Commercial banking

A number of banks experienced major increases in 7(a) lending activity during SBA's recently completed fiscal year, as program-wide loan volume topped $37 billion for the first time.

Over the past two years, volume in the $30 trillion US government bond market was about 58% higher than average on the last trading day of the month, the New York Fed found.

Revenue from 1,449 restaurant locations in 26 states, secured notes from Cajun Global, which primarily, gets its cash flows from top-line royalty payments from the system's franchise locations.

Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said in a speech Thursday that he fears the gradual pace of price increases from tariffs being passed on to consumers may prolong the one-time inflationary effect of the tariffs to the point where it affects consumers' inflation expectations.

Chana R. Schoenberger is the editor-in-chief of American Banker. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of Financial Planning after joining Arizent in 2020. 

In her prior role, she was the managing editor for U.S. wealth management at J.P. Morgan. Before that, she was a columnist and freelance journalist, and previously worked at Bloomberg News, Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. A graduate of Harvard College, she received her master's degree as part of Columbia Journalism School's Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economic and Business Journalism. She is now based in New York City after stints in Tokyo and Canada.

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Holly Sraeel is Founder of The Most Powerful Women in Banking and SVP of Strategy and Content, American Banker Live Media, leading content creation and innovation for the events and live media portfolio and introducing new multimedia and invitation-only experiences for senior executives that drive critical conversations and action around corporate strategy, innovation and financial performance. She is part of the company's operational leadership team and is focused on developing cross-platform programming that creates higher levels of engagement for subscribers, community participants and partners across the company's brands, including American Banker, The Bond Buyer, National Mortgage News, Accounting Today, Digital Insurance, Financial Planning and Employee Benefits News.

Sraeel is an award-winning editorial director, media executive and content strategist with expertise in developing influential content, communities, and events for C-level executives in the banking and financial services, insurance, and technology industries. Prior to joining Arizent, she held several content leadership and strategist roles, including for B2B media consultancy New York Ventures, capital markets management consultancy Opimas, Oxford University-incubated startup Wise Responder, and as cofounder of Genesys Partners' Agility First Forum.

This new role marks a return to the company for Sraeel. In her previous 12-year run, she was a member of the executive team and was pivotal in driving new cross-platform editorial, events and business innovation as SVP of Brand Management; Group Editorial Director of Banking and Technology magazines; and Founder, President and Editorial Director of The Most Powerful Women in Banking,™ the company's first-ever, community-based media platform, now part of Arizent's flagship American Banker.

Sraeel is an early honors graduate of Marist College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and a concentration in journalism.

But the 12-month view is different, as a significant portion of those polled see more North American corporate defaults. Commercial real estate seems to have recovered some confidence.

Roughly 100,000 properties in the United States had a foreclosure filed in the third quarter this year, an increase on a quarterly and yearly basis, ATTOM said.

DB Master Finance has a high leverage level, but a high corporate profile and amortization triggers mitigate risks stemming from that.

Andrew Larsen is a Director at Simon-Kucher within the insurance practice, with expertise in growth strategy, operating model design, and digital transformation.
He has led large-scale initiatives across financial services, insurance, and brokerage, delivering measurable impact in revenue growth, cost optimization, and AI-driven innovation.
His experience spans advising Fortune 500 companies, private equity portfolio firms, and emerging tech players on go-to-market strategy, operating model redesign, and AI.

Equifax will hold costs for scores from FICO rival Vantagescore through 2027 and offer other incentives meant to drive adoption of the alternative metric.

The 378 contracts were extended to 105 obligors at mid- to large-size companies, and they have strong credit profiles.

The government closure that began on Oct. 1 has delayed the release of official data that traders rely on to assess growth and inflation and gauge the Fed's next steps, after it eased last month for the first time this year.

The class A notes, which KBRA assigns a AAA rating, and which have the bulk of the outstanding note balance, $259.3 million, benefits from an enhancement level of 61.10%.

House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., asked bank regulators to give banks the supervisory clearance to extend lines of credit and modify loan terms for federal employees furloughed after the government shut down last week.

The structure includes cash trap and sweep conditions, plus subordination that helps ensure cashflow to the notes.

Casey Essary is vice president of information security at BILL.

Pat Warren serves as vice president of regulatory technology for BITS — the technology policy division of the Bank Policy Institute. Pat leads BITS' regulatory engagement on cybersecurity, technology and resiliency.