Loan Delinquencies news and trends

Carvana Revises Lending Rules Amid Industry-Wide Rise in Delinquencies
Loans // March 01, 2024

Online car retailer Carvana is tightening its lending standards in response to higher delinquency rates. The company is requiring higher down payments from customers and placing limits on maximum payments, Chief Financial Officer Mark Jenkins told Bloomberg News in a report posted Friday (March 1)....

Younger Borrowers Feel Strain as Card and Auto Loan Delinquencies Rise
Consumer Finance // February 06, 2024

The pressures of increased debt burdens are put in stark relief with the latest data from the central bank. And the burden is felt keenly among younger consumers, and lower-income households — which means the pinch is keenly felt within the paycheck-to-paycheck economy. To that...

Subprime Delinquencies Show Pressures of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Life
Loans // February 02, 2023

Rising delinquencies among subprime and near-prime borrowers reveal the strain of living paycheck to paycheck. In a spate of earnings reports these past few weeks, various lenders — banks and digital platforms among them — have spotlighted the fact that delinquencies and charge-offs are ramping...

Auto Debt Set Records Before Potential Coronavirus Impact Hits
Debt // June 09, 2020

Trouble may be brewing in the key auto finance sector in the months ahead amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus, despite a drop in loan delinquency rates in the United States in the first quarter, a new report by credit agency Experian finds. Both...

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Younger Borrowers Feel Strain as Card and Auto Loan Delinquencies Rise

February 06, 2024
The pressures of increased debt burdens are put in stark relief with the latest data from the central bank. And the burden is felt keenly among younger consumers, and lower-income households — which means the pinch is keenly felt within the paycheck-to-paycheck economy. To that end, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for […]

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Brazilian FinTechs Under Pressure as Delinquency Rates Soar

March 25, 2024
Brazilian FinTech firms are reportedly grappling with a surge in loan defaults, leading to a crisis in the asset-backed credit market. The delinquency rates on unsecured loans offered by companies like Open Co, Nexoos and Gyra+ have exceeded 60%, prompting measures such as mergers, downsizing expansion plans and asset sales, Bloomberg reported Monday (March 27). […]

Carvana Revises Lending Rules Amid Industry-Wide Rise in Delinquencies

March 01, 2024
Online car retailer Carvana is tightening its lending standards in response to higher delinquency rates. The company is requiring higher down payments from customers and placing limits on maximum payments,...

Auto Debt Set Records Before Potential Coronavirus Impact Hits

June 09, 2020
Trouble may be brewing in the key auto finance sector in the months ahead amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus, despite a drop in loan delinquency rates in the...

CAN Capital’s Risky Strategy

January 17, 2017
It was CAN Capital’s ambitious growth plans that led the alternative SME lender to eventually falter, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The publication said Monday...