Industry Knowledge

What Is Going On with the Private Credit Market?

March 25, 2026

There has been a lot of press recently about the Private Credit market, with issues related to perceptions of underlying loans in the software space and the investor base’s behavior. This has many wondering whether the recent volatility in the…

OCC and FDIC Withdrawal from the Interagency Leveraged Lending Guidance Issuances

December 8, 2025

On December 5, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC” and collectively “the agencies”) rescinded the “Interagency Guidance on Leveraged Lending” (“2013 Guidance”), dated March 21, 2013, and the “Frequently Asked…

Expanding Beyond Local Banking Limits: Denali State Bank & BancAlliance Podcast

September 17, 2025

Travillian host Keith Daly sat down with our very own Lori Bettinger, Co-President of BancAlliance and Steve Lundgren, CEO of Denali State Bank, to explore how community banks are handling growth, competition, and changing interest rate environments. Lori also highlights…

3 Tips from a Bank’s Chief Public Affairs Officer

July 9, 2025

Ben Wakana is the Chief Public Affairs Officer at Forbright Bank, where he leads Communications, Marketing, Sustainability, Community Impact, and Government Relations. Alliance Partners is a wholly owned subsidiary of Forbright and the asset manager to BancAlliance, a network of…

Assessing Tariff Impacts

May 29, 2025

As part of its ongoing portfolio management efforts, Alliance Partners (“AP”) seeks to identify and understand risks to the portfolio of loans it manages on behalf of both BancAlliance (“BA”) members and its own balance sheet. As you are likely…