Senate Bank Bill May Only Indirectly Boost Small Business Loans

If there is one economic policy on which Republicans and at least some Democrats agree, it's that community banks could use some relief from regulations, particularly those imposed by the 2010 Dodd-Frank reform. Small, independent banks, typically dedicate much more of their lending to small
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ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions (Angel Oak) is pleased to announce the opening of its new operations center in Las Colinas, Texas, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The new facility will replicate the functions of Angel Oak's headquarters in Atlanta, GA.
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SANTA ANA, Calif., March 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Banc of California announced today it has expanded its San Diego commercial banking and private banking teams. The Company hired Joubin Rahimi as Senior Vice President, Private Banking and promoted Joshua Mello to Vice President,
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Peter Horne was speaking on behalf of Glasgow-based audio company RHA, who have given high-quality wireless headphones to the Glasgow Warriors players to help them prepare for games. The stylish headsets come with noise isolation capabilities helping the Scotland international and the rest of
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IRVINE, Calif., March 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — First Foundation Inc. (NASDAQ: FFWM), a financial services company with two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank, announced today the launch of its Corporate Banking offering along with several
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This trend has impacted every phase of development from procurement to design to project closeout. As an example, on projects that involve environmental regulators such as NYSDEC and NYCDEP, sustainable design and property management strategies have even been incorporated into templates
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As a small cap stock, hardly covered by any analysts, there is generally more of an opportunity for mispricing as there is less activity to push the stock closer to fair value. Is there still an opportunity here to buy? Let's examine China Gold International Resources's valuation and outlook in more detail to
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In Brazil I met with Santander's country CEO, Sergio Real, who says that the whole way of understanding and measuring banking has been changed by digital. While Santander has a 10.6% share of deposits and 8.7% of loans (the traditional market share measures) in Brazil​, it has much larger shares
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With only about 10 percent of life expectancy influenced by the clinical care a person receives, more work must be done to offer solutions in the local community, Aetna Chairman and CEO Mark T. Bertolini said at Fortune Brainstorm Health 2018. “We're going to do what we can in the community to help
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An estate agent has bemoaned tax changes for second homeowners for “driving landlords out” of the private rented sector and triggering a sell-off by investors. A 3% supplement to the Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) for second home purchases over £40,000 was introduced by the Scottish
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Green Chef sells organic, paleo and gluten-free meal kits — a new area of the market for HelloFresh. The deal was announced in a regulatory filing Tuesday that didn't include terms. Green Chef is expected to contribute about $15 million in quarterly revenue, starting in the second quarter, according to
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In recent months, Bitcoin's supporters have pointed to its falling use in illegal transactions as a sign of the cryptocurrency's growth toward mainstream acceptance. But German researchers say that links to child pornography within technology underlying Bitcoin could stifle its development. While the
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Opus Bank announced that Adam Russell has joined Opus as Senior Managing Director – Commercial Banking. Russell, a 30-year banking veteran, is responsible for expanding Opus' commercial and corporate client base in Southern California's Inland Empire. Jim Haney, Executive Vice President,
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc, a real estate investment trust focused on collaborative life science and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, has named Jennifer J. Banks and Larry J. Diamonds as co-chief operating officers. Their appointments become effective April 23, 2018.
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If the rise and fall of Bitcoin seems familiar, Morgan Stanley wants to assure you that it is, though you saw things play out a lot slower originally. The investment firm, in a note, said the cryptocurrency's price chart is largely mirroring that of the Nasdaq composite index during the dot-com bubble. Only this
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The long winter of the interlibrary loan fiasco is almost over for the state's hundreds of thousands of loyal and faithful library patrons, and its end cannot come soon enough. As State House Bureau Writer James Nash reported last week, the beloved and vaunted sharing system among the Bergen County
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Berlin-based mobile bank N26 has raised a $160 million Series C round led by Tencent (the Chinese behemoth behind WeChat) and Allianz X (the digital investment arm of the insurance giant, Allianz). The $160 million round is one of the largest fintech investments in European history. “We are very
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On a national level, however, PACE programs have been affected by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's refusal to back mortgages with PACE liens, and HUD's announcement that PACE liens must be subordinate to any FHA guaranteed mortgages. Thus, it is not surprising that while PACE regulation varies
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“Digital is forcing sweeping changes in corporate banking, and institutions will need to adapt or see their competitiveness and market share steadily spiral down over the next few years,” warned BCG Senior Partner Dr. Carsten Baumgärtner in a statement. “Now is the time to develop a more coherent
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