Consumer lending

Loans made for Fiat Chrysler represented the largest chunk of Santander Consumer's lending in the fourth quarter, and Mahesh Aditya said their relationship is his top priority.

The largest bank in Puerto Rico said hundreds of millions of dollars of its mortgages and consumer loans are tied to the parts of the island hit by the recent quake or still recovering from two hurricanes.

The U.S. arm of Toronto-Dominion Bank said Matt Boss will oversee credit cards, residential loans and deposit products, among other areas.

The company best known for student lending expanded into personal lending less than two years ago. Now it says it is refocusing on core strategic priorities.

Shares of Discover Financial Services slumped the most in more than a decade after credit card lender warned that it will spend more on marketing and technology, including to beef up collections on troubled debt.

The credit card lender has seen problem loans spike since it introduced a feature that lets at-risk customers restructure loans through its online and mobile channels.

The new group should look at protecting consumer data and how nonprime financial consumers are treated through new regulations.

As lending slows, new tools could help credit unions expand opportunities to make loans to would-be borrowers they might not otherwise consider.

Total loans at Regions Financial fell slightly last year, but executives say a shift in consumer lending priorities and more aggressive C&I lending will start to pay off this year.

If credit union lenders and underwriters aren't working collaboratively, they could be hindering growth opportunities.

Citizens Financial Group’s fourth-quarter results highlight the challenges regionals face in generating top-line growth.

The fintech Sezzle has finally received its point-of-sale lending license in California after agreeing to refund consumers in the state and pay a penalty for previously making illegal loans there, the California Department of Business Oversight said Thursday.

The fintech Sezzle received its license after agreeing to refund customers and pay a fine for previously making loans that state regulators had deemed illegal.

Roughly a decade after being burned by the most punishing financial crisis since the onset of the Great Depression, it's increasingly clear that the nation's largest lenders are targeting a narrower slice of consumers: The wealthy and those with excellent credit.

Fears that the New York banking giant’s consumer lending product could cut into a key credit union market appear to have been overblown.

In another sign of state officials trying to outdo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, governors in California and New York want greater authority to license and oversee the debt collection industry.

In another sign of state officials trying to outdo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, governors in California and New York want greater authority to license and oversee the debt collection industry.

The New York bank said Wednesday that its first-ever credit card has brought in nearly $2 billion of loans in less than six months.

Brian Moynihan said banks must be mindful of pricing and risk as they contend with lower yields on loans and securities.

In a letter to the agency's inspector general, the 15 lawmakers pointed to specific cases where they said the bureau departed from legal standards in deciding not to require restitution.