Despite recent regulatory changes designed to encourage banks to offer small dollar loans few banks are taking up the challenge;...
The main lobbying group for banks, the Consumer Bankers Association, is trying to get the government to add caps on how much graduate students and parents of undergraduates can borrow from the government; caps would force people to go to private lenders and would benefit those with better credit histories; there is also a group of investors trying to get clearer legislation passed for income sharing agreements; changes could result in billions of dollars worth of opportunities for banks and investors as the most recent academic year totaled $107bn. Source.
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten first applied for an ILC charter last year before withdrawing the filing and refiling this May;...