Sentences with phrase «lend at high interest rates»

Banks use the capital raised through deposits to lend at a higher interest rate.

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Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

Japan's recession left little demand at home, so its banks developed the carry trade: lending at a low interest rate to arbitrageurs to buy higher - yielding securities.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

The banks are trying to win back their losses by arbitrage operations, borrowing from the Fed at a low interest rate and lending at a higher one, and gambling on options and derivatives.

As noted above, growth in housing lending at fixed rates has picked up appreciably in recent months, reflecting the anticipation by borrowers of higher variable interest rates.

It will come as both relief and encouragement to the millions of people either directly affected by payday lending or simply angry at the way these businesses have been able to prey on the vulnerable through staggeringly high interest rates and penalty charges.

But at their core, all banks are similar in that they borrow money at one interest rate and then hopefully, lend it out at a higher interest rate, pocketing the spread between the two.

The more money you give to a bank, the more money the bank has to lend out to other people at high interest rates.

Without savings, you're at the mercy of the credit card companies and others who are eager to lend you money at very high interest rates no one can afford.

The bank won't lend them money at a good interest rate, so they resort to high interest payday lenders.

They may consider you a lending risk and have you refinance at a higher interest rate or possibly deny refinancing altogether.

Some banks may only lend to you on a short - term basis at a higher interest rate to see if there has been a significant profit margin and then offer better loan terms after the trial period.

And, yes, a big reason why we are in the mess we are in today is that inflation, with real home prices included, was much, much higher than inflation with OER back in 2003, 2004, and 2005 when interest rates and lending standards were at multi-generational lows.

In essence, we facilitate lending among our members, creating a situation where both parties benefit: Borrowers pay lower interest rate than they would on their credit cards or similar unsecure loans, while Lenders receive the interest the borrowers pay at higher rates than other investment opportunities of comparable risk (stated interest rates of 6.69 % -19.37 % after service charge) How many loans have you done (and for what amount)?

While dealers are always interested in lending to someone at the highest rate possible, banks are only interested in lending to someone they're certain will pay back the loan.

You might move your savings to that bank, where it earns little interest for you as the bank lends it out at a higher rate.

Traditionally, you have the large banks that will likely have the strictest lending policies, requiring the highest credit scores and good credit history in order for a borrower to get approval for loans at the lowest interest rate.

Commercial banks are for - profit businesses that take deposits and make loans, paying interest on the deposits and lending money at higher rates to consumers and businesses.

«Payday lending by any lender — including banks — is an abusive form of loan sharking, rooted in trapping borrowers in unaffordable, high - interest rate loans,» Scott Astrada, federal advocacy director at the Center for Responsible Lending, said in a statement.

So, while higher interest rates on plain - Jane savings accounts are on the horizon, it likely won't take place at the same pace as increasing rates on lending products.

In addition, the present steep yield curve makes borrowing cheap deposits and lending long - term at higher interest rates very profitable.

Back in the Jimmy Carter period when interest rates were very high indeed I found a situation where my company Credit Union was seriously lagging behind in raising their lending rates and would make me an unsecured loan at interest rates that were well below those being offered on CDs by banks and brokerages.

So why don't lenders offer a true reverse mortage which would compute and lend a stream of payments (at interest of course, but hopefully a rate reflective of the low risk given the high property value / loan ratio) rather than a useless lump sum which has seniors paying pretty high mortgage interest rates on a large amount of loan, rather than a interest on the (rising) amount of loan as the stream of payments accumulated.

They get money from ATM fees and from being able to lend out money that we deposit with them at high interest rates.

With the U.S. dollar gaining strength and the U.S. Federal Reserve set to hike interest rates throughout the year — which will lend another boost to the «Greenback» — the yuan's continued free fall in relation to the dollar may push the Bitcoin price up at an even higher rate than we saw in 2016.

Our client are the lenders not the brokers, are able to give rapid decisions with a high lending completion rate at highly competitive interest and repayment terms.

Since the rates at which banks lend their money are largely based on the interest rates offered by bonds, regular folks looking to take out a mortgage or a loan are facing higher costs.

That's because they want their money back so they can lend it out again at a higher interest rate.

After the 2008 recession, banks were extremely stingy with their lending, only giving out mortgages at high interest rates and to those with impeccable credit.