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Fintech Startup of the Week: Challenger Jiko Buys a $100M U.S. Bank

Fintech Labs Insights

But regulators are not exactly on board. And more recently, Lending Club has a $185M acquisition of Radius Bank pending, though the lender’s $80M Q2 loss is not going to help ease regulators’ concerns. You’d think that Jiko was looking to leverage FDIC insurance to put its customers at ease.

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Why Many Banks Are Hanging On to FDIC Loss-Share Pacts

American Banker

Plenty of banks have ended their federal loss-share deals early, but despite the incentives to wind them down, plenty more still have these crisis-era arrangements in place. It may be due to varying deadlines, mistakes calculating loan values or worries that they still might need the coverage for home equity lines.

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