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Indiana bank joins list of those shedding branches

American Banker

Merchants Bancorp says it will sell a total of four branches to two buyers and focus more on its core residential mortgage lending business. Banks of all sizes have been pruning branch networks in recent years.

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“Dormant Commerce Clause” case law continues to evolve

CFPB Monitor

In that case, the Seventh Circuit handed a major victory to Ballard Spahr’s client by holding that Indiana was precluded from applying its usury law to auto title loans made in person in Illinois to Indiana residents. This restriction on state power is commonly referred to as the “dormant Commerce Clause.”.

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Auto lending up more than 30 percent at credit unions since 2012

Abrigo

And just as in mortgage lending , credit unions are seeing a bigger piece of the consumer loan pie. credit union auto lending portfolios are faring. Across the country used vehicle loans nearly doubled their new counterparts by lending volume. billion as of September 30, 2014) and used vehicle lending ($5.2

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Old National on track to close CapStar deal, expand in Nashville

American Banker

The Indiana bank is "on offense by continuing to invest in new client-facing and key support talent and being ready and opportunistic for acquisitions," CEO Jim Ryan says.

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Horizon in Indiana takes $33M hit in balance sheet restructuring

American Banker

The Michigan City company, part of a growing list of banks announcing similar overhauls, aims to sell nearly $400 million of securities and reinvest the proceeds in higher-yielding loans.

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Growing a mortgage portfolio: Encourage borrowers to bank local

Abrigo

In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending. • Indianapolis, Indiana – First Internet Bank of Indiana ($249 million). • Detroit, Michigan – Flagstar Bank ($4.65

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Fifth Third Taps Accion To Reach More SME Borrowers

PYMNTS

Fifth Third Bank is focusing its SME lending reach through a new partnership with nonprofit lender Accion. Reports late last week said the bank will work with SME lending portal Accion, a nonprofit company, to facilitate the financing of these companies across five states: Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.

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