As a consumer lending category with the fastest growth, outstanding balances for personal loans jumped by about 18 percent to $120 billion in the first quarter. And the percentage of loans originated by FinTech firms is growing astronomically: While they originated less than 1 percent...
August 04, 2023
Credit unions have long occupied a specific market niche within the financial industry. CUs favor more personalized and member-focused services than their bank counterparts but typically operate on a much smaller scale. This market niche has come under threat in recent years, however, as consumers abandon brick-and-mortar banking services in favor of digital banking. Banks […]
July 04, 2018
As a consumer lending category with the fastest growth, outstanding balances for personal loans jumped by about 18 percent to $120 billion in the first quarter. And the percentage of loans originated by FinTech firms is growing astronomically: While they originated less than 1 percent of personal loans in 2010, they originated 36 percent of […]
