Lending

Because of the risks to safety and soundness caused by some energy efficiency loans, credit unions should make "appropriate adjustments, to their underwriting criteria and collateral monitoring practices."

More profitable, more liquid and having better credit quality are a few of the traits of smaller businesses that do not use credit, a SBA Office of Advocacy study revealed.

Student lending program provider Fynanz, Inc. has revamped its cuStudentLoans.org website to feature a college financing blog, Ken's Korner.

CUNA and NAFCU often say that during the recent financial crisis their members wore the white hats.

Nine banks are the first approved lenders for a new SBA loan pool origination program that will assemble and sell pools of 504 program first mortgage loans to help jump start a secondary market.

PSCU Financial Services launched a new collection service, TOTALCollections, that provides targeted efforts for every loan product.

Credit unions and other lenders have helped the SBA's Patriot Express loan program reach the $500 million mark.

After learning that 15% of its small business members were denied a loan to keep their operations running, Sam's Club launched a national pilot program that would make capital available to them.