Commercial lending

The delinquency rate for U.S. commercial real estate loans in CMBS is now 5.21%, a decrease of 19 basis points from the September level, according to Trepp. That is the second-largest rate drop measured in the last 19 months.

BOK Financial benefited from rising interest rates in the third quarter even as it reported declines in fee income and commercial real estate loan balances.

The Michigan company's third-quarter results were down slightly from a year earlier despite increased commercial lending and a wider net interest margin.

Consumer credit varies nationally due to regional variations in income and the cost of living. To get a sense of where it's strongest and weakest, here's a look at the five best and worst states for consumer credit scores.

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

The $36.3 billion-asset bank reported double-digit growth in C&I loans, commercial real estate loans and specialty loans to the private-equity, entertainment and energy industries in the third quarter.

Total loans fell 1.6% at the North Carolina-based regional bank, which has been scaling back in key segments such as residential mortgages and auto. Wider margins offset that reduction, but earnings were flat and revenue growth small.

Competition between fintech, marketplace and traditional mortgage lenders often focuses on borrower-facing automation and other technology. What gets overlooked is how differences in their funding sources create another area of competition.

Fintech and marketplace lender LendingHome is getting more than $450 million in investment and funding from different channels to help support mortgage production growth and technology improvements.

Entrepreneurs like LendingHome's Matt Humphrey are upending mortgage finance with tactics borrowed from fintech, marketplace lending and the traditional mortgage playbook.