Finance

The buy now/pay later startup Zilch has raised a further $50 million, upping the total raise for its Series C fundraising to $160 million as it plans bolster U.S. expansion plans. 

The move builds on the government-sponsored enterprise’s previous program that facilitated the collection of more rent payment records from tenants who work with its multifamily borrowers.

A dirty little secret in a $1.2 trillion world of credit is getting exposed as the Wall Street rout deepens: Private debt is now the cheaper financing option for big-ticket leveraged borrowers than the ailing public market — upending industry norms.

When Goldman Sachs executives set out to woo investors in early 2020, they offered a promising outlook for their novelty Main Street business. The unit would go from a money-suck to break-even in 2022. It isn’t quite working out that way. 

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo will account for more than $2 billion of the lost revenue, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Canadian banks fell more than 20% from their record high set in early February as recession fears send investors fleeing.

Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, who led the Israeli bank for seven years, now funds and helps build fintechs that work with other fintechs and banks.

JPMorgan Chase is laying off hundreds of home-lending employees and reassigning hundreds more this week as rapidly rising mortgage rates drive down demand in what had been a red-hot housing market.

Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp, Truist Financial and PNC Financial were among the banks that said they are raising their prime lending rates from 4.0% to 4.75%.

Credit Suisse Group Chief Executive Thomas Gottstein batted away questions on whether the bank is a takeover target and said he’s still holding out hope for a profitable second quarter.

Codat, a software startup that connects small businesses with financial institutions, raised $100 million in an equity funding round led by JPMorgan Chase’s growth-equity arm.

Some of the riskiest loans given to millennials and Gen Z shoppers for clothes and electronics — and neatly repackaged for investors — are dropping in value.

The credit card issuer Synchrony Financial recently used FICO’s top competitor in a $1 billion deal. The choice is significant for VantageScore, but FICO remains the dominant credit score in the securitization market, according to analysts.

The Federal Reserve is about to start shrinking its $8.9 trillion balance sheet, deploying a second tool along side higher interest rates to curb inflation, though officials don’t know just how effective it will be.

Executives at banks north of the border pointed this week to several potential U.S. economic snags, including inflation, the possibility of a housing market correction and soaring energy prices.

The government-sponsored enterprises will start releasing information similar to what large banks already do, starting in the first quarter of 2023.

Royal Bank of Canada posted earnings that topped analysts’ estimates as business loans and solid credit conditions powered its retail banking business.

Toronto-Dominion Bank’s U.S. personal-banking business benefited from continued strength in the housing market and robust credit conditions in the fiscal second quarter.

Goldman Sachs’ Marcus, Synchrony Financial, American Express and Capital One Financial are among the banks that have recently raised their five-year CD yields. The price competition arrives as the Federal Reserve acts quickly to rein in inflation, spurring expectations that rates will continue to rise.

Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal, Canada’s third- and fourth-largest lenders, got a boost last quarter as the nation’s businesses increased borrowing to meet customer demand.