New data shows that community banks lending to small businesses has increased in recent years. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyzed community bank lending and financial data from 2001 through 2017, as well as surveyed a sample of over 450 community banks from around the country....
Wonga, the U.K.-based payday lender, has halted accepting new loan applications. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
When Renaud Laplanche launched hist latest lending start up, Upgrade, the venture was both quite similar to and yet quite different from his previous endeavor, LendingClub, the platform that made “marketplace lending” a household phrase in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
When Renaud Laplanche founded LendingClub 12 years ago in 2006, the lending landscape was a very different place. Most consumer and business lending was done through traditional banks, and to say that peer-to-peer (P2P) or marketplace lending was nascent would be overly generous. Get the Full...
Student loan refinancing company Social Finance (SoFi) is looking for a loan of its own: The company is in talks with banks to secure a revolving credit line of as much as $1 billion after posting a second-quarter loss. Get the Full Story Complete the...
American’s increased the amount of money they borrowed in the second quarter, with consumer borrowing reaching $13.29 trillion during the quarter ending in June. Reuters, citing a report from the New York Federal Reserve Tuesday (Aug. 14), said that consumer debt during the second quarter was...
Wells Fargo might give its shrinking student lending business a boost by focusing on borrowers with U.S. government loans. The lender would offer loans to allow customers to retire their government-backed student debt, said Well Fargo’s Head of Personal Lending John Rasmussen, according to Bloomberg....
Private equity firms, driven in part by an influx of cash from investors looking for more yield on their investments, have been acting as lenders, financing deals that banks are shying away from. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Wells Fargo will pay $2.09 billion in penalties to settle claims related to mortgage loans that the lender processed before the last recession. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
