CBC.ca

`Buy and Bail' Homeowners Get Past Mortgage Hurdles From Fannie, Freddie Bloomberg Most likely to walk away are borrowers with the best credit scores and so-called jumbo loans that exceed the caps set for mortgages bought by Fannie Mae and ... 15-year rates slide below 4%, hitting historic low San Francisco Chronicle Freddie Mac Seeks More Aid Amid Loss Wall Street Journal Gov't likely to keep big mortgage market role The Associated Press Washington Post  -Reuters (press release)  -ABC News all 574 news articles »

 

PBS (blog)

Student-Loan Debt Surpasses Credit Cards Wall Street Journal (blog) Student loans outstanding today ? both federal and private ? total some $829.785 billion, according to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org and ... Americans Now In More Debt With Student Loans Than Credit Cards Jr Deputy Accountant (blog) Are debt consolidation firms the right choice for you? The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Low Rate Credit Card Debt Consolidation Loans - Regain Consumer Strength on ... TMCnet all 31 news articles »

 

Maturity Wall of Junk Loans Triggers Refinancing by Telenet Group, Merlin Bloomberg Europe's most indebted companies have more than 135 billion euros ($178 billion) of obligations due by 2016, according to the New York-based Loan ... and more »

 

Reuters Africa

Bank of Japan Sees Demand for Dollar Loans Decline to Zero BusinessWeek The central bank loans were for 84 days from Aug. 12 to Nov. 4 at an interest rate of 1.19 percent against eligible collateral, according to a BOJ ... Japan July Bank Lending -1.9% Y/Y, 8th Y/Y Drop In Row Automated Trader Bank Of Japan Holds Rate, Maintains Assessment RTT News Japan's Bonds Fall After Central Bank Refrains From Increasing Liquidity Bloomberg istockAnalyst.com (press release) all 547 news articles »

 

United Overseas Bank's Profit Rises as Bad-Loan Costs Decline in Singapore Bloomberg Second-quarter bad-loan costs fell 88.9 percent to S$52 million from a year ago, mainly because of lower collective and individual impairment on loans. ... UOB Q2 net profit up 28%, beats forecast Business Times (subscription) UOB's second quarter net earnings rises 27.9% Channel News Asia all 8 news articles »

 

CVB Financial Says It Got SEC Subpoena Seeking Loan Information Wall Street Journal The subpoena requests information about CVB's loan underwriting guidelines, its allowance for credit losses and the way the bank calculates its allowance ... and more »

 

FinFacts Ireland

Danske Bank Swings To 2Q Profit; Loan Losses Halved Wall Street Journal KO) Tuesday swung to a second-quarter net profit after a 47% fall in loan-loss provisions but said that loan impairments will likely to remain high in 2010. ... NIB books ?341m loan losses Irish Times Northern Bank reports £16m loss BBC News National Irish Bank reports ?341m loss Irish Examiner all 13 news articles »

 

South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance to Raise Bets on U.S. Leveraged Loans Bloomberg Kyobo Life Insurance Co., South Korea's third largest, plans to increase investments in US leveraged loans on ... and more »

 

Nelnet 2Q Profit Up Following 2009 Impacts; Fee Revenue Up Wall Street Journal Since last year, the student-loan lender has started servicing student loans for the Department of Education under a contract as the company looked to ... Nelnet Tops Zacks View Zacks.com Nelnet income rises Omaha World-Herald Nelnet Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results PR Newswire (press release) The Associated Press all 91 news articles »