Simmons and Dolich: Rejecting payday lending bill protects consumers
It would legalize the very kinds of loans that were so destructive to the finances of our nation's soldiers that the Defense Department concluded the loans were harming military readiness, and President George W. Bush in 2007 signed the National …
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Diocese offers loan to priest accused in sex case
Perez served a parochial vicar at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Corvallis from May 2002 to July 2005. “It's available if he needs it,” Bunce said of the loan. Bunce said he didn't have details on the loan or how it would work. Parishioners in Woodburn …
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CRE Loan Stress Testing: Why Community Banks Aren't Off the Hook
His bank is a $ 484 million institution in Falls Church, VA that just recently implemented Crest, the ABA-endorsed CRE loan stress testing solution from Banker's Toolbox. How does the new guidance affect banks under $ 10 billion in assets? It …
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