Consumer lending

James Gutierrez will remain on the board of directors and is trying to arrange financing to help keep the struggling company afloat.

Citigroup plans to let credit card customers finance big purchases on Amazon.com over longer periods of time — a deal that may spur sales at the e-commerce giant while boosting the bank’s interest-bearing balances.

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Regulators are urging banks to offer small-dollar loans again and lifting existing restrictions on nonbank lenders. But the real challenge is making those loans favorable to consumers without losing money.

Members of the Senate Banking Committee took the agency’s leader to task for eliminating underwriting requirements for small-dollar lenders, which lawmakers said has left consumers more vulnerable during the pandemic.

The company's latest Credit Union Trends Report attributed the increase to rises in deposits and capital, along with a decline in borrowing.

The enhanced jobless benefits in the coronavirus relief law enacted in March helped limit delinquencies and maintain consumer spending, analysts say. In their follow-up stimulus plan, Senate Republicans want to cut those benefits from $600 to $200 a week.

The pressure is on the fintech, which helps banks make digital loans, to stanch its losses and show its lofty market valuation was deserved.

The student loan company had said a three-year-old lawsuit alleging consumer abuses was superseded by a similar CFPB suit. Here’s why the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed.

The legislation, which has yet to pass the House, is meant to ensure coronavirus relief funds go to consumers and are not diverted to debt collectors.

Lenders need to use alternative data as an overlay to traditional underwriting methods to help creditworthy customers in hardship because of the coronavirus crisis.

Home-renovation loans to add features such as offices and pools could be one source of lending as credit unions struggle with overall sluggish loan demand.

The Ohio company, which has beefed up its loan-loss reserves, raised the possibility of more sales of oil and gas credits and talked up strong retail segments such as its marine and RV loans.

The CEOs of the credit card lenders Discover and Synchrony are urging Congress to come through with another round of government stimulus so that struggling households can continue paying their bills.

The CEOs of the credit card lenders Discover and Synchrony are urging Congress to come through with another round of government stimulus so that struggling households can continue paying their bills.

A new study from WalletHub finds nealry 40% of parents are planning to spend less in advance of the upcoming academic year.

Finding loan forgiveness programs and keep-the-change loan paydowns are examples of services startups like Savi, Summer and FutureFuel.io are offering banks to help borrowers manage their monthly payments.

Other regionals set more aside for loan losses than the Cleveland bank did in the second quarter, and its ratio of reserves to total loans is slightly lower, too. But Key executives say the portfolio is balanced and holding up well despite the pandemic’s economic toll.

Delinquencies have been ticking up since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and Capital One is warning of more pain unless the government provides additional relief to tenants and landlords.

Banking and credit reporting groups say such an agency could politicize the reporting process. Consumer groups say it would offer consumers a necessary alternative.