Fed to Apply New Rules to Slimmer GE Capital
The Federal Reserve on Monday said that it would apply new rules to oversee GE Capital in two phases, as…
View ArticleSBA 7(a) Program Runs Out of Money
The U.S Small Business Administration has done such a good job making its guaranteed 7(a) loan program more attractive that…
View ArticleOrders For Durable Goods Get a Lift
New orders for manufactured durable goods in June increased 3.4%, to $235.3 billion, the Commerce Department reported Monday. The rise followed…
View ArticleEquipment Finance Relatively Healthy
The equipment finance industry didn’t have a banner year in 2014, but the business of financing spending on capital equipment…
View ArticleConsider the Alternatives
Last May, record amounts of rain fell on northeast Texas, causing the Wichita River to overflow its banks and flood…
View ArticleBig Appetite for Small Loans
Earlier this year, Jeff Ippoliti, a lawyer and career entrepreneur in Celebration, Florida, made a deal to buy the Chatham…
View ArticleDurable Goods Orders Fall In August
Expected drops in orders for cars, airplanes, and military hardware caused durable goods orders in August to fall for the…
View ArticleMonetary Policy: Repeat Prescription
This was supposed to be the year when the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates, which have sat between zero…
View ArticleBusinesses Satisfied (But Not Content) with Transaction Bankers
The global financial system is in a relatively stable state compared with seven years ago, so it’s not surprising that…
View ArticleFed Finds Little Change in Lending Conditions
Loan demand and conditions remained largely unchanged in the third quarter though some banks made it easier for consumers to…
View ArticleWinning Qualities
2015 CFO Commercial Banking Survey When you ask CFOs to tell you about their commercial banking relationships, the responses cover…
View ArticleQ3 GDP Better Than First Estimated
The U.S. gross domestic product in the third quarter grew better than initially thought, which could bolster the case for…
View ArticleBig Banks Pledge to Cut Coal Industry Lending
In further confirmation that coal is no longer king on Wall Street, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo have joined the…
View ArticleFinancial Risk Stays Concentrated
The largest global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) are dangerously large, in some cases dwarfing their country’s annual gross domestic product.…
View ArticleLook Before You Lease
The prospect of a new lease accounting standard is keeping finance executives off-balance. Under the proposed standard, companies will have…
View ArticleCFOs Plan to Spend Cautiously in 2016 (Video)
The Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook survey for the fourth quarter of 2015 shows executives’ confidence in the U.S. economy…
View ArticleConsumer Lending Poised for Growth This Year: TransUnion
As the economy and job market continue to improve, more people are taking out personal loans — both secured and unsecured,…
View ArticleDurable Goods Orders Plunge in December
U.S. durable goods orders fell sharply in December as the energy industry slump and drag from a strong dollar spilled…
View ArticleBanks Easing Standards for Household Loans
Banks eased lending standards for U.S. households in the fourth quarter but tightened them for some businesses amid concerns over…
View ArticleFast Money
(Listen to an interview with the writer about “The Rise of Marketplace Lenders” in a new episode of CFO Podcasts.)…
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