Banks are seeing a slide in demand for loans — at the same time that they’re tightening lending standards. And the pressures, as noted in the most recent Federal Reserve survey of loan officers through the “Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices,” have impacted all manner of loan types, spanning commercial and
Yuri A // Shutterstock If you’re like most borrowers, your monthly loan and credit card payments have increased, even from a few months ago, according to Experian data. As of February 2024, the average amount consumers needed to repay all of their monthly debt obligations climbed to $1,225. For each major type of loan—credit cards,
Equipment finance company Odessa has entered the auto industry. The company has launched an originations platform called Odessa Auto and plans to grow it into a full-service end-to-end auto finance suite, Odessa said in a Wednesday (April 24) press release. “Odessa’s deep asset finance experience enables the company to offer state-of-the-art auto origination technology on Day 1,” Robert Johnson, executive vice
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – Americans applied for mortgage credit in greater numbers over recent months even as they faced greater headwinds in getting those loans, new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released Monday said. The bank’s report said that the overall application rate for credit increased to 43.4% in