ABI Blog Exchange

Banks count on PPP goodwill to win hearts of small-business owners

Square adds teens to Cash App to strengthen relationships with parents

Neobanks court Hispanics outside financial mainstream

Wall Street cop Gensler pledges big cases, faster investigations

Capital One bets on tourism rebound with high-end travel card

Banks plead for return of pandemic capital relief. Will Fed grant it?

Canada’s banks get green light to resume share buybacks, dividend increases

‘Shoddy’ screening methods by credit reporting firms are illegal: CFPB

U.K.’s Metro Bank draws takeover interest from Carlyle

Banks, credit unions oppose 'impractical' Wisconsin interchange bill

Fed officials violated ethics rules with trading, Powell says

How regulators worldwide aim to rein in buy now/pay later

Lawmakers urge Treasury to implement shell-company law

Texas Courts Move Closer to Federal Standard in Proving Up Attorneys' Fees

Federal court practitioners, particularly those appearing in bankruptcy court, are familiar with the requirements of the lodestar method for proving up attorneys' fees. Under Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc., 488 F.2d 714 (5th Cir. 1974) and

First Merchants to expand in Michigan with deal for Level One

N.Y.C. Cabbies Win Millions More in Aid After Hunger Strike see New York Times article November 3, 2021 below

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/nyregion/nyc-taxi-drivers-hunger-str…

“Scheduled” Property & Automatic Abandonment (§ 554(c)): What About Listing Only On SOFA? (Stevens v. Whitmore)

By: Donald L Swanson “ any property scheduled under section 521(a)(1) of this title not otherwise administered at the time of the closing of a case is abandoned to the debtor” (11 U.S.C. § 554(c), emphasis added). Question: What does “scheduled under

Bankruptcy Budgets

Your budget of anticipated future income and expenses is the starting point of any reasonable bankruptcy analysis. Actually, you should have a budget regardless of consideration of filing bankruptcy. It is a good way to help avoid bankruptcy

Will there ever be a Basel V?

Fintechs, community banks and the future of small-business finance