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Re-Fi? Standby … Rates are not great right now
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 19, 2018
Five years ago, refinancing made up 75 percent of the mortgage business. Today, it’s just around 37 percent. With climbing interest rates, demand has dipped and the mortgage industry is poised to shed jobs. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Re-Fi? Standby … Rates are not great right now
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 19, 2018
Five years ago, refinancing made up 75 percent of the mortgage business. Today, it’s just around 37 percent. With climbing interest rates, demand has dipped and the mortgage industry is poised to shed jobs. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Regulation of installment loans varies widely by state
by
Renata Sago
Oct 18, 2018
A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts finds that nearly 10 million Americans turn to consumer finance companies for short-term installment loans when they need quick cash. But just how much they pay in finance charges can add up depending on how their state regulates lenders. Here’s why some groups are calling for stricter rules […]
Regulation of installment loans varies widely by state
by
Renata Sago
Oct 18, 2018
A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts finds that nearly 10 million Americans turn to consumer finance companies for short-term installment loans when they need quick cash. But just how much they pay in finance charges can add up depending on how their state regulates lenders. Here’s why some groups are calling for stricter rules […]
With Fed giving Wells Fargo good marks on its financials, the bank tries to look beyond recent scandals
by
Reema Khrais
Jul 2, 2018
Wells Fargo has seen its share of bad headlines recently … from news it opened fake accounts, to a payout of $1 billion to settle claims of improper mortgage and auto lending practices. But there was a bright spot for the bank last week when it passed the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test, that measures […]
Immigrant lending clubs provide capital, at a cost
by
Ryan Kailath
Nov 20, 2017
Functioning like unregulated banks, there is little cushion against failure.
Credit card companies are easing lending standards
Jun 12, 2017
Credit card defaults are rising as lending standards have started to fall from the early post-recession days — that’s according to a new report by the credit rating agency Moody’s. The report shows even with unemployment at low levels, those charge-offs have increased significantly for some U.S. lenders, exceeding expectations of a modest rise. […]
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Tech and finance team up and give banks a scare
by
Molly Wood
Dec 14, 2015
FinTech is pulling in business that banks gave up. And now they want it back.