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US Banks Tighten Business Loan Underwriting

US Banks Tighten Business Loan Underwriting
US Banks Tighten Business Loan Underwriting
February 04, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

As business loan performance drops off, U.S. banks are anticipated to rein in criteria this year, a Federal Reserve (Fed) survey showed on Monday (Feb. 3)....

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Inflated Credit Scores Put Lenders At Risk
Inflated Credit Scores Put Lenders At Risk
April 08, 2019  |  Loans

Goldman Sachs and Moody’s Analytics are warning that credit scores of consumers have been inflated during the past ten years, hiding the danger of defaults...

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Default Rates Remain Stable In First Month Of New Year
Default Rates Remain Stable In First Month Of New Year
February 20, 2019  |  Economy

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian Wednesday (Feb. 20) released the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices data, representing a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer...

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China’s Private Sector Struggling Amid Corporate Bond Defaults
China’s Private Sector Struggling Amid Corporate Bond Defaults
January 21, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Market conditions in China are poised to cause another wave of corporate bond defaults, according to recent Financial Times (FT) reports, which pointed to maturing issuance...

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Will Risky Supplier Financing Light The $1.3T Debt Bomb’s Fuse?
Will Risky Supplier Financing Light The $1.3T Debt Bomb’s Fuse?
October 12, 2018  |  Debt

Stock markets around the globe seem to be in freefall. Interest rates are marching higher. Sears, at least at the time this article, is prepping for...

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Former China Official Says Social Credit System Must Make People Bankrupt
Former China Official Says Social Credit System Must Make People Bankrupt
May 21, 2018  |  International

A former deputy director of China’s development research center of the State Council, Hou Yunchun, said the country’s social credit system has to punish defaulters....

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