Commercial lending

The company also said at its investor day that the fourth-quarter slowdown in trading activity has continued into the new year.

Neptune Financial, an online business lender, will help the global bank reach commercial customers it was missing before and could ultimately be a $1.5 trillion opportunity, an HSBC executive says.

Consumer lending margins in the United States strengthened at the Canadian bank, which overall saw more growth in business lending than consumer lines in its fiscal first quarter.

The agency recently proposed gutting the ability-to-pay standard in its small-dollar loan rule, a move that would benefit the payday loan industry and harm consumers.

E-commerce merchants with just a few employees that sell through Amazon or Walmart often fall through the cracks for traditional bank loans, but for Payoneer they're the sweet spot.

Three years ago, the New York-based fintech started organizing a monthly gathering for its female employees. The meetings have helped participants find role models.

The agency’s proposed changes to its standard for small-dollar loans will help ensure underbanked consumers still have access to credit. Concerns about predatory lending are overstated.

Royal Bank of Canada reported a 5% increase in quarterly profits, but a sharp increase in its loan-loss provision is raising concerns about credit quality.

Personal loan balances hit an all-time high in 2018, while fintech lenders widened their market share lead over banks and credit unions, according to new data from TransUnion.

Banks earned $59.1 billion in the fourth quarter, a 133% year-over-year increase, due to a one-time charge in the year-earlier quarter and a lower effective tax rate throughout 2018.