ABI Blog Exchange

2014-10-24
Instead of trying to stop companies from offering payday loans and check cashing services to lower-income households, we should encourage more competitors Â-- including banks Â-- to enter this space.

Read More from: BankThink

2014-10-23
The evolution of start-up investing, especially in the last decade or so, shows the trend of opportunities and changing attitudes towards investment. In fact, down cycles breeds entrepreneurships and investors are still interested.
2014-10-23
Outside of section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, which affords secured creditors a right to enforce their contractual entitlements to fees, the Bankruptcy Code does not expressly give creditors a right to seek reimbursement of fees incurred during a
2014-10-23
Small banks and credit unions should work together to put pressure on legislators and regulators to reduce unnecessary and cumbersome regulations.

Read More from: BankThink

2014-10-23
The Volcker Rule's data-intensive requirements are creating headaches for banks that still rely on manual processes and use multiple, disparate systems for securities and different derivatives trading.

Read More from: BankThink

2014-10-22
The long awaited credit risk retention rules for securitization are out.

Read More from: Credit Slips

2014-10-22
The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) will hold its Tenth Annual International Insolvency and Restructuring Symposium on Oct. 30-31 at The Savoy Hotel in London.

Read More from: The COMI

2014-10-22
Yves Smith has had some great coverage of the AIG bailout trail over on Naked Capitalism.

Read More from: Credit Slips

2014-10-22
Pursuant to a mandate in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), every four years beginning in 2014, the U.S.
2014-10-22
In the well-known children’s story book written by P.D. Eastman and edited by beloved Dr. Seuss, a baby bird embarks on a quest to find his mother, asking a hen, a dog, and a kitten, among others, the famous question, “Are you my mother?”   If Dr.
2014-10-22
A federal district court in New Mexico has issued a decision finding that the U.S.  Department of the Interior’s regulations permitting the Secretary of the Interior to adopt Class III gaming procedures for a tribe lacking a Tribal-State Compact are
2014-10-22
A federal district court in New Mexico has issued a decision finding that the U.S.  Department of the Interior’s regulations permitting the Secretary of the Interior to adopt Class III gaming procedures for a tribe lacking a Tribal-State Compact are
2014-10-22
A federal district court in New Mexico has issued a decision finding that the U.S.  Department of the Interior’s regulations permitting the Secretary of the Interior to adopt Class III gaming procedures for a tribe lacking a Tribal-State Compact are
2014-10-22
Apple Pay is a watershed moment that will do more to stimulate mobile commerce than the sum of all previous efforts. But it also has an impact on branding that should make it part of a broader mobile menu for banks and retailers.

Read More from: BankThink

2014-10-22
Some banks try to justify tight underwriting standards by arguing that borrowers with lower credit scores and those who can only afford lower down payments are more likely to default.

Read More from: BankThink

2014-10-21
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2014-10-21
It seems that just about every month or so a lender or a towing company is withholding the debtor’s vehicle despite the fact that a chapter 13 bankruptcy case had been filed.