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Credit Card Charge-Offs Reach Highest Rate Since 2009

PYMNTS

Moody’s Investors Service reported Thursday (June 8) that credit card charge-offs — debts that are so delinquent that lending institutions have basically given up on collecting them — are at their highest rate since 2009 , possibly due to loosening lending standards. Synchrony Financial saw the highest charge-off rate at 5.4

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Director Chopra promotes aggressive enforcement in remarks to National Association of State Attorneys General

CFPB Monitor

In remarks given on Tuesday to the National Association of State Attorneys General (NAAG), CFPB Director Chopra promoted an aggressive approach to enforcement by both the CFPB and state attorneys general (AGs). Advocated for the expansion of state AGs’ authority.

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The pro-cyclicality of capital ratios and credit supply, a tale of two sizes

BankUnderground

GDP data was collected from the Office for National Statistics and FRED® for the UK and US respectively. First, analysing years up to 2009 can be used to measure the cyclical patterns in a less regulated environment, providing evidence on whether Basel III needed cyclical components.

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Student Loan Debt Jumps More Than 100 Percent In Last Decade

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Lenders need deeper insights into the consumers they are lending to, and consumers — particularly younger borrowers — need a better understanding of how to manage their obligations.”. percent since 2009, noted Experian. A student loan is an investment that can benefit someone for a lifetime. per person. but that has increased to 3.7

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European Lender Twino First To Sell Russian Loans

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This marks the first time in history a peer-to-peer lending facilitator in Europe has listed Russian loans. Twino was founded in 2009 and currently sells loans from Georgia, Latvia, Denmark, Estonia and Poland. Low interest rates have been the norm in the global lending market for the past few years.

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Community Bank History: Peoples National Bank, Hallstead, Pennsylvania

Jeff For Banks

Community banks tout themselves as better than national and regional banks because of how close they are to their communities. A case in point: the First National Bank of Hallstead… now Peoples National Bank (see photo). The bank closed during the national bank holiday that was ordered by President Roosevelt in 1933.

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Stressing the importance of stress tests

Abrigo

March comes in like a lion for the nation’s largest banks. The reports were positive: all 31 stressed banks “passed,” showing that they are stronger than they have been at any time since the tests began in 2009, the Fed reported.