Lending

Bankruptcies at First Brands and Tricolor should be a wake-up call for banks exposed to the private credit market. Banks should treat indirect lending to shadow banks as a high-risk activity that demands active oversight.

Signs of elevated stress are emerging within the $1.7 trillion private credit market as default rates are rising and more borrowers are choosing to defer cash interest payments, according to a Bank of America Corp. report.

President Trump's imposition of sweeping tariffs on more than 90 countries Thursday represents a major shift in the U.S. trade stance, but the impact on inflation, the Federal Reserve and the economy are still unclear.

Federal grants funding nonprofits that help people build strong credit are being slashed. The result will be more foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies and out-of-business signs at small businesses across the country.

The credit bureau is working with Plaid to provide lenders with current and predictive cash-flow data for consumers that don't have an extensive credit record.

Capital One's acquisition of Discover brings it to the top of the ranking.

A report from Galaxy, which builds crypto lending platforms, shows borrowers are trusting decentralized players after a centralized platform collapsed in 2022.

A government database banks rely on to find out about deaths suddenly grew dramatically last month. Now, live immigrants are also getting added to it.

The top five banks had a combined commercial real estate loan volume of more than $482 billion at the end of the fourth quarter.

The top five bank holding companies have combined business loan portfolios of more than $2.6 trillion as of Dec. 31.

The top five bank holding companies have combined total consumer loan portfolios of more than $1.95 trillion.