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  The Federal Home Loan Bank System must do more to address the affordable housing crisis and should consider allowing nonbank mortgage lenders to become members, housing experts said Thursday at a listening session hosted […]

  The American Bankers Association today announced the recipients of its annual Bruning and Blanchfield Awards, the association’s premier awards presented for significant contributions to agricultural banking. ABA will honor Keith Phillips, senior vice president […]

  The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced that the level of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt jumped by $99.5 billion, or 2.3%, between the first and second quarters of 2022. That was the largest quarterly […]

  Good morning and thank you, Jim, it’s great to be back here in St. Louis for this year’s research conference.1 While the Federal Reserve learned a lot about how to operate virtually during these […]