Groups representing dealer firms and issuers both weighed in positively Monday evening after the Fed’s afternoon decision that it will expand its Municipal Liquidity Facility in both scope and duration.
Queued-up loans. Extra bankers. Government tweaks to promote fairness. None of these precautionary measures has been enough for the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program to avoid the pitfalls of the first.
Public companies are dealing with a variety of financial reporting difficulties in the face of the unpredictable COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it’s having on businesses of all sizes.
The central bank expanded the reach of the program as pressure mounts on the government to support localities struggling economically because of the coronavirus pandemic.
As banks accept new applications for the paycheck program, they are dogged by complaints that they prioritized wealthy borrowers. But lenders likely fast-tracked clients they knew best under difficult circumstances, observers say.
Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook on Hawaii's AA-plus rating to negative from stable, following a similar action by Moody's earlier this month.
Use of banks' mobile apps and websites has risen about a third since the coronavirus crisis began, according to J.D. Power.
As lenders scale up on their remote capabilities in response to the pandemic, the software companies that service them see exponential growth.
The Internal Revenue Service is urging some benefits recipients to register their children and other dependents for the extra $500 per child stimulus payments by May 5 if they haven’t already filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019.
Where and how residents buy their alcohol in the commonwealth's control state system has resurfaced as a budgetary, policy and public-health dynamic.