Consumer lending

Depending on one's perspective, the surge in consumer borrowing is either a normal byproduct of a booming economy or a worrisome trend that portends a wave of delinquencies when the next downturn hits.

Mike Weinbach will lead consumer lending as part of a reorganization that will change the responsibilities of three longtime bank executives.

Payday lenders have long used bank partnerships and similar means to circumvent state interest rate caps. Lawmakers should stop such practices now.

The agency's lawsuit against the Rhode Island company — the first involving a bank under Director Kathy Kraninger — has challenged assumptions about its approach to enforcement.

Members of the House Financial Services Committee chastised Kathy Kraninger for not supervising student loan servicers and failing to examine firms for compliance with the Military Lending Act.

Members of the House Financial Services Committee chastised Kathy Kraninger for not supervising student loan servicers and failing to examine firms for compliance with the Military Lending Act.

Think Finance, which had teamed with tribal lenders to offer high interest installment loans, could no longer make or collect on loans in states that have caps on interest rates, under terms of a proposed settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The bank’s top shareholders want the chairman to quit if he won’t support the CEO; HSBC expected to go forward with job cuts while searching for permanent boss.

An intraparty rift went public Wednesday over legislation that would impose a 36% rate limit on all consumer loans. Critics are concerned it would cut off minority borrowers’ access to small-dollar loans and hurt some community banks.

Higher rates are looming for transactions on e-commerce sites, while merchants in certain services categories, such as real estate and education, will see fees decline, according to a document Visa sent to banks.