Discover Financial Services plans to sell its $10.1 billion private student loan portfolio. The company’s Discover Bank entered into an agreement to sell the portfolio to one or more strategic partnerships made up of funds and accounts managed by global investment firms Carlyle and KKR, Discover said in a Wednesday...
eBay teamed with embedded finance platform Liberis to offer sellers working capital. Business Cash Advance is designed to provide eligible eBay sellers in the United States up to $1 million in working capital in as little as 24 hours, according to a Wednesday (July 10)...
Toronto-based lender Fig Financial says its personal loan service is now open to all Canadians. “We are providing a true alternative to banks for every Canadian who needs better lending options. And we are doing what the banks won’t: making this experience entirely online,” Francois...
Bank of Montreal is reportedly leading a group of underwriters launching a $2.55 billion loan to back the previously announced acquisition of Canadian payments processor Nuvei. The loan will have a seven-year term and will help fund the $6.3 billion leveraged buyout led by Advent International, management, Novacap...
When it comes to financial technology and payments modernization, there’s nothing like a seasoned veteran of the business for some perspective. Carl Pascarella, former CEO of Visa USA from 1993 to 2005, believes that the credit industry requires an upgrade. After following his time in...
Stream Innovations has secured a $400 million warehouse facility from Goldman Sachs to expand its portfolio of home improvement loans. The company, which provides point-of-sale financing for home improvement and solar installations, currently has $670 million in loans under management and expects to originate $800 million...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) reportedly plans to launch a working capital pilot program that will include government-backed credit lines of up to $5 million. The pilot program is designed to be attractive to both lenders and borrowers and to provide small businesses with working...
MoneyGram International reportedly failed to secure lower borrowing costs on a $398 million leveraged loan before a deadline on Thursday (May 23). The company had aimed to convince lenders to cut the borrowing costs on the loan that helped finance Madison Dearborn Partners’ leveraged buyout of...
The FICO score — what we might think of as the general “shorthand” for lending — was created back in 1989. In the decades since, and now as we’re on the cusp of the middle of the 2020s, relying on the triple-digit number to crystallize...
