Business loans in the third quarter of 2009 were down almost six percent according to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required). No doubt this decline will pit those in Congress who claim that TARP funds should lead to increased lending against...

Wal-mart recently announced a new supply chain finance program according to this weekend's Wall Street Journal (subscription required). I first wrote about supply chain finance in April 2007. This supply chain finance program will provide Wal-mart's...

Lots of issues to think about these days with respect to loan workouts, CIT's bankruptcy and commercial real estate. Last week, I attended the Risk Management Association's panel discussion on loan workouts and restructurings. Panelists included three...

Is the SBA considering increasing its guarantees for the SBA 7a loans program for loan amounts as high as $5 million? Yes. But I think only if your name is Joe or Doug. Here's a portion of what President Obama had to say about his thoughts on changes...

Commercial real estate losses could reach 45 percent next year according to an internal presentation at The Federal Reserve Bank. As reported in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), while not the central bank's formal opinion, the...