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S. franchisers, including officials with Arby's Restaurant Group and Buffalo Wing Factory, described on Tuesday their struggles obtaining credit and expressed concern about the level of uncertainty created by the fragile economy and heightened regulatory scrutiny.Small business lending is ticking up a bit this year compared to 2008, when credit markets froze, but obtaining bank loans remains much too difficult, according to business owners and bankers speaking at a small business lending summit in Washington.Many of the speakers at the conference were skeptical the lending environment would improve much this year and blamed their woes on new health-care and financial policies stemming from Washington, while also arguing that congressional gridlock has left companies uncertain about the rules ahead on taxes and other issues.Paul Merski, chief economist for Independent Community Bankers of America, called it the snowflake effect. Regulations keep piling up on the roof, and "the roof is...The financial sector led the market lower Wednesday, not a good sign for stock-market bulls."The worst performing group within the financial sector is the commercial...
Wilmington Trust Corp.'s (WL) fourth-quarter loss widened as the company's loan-loss provision surged.The operator of regional banks throughout the mid-Atlantic regi...
United Capital CEO Joe Duran on what prompted the company's string of recent acquisitions.
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NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Three banks of very different size kicked off the fourth-quarter earnings season in earnest Friday, with all reporting measurable demand for n...
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) reported a stronger-than-expected 49% gain in fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, helped primarily by lower credit losses.The Buffalo, NY-based co...
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) gained on Monday after announcing its plan to buy Wilmington Trust (NYSE:WL) in a bargain deal valued at $351 million, a whopping 46% discount. U...
Helped by decreased credit losses and write-offs, M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) posted a better-than-expected 50% surge in third-quarter earnings, though shares still fell.The...
By Tracy RucinskiMADRID, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander has renewed talks to merge its U.S. operations with New York regional lender M&T Bank Corp, the Financi...
Overall lending plunged 7 . 5 % in 2009 , the largest decline since 1942 , according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp . " That trend is continuing ; times are ...
President Obama now wants a windfall profits tax assessed against the nation's top 20 to 30 banks to cover the estimated $120 billion in projected TARP losses, costs...
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M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) profits shrank by 28% in the fourth quarter due to merger costs, but the regional lender posted-stronger-than-expected revenue growth on Tuesday....
M&T Bank Corp., the Buffalo, N.Y., banking firm, reported that fourth-quarter profit fell 32%, reflecting a number of special items. Net income declined to $129.8 mi...
Thieves have discovered that taking money from a bank doesn't have to involve a risky life-or-death bank robbery -- not when ATMs (and innocent victims) abound.Welco...
NEW YORK MarketWatch) -- Shares of Morgan Stanley and Bank of New York Mellon took the financial sector spotlight on Wednesday, posting the group's best gains after ...
Never pay for anything you don't have to.That's a fundamental rule of personal finance that's worth learning before opening your checking account at college. The num...
By Dave Clarke and Joe RauchWASHINGTON/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will subject more banks to annual stress tests to determine whether ...
Some lenders offer homeowners a chance to lower their monthly payments by " recasting " or "re-amortizing" their current home loan, avoiding the hassle and expense o...