personal loans

Report: JPMorgan Veteran Ed Olebe to Lead Wells Fargo’s Credit Card Business
Report: JPMorgan Veteran Ed Olebe to Lead Wells Fargo’s Credit Card Business
January 09, 2025  |  Personnel

Wells Fargo has reportedly hired the former head of JPMorgan Chase’s branded credit card business, Ed Olebe, to lead its own credit card business. Olebe left JPMorgan Chase...

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SoFi Gets $2 Billion to Expand Its Loan Platform Business
SoFi Gets $2 Billion to Expand Its Loan Platform Business
October 14, 2024  |  Investments

Personal finance company SoFi is expanding its loan platform with a new $2 billion investment. The new “loan platform business agreement,” announced Monday (Oct. 14), is based on funds...

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Upstart Sells $2 Billion of Consumer Installment Loans to Blue Owl
Upstart Sells $2 Billion of Consumer Installment Loans to Blue Owl
October 10, 2024  |  Loans

FinTech lender Upstart Holdings has sold up to $2 billion of consumer installment loans to private credit lender Blue Owl Capital. The deal includes $290 million of personal...

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Fig Financial Launches Personal Loan Service in Canada
Fig Financial Launches Personal Loan Service in Canada
July 09, 2024  |  Loans

Toronto-based lender Fig Financial says its personal loan service is now open to all Canadians. “We are providing a true alternative to banks for every...

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Inter Focuses on Brazilian Migrants to Drive US Growth
Inter Focuses on Brazilian Migrants to Drive US Growth
June 05, 2024  |  Business

Brazilian online lender Inter&Co is expanding its efforts in the United States, with a focus on replicating its success in Brazil’s online banking sector. With a...

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Consumers’ Total Outstanding Credit Rose 3.4% in February
Consumers’ Total Outstanding Credit Rose 3.4% in February
April 05, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers’ total outstanding credit increased by $14.1 billion in February. Revolving credit accounted for $11.3 billion of the increase, while non-revolving credit made up the...

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Klarna Launches Page Comparing BNPL, Traditional Credit
Klarna Launches Page Comparing BNPL, Traditional Credit
April 03, 2024  |  BNPL

Klarna has launched a new web page that shares data on its buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings, including their repayment rates, late fee rates and...

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CFPB Report: Installments Top Consumer Complaints on Personal Loans
CFPB Report: Installments Top Consumer Complaints on Personal Loans
March 29, 2024  |  Loans

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau detailed in its 2023 Consumer Response Annual Report that consumers have been the targets of fraudulent account openings, and installment...

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Florida-Based Liberty Savings Bank Taps Upstart to Provide Personal Loans
Florida-Based Liberty Savings Bank Taps Upstart to Provide Personal Loans
March 21, 2024  |  Partnerships

Florida-based Liberty Savings Bank has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace Upstart to provide personal loans.  The bank, which serves Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee County and has...

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