Lending

Small businesses facing maturity of commercial mortgages or balloon payments before Dec. 31, 2012, may be able to refinance their mortgage debt with a 504 loan from the SBA under a new, temporary program.

Visa blamed debit interchange as the reason for continuing to delay the adoption of credit cards with embedded chips in the U.S.

At a time when other financial institutions are pulling back, credit unions are offering business loans at a critical time, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad recently said.

With financial institutions scrambling to find new revenue streams, a new Aite report identifies the 10 trends that will help.

Working through the large volume of troubled commercial real estate loans will take time as banks go through the difficult process of loan workouts and loan restructurings.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- There won't be a double dip recession, but the short-term outlook is for modest growth, the top economists of CUNA and NAFCU said.