Embedded lending, the integration of credit offerings into platforms where consumers and microbusinesses (MSBs) can apply for credit directly during a transaction, is gaining traction...
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings from several card issuers offer up a mixed portrait of the U.S. consumer in November. Delinquency rates were lumpy,...
New York’s financial watchdog has proposed new measures governing nonbank mortgage lenders. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) says this new regulation would ensure these lenders...
Small business and small farm loans decreased in 2023 as interest rates rose and lending standards tightened, according to three federal banking agencies with responsibilities...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s roster of “problem banks” continues to grow. The overall number of those banks — 68 as of the end of...
A new regulatory report shows a variety of unlawful activity in America’s student loan market. The report, issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Monday (Dec. 16,...
Residential mortgage lending activities showed a “significant decline” in 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday (Dec. 13). The drop was caused in part...
Payment network Affirm and global investment firm Sixth Street have formed a long-term capital partnership in which Sixth Street will invest up to $4 billion...
For banks, the ever-expanding push into global markets also has included a broadening of lending activities — to the tune of trillions of dollars. In...