TARP

• Treasury Report Slams Banks for Misuse of TARP Funds

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 11, 2013

  Inspector General says community banks did not sufficiently use bailout money to increase lending to small businesses.

• CFPB Legal Action Halts Two Alleged California Mortgage Scammers

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 11, 2012

  Bureau says law firm, legal help center took in more than $10 million by charging for services falsely promising foreclosure, other help.

• Failed Community Bank TARP Loans Prompt Treasury Auction

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 4, 2012

  Treasury Department planning to sell or restructure bailout loans to small banks to recover taxpayer money.

• Congressional TARP Report Critical of Community Bank Business Lending

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 25, 2012

  Report cites non-performing assets and says nearly half of community banks in TARP program are not current on their own paybacks.

• Cordray Fields Questions From House Panel

  By Claude R. Marx, Jim Rubenstein  |  January 31, 2012

  House Republicans asked tough questions of Richard Cordray about his plans for running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the session wasn’t as hostile as it was when Elizabeth Warren testified.

• Letter: Fryzel Wants to See the Loans

  October 24, 2011

  The recent public exchange between the Wisconsin Bankers Association and the Wisconsin Credit Union League over member business lending sounds a lot like what has been going on in our nation’s capital for months. A stalemate between two parties who argue they can do it better, yet no one gets...

• Banks Slammed on Misuse of Small Business Fund

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  October 17, 2011

  The Wisconsin Credit Union League continues to criticize the banking industry’s use of the Small Business Lending Fund for what it claims is misuse.

• Wisconsin League Continues to Blast Business Loan Fund

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  October 11, 2011

  Critics say Small Business Lending Fund is being used to pay back TARP debt rather than lend to small businesses.

• New Inspector General May Oversee Small Business Lending Fund

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 20, 2011

  An inspector general would have oversight of the new $30 billion Small Business Lending Fund if a bill with that proposal becomes law.