Lending

Collaboration will help make up for cost concerns from adopting the technology and ensure that the core vendors get the message of community banks’ interest.

The regional bank reported an 8% gain in fee income and trimmed costs amid 1% loan growth.

New and used auto lending broke records, while HELOCs and second mortgages reached levels not seen since 2012.

The expansion of the Federal Reserve’s portfolio of Treasury debt and mortgage-backed securities has a bigger impact on the credit markets than paying banks interest on excess reserves.