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30+ year mortgages – are these the new norm? What does this mean for financial stability?

BankUnderground

James Waddell and Meghna Shrestha An increasing number of households in the UK are opting for longer-term mortgages, with the share of borrowers taking out new mortgages with terms 30 years or longer tripling since 2005. Chart 1: Share of mortgages by term length (in % of new lending) (a) Source: FCA Product Sales Database (2024 Q1). (a)

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Klarna creates global ‘Consumer Council’

Bank Innovation

The Sweden-based fintech, founded in 2005 and currently […]. Point-of-sale lender Klarna, which has a banking license in Europe and partners with banks in other markets, is creating a new mechanism to acquire feedback as it evolves its products.

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Banks Increase Standards For Consumer, Commercial Loans

PYMNTS

Banks are increasing their standards for loans to businesses and households, according to the Fed’s latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices. Over the second quarter, major net shares of banks tightened lending standards on all categories of consumer loans.

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Zopa Hits Lending Milestone And Gives Insight Into Borrowers

PYMNTS

30) that it has become the first peer-to-peer lending platform to reach a $2.5 According to Business Insider , the company revealed that it has serviced 300,000 loans, matching 246,000 borrowers with 75,000 investors since 2005. Zopa, the U.K.’s s oldest marketplace lender, announced on Monday (Jan.

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Fed Survey: Loan Standards Ease For Smaller Firms

PYMNTS

Banks, on balance, reported that their lending standards on C&I loans are currently at the easier end of the range of standards between 2005 and the present,” the report said. This is an important statistic because there has been a rise in business debt in the U.S. to all-time high levels, which has worried the U.S.

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Timeline: The First Decade Of Alternative Lending

CB Insights

UK-based lender Zopa pioneered peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in 2005, quickly followed by US contenders Prosper Marketplace and LendingClub in 2006. By December 2014, venture-backed alternative lenders OnDeck Capital and Lending Club had gone public on the NYSE. from investors. FINTECH TRENDS Q3 2017 RESEARCH BRIEFING.

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Brad M. Bolton: Working through difficult times

Independent Banker

Building trust with examiners became so important that when I was promoted to senior lending officer in 2005, I made it my mission that they wouldn’t uncover a problem I had not already identified. So, as you read this month’s lending issue, I encourage you to consider what steps you can take to be stronger and better.