House Committee on Financial Services to Air ‘The State of Bank Lending in America’ at 2PM EST

Update: The House has blocked streaming of this procession from any place other than Youtube

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The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit will hold a hearing entitled “The State of Bank Lending in America” at 2PM EST on Tuesday. According to a memo, “the hearing will examine recent trends in lending and how the current regulatory climate impacts the availability of credit for consumers and small businesses.” The premise is that community financial institutions have been lending less since the passage of Dodd-Frank and that this may be constraining consumer and small business access to credit.

Speaking on the panel before the Committee is:

• Mr. Scott Heitkamp, President and Chief Executive Officer, ValueBank Texas, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America
• Ms. Holly Wade, Director, Research and Policy Analysis, National Federation of Independent Businesses
• Mr. David Motley, President, Colonial Companies, on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association
• Mr. Michael Calhoun, President, Center for Responsible Lending

We will attempt to live stream it on deBanked’s homepage when it airs.