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Lending standards slip, risk increasing according to OCC

Abrigo

Lending standards continue to relax, according to data from the OCC’s 2014 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices. This type of easing is similar to that experienced between 2004 and 2006, the time period leading up to the financial crisis, which many attribute to inadequate lending standards.

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CashCall, Courts And California’s Increasingly Confusing Lending Market

PYMNTS

All that to say this has been an especially tough week for CashCall, and possibly the entire installment lending industry in the state. The plaintiffs borrowed from CashCall at rates of 96 percent or 135 percent between 2004 and 2011. The California Court Loss. There’s no bright line,” she said.

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PayPal Sells Consumer Loans to Long-Time Partner Synchrony Financial

Bank Innovation

Synchrony Bank has been PayPal’s banking partner since 2004. Yesterday, the San Jose, Calif-based PayPal said it agreed to sell $5.8 billion in consumer credit receivables to Stamford, Conn-based Synchrony Bank, a unit of Synchrony Financial. In addition to selling its credit […].

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Higher Rates – Faster for Longer

South State Correspondent

This rapid change in interest rates requires careful planning, product selection, and new lending and deposit-gathering strategies. Jun 2004 – Jun 2006. In today’s lending market, borrowers start from historically low interest rates, making the DSCR deterioration much more likely. Higher Rates Due To A Suprised Fed.

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Despite China’s Slowing Economy, Credit Demand Still Strong

PYMNTS

Consumer and business lending crumbled last year, prompting regulators to lower the cost of borrowing. Through the launch of Alipay in 2004 to boost eCommerce platform Alibaba, the company has moved into lending, insurance and credit-scoring. They’re still experiencing a very strong growth.

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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

Jeff For Banks

And then what happened in 2004-06 happened again. Such as direct lending funds, and insurance companies. Depositors woke up and thought "what is my bank paying me?" And our cost of funds chart looked like the trail lift at Breckenridge. and 53% indirect costs: operations, IT, human resources, etc.

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Ant Financial Looking To Resurrect Stalled IPO

PYMNTS

Ant Financial’s initial product was the 2004 payment-processing service Alipay. It has since morphed into a platform offering a full suite of services — mobile payments, savings accounts, personal investing, lending, and credit scoring. . percent pre-tax profits for a 33 percent equity stake.

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