The financial crisis and the years succeeding it have been pretty
tough for the banking industry.
Not exact matches
But the online lending
industry said it is responding to the need
for quick, easy loans and the
tougher restrictions that
banks have adopted since the post-2008 recession.
The year 2009 has been
tough for all credit card companies, but especially so
for retail credit card issuers, which have been hurt by the downward spirals in two
industries —
banking and retailing.