Consumer lending

Business debt exceeds households' for first time since 1991

12/12/19

Corporate debt swelled to $15.987 trillion in the third quarter after borrowing increased by nearly 6%, according to the Federal Reserve.

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Consumer credit will remain strong in 2020: TransUnion

12/12/19

Casting aside recession fears, the credit bureau predicts credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and unsecured personal loans should all perform well — including those extended by online lenders.

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Falling used-car prices pose risk to auto lenders: Capital One CEO

12/12/19

The average price of a previously owned car has fallen in two consecutive months, and if the trend continues, lenders could see losses mount, Richard Fairbank said this week.

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Citizens names consumer banking, customer experience chiefs

12/10/19

Brendan Coughlin will succeed Brad Conner as head of consumer banking, and Beth Johnson will be the bank's first chief experience officer.

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Credit unions prevail over banks in battle for military base access

12/10/19

House and Senate lawmakers have denied a push by banking groups to grant banks the rent-free access to military installations that credit unions have.

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Stern warning to lenders mulling end run around California rate caps

12/06/19

Federal and state policymakers wagged their fingers this week at high-cost lenders that might be looking to team with banks to evade a 36% ceiling on interest rates.

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Will banks be swept into CFPB's debt-collection rule?

11/25/19

Lenders contend the proposal goes beyond policing third-party debt collectors and could expose banks to enforcement actions and lawsuits.

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Community bankers fear Google and Amazon over big banks: Survey

11/21/19

Nearly one in four bankers said that the tech giants pose the biggest competitive threat in the long term. But are those fears warranted?

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CommonBond’s new play for more student loan refi partners

11/20/19

The online lender said it applied insights from its partnership with Fifth Third Bancorp in developing a new digital platform it’s marketing to other large financial services companies.

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CIBC's 'day late and a dollar short' missteps sour investors

11/19/19

Five years into Victor Dodig's time as chief executive officer of CIBC, the performance gap between Canada's fifth-largest bank and its peers is as wide as ever.

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