The pint-size Manhattan bank’s market cap of $2 billion is dwarfed by JPMorgan’s $161.5 billion and BofA’s $126.4 billion. Still, Signature has done far better for investors this year. By steering clear of risky derivatives and…
The more lenient lending policies enacted by the Federal Reserve last month have so far failed to increase demand from small businesses, indicating that the federal government’s attempts to spur the U.S. economy through more ag…
In Saturday’s New York Times, Gretchen Morgenson profiled economist Ian Shepherdson, who’s taking a more bullish stance. Namely, he sees the U.S. potentially following Sweden’s example of a sharp comeback after financial disast…
A key index that measures small business lending rose 16% in September, its second consecutive month of double-digit increases. That rise in the Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index is a strong signal that the U…