Tagged: credit

June 23, 2025 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HomeFree-USA announces the Experian CreditCenter, a free tool, backed by FICO, to empower potential homebuyers. This initiative is an extension of Experian’s ongoing partnership with HomeFree-USA, “aimed at promoting financial inclusion and supporting the path to homeownership in the United States.” The resource is available… Read More

June 23, 2025 @ 5:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NorthWall Capital, an alternative credit manager focused on Western Europe, announced first closes for the most recent vintages of its flagship Credit Opportunities and Legal Assets funds, alongside continued capital formation for its Asset-Backed Opportunities platform and the launch of its new Senior Lending strategy…. Read More

June 22, 2025 @ 5:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

High yield bonds, often referred to as “junk bonds,” have long been a compelling option for investors seeking enhanced portfolio income. However, their asymmetric return profile—characterized by significant downside risk during market stress and sharp rebounds in favorable conditions—presents unique challenges. BlackRock’s recent insights, as… Read More

June 17, 2025 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm specializing in credit and credit-related assets, announced the launch of its fund finance platform. Building on Värde’s broader asset-based finance strategy, the platform is an extension of Värde’s capabilities “designed to address the increased demand for subscription lines… Read More

June 15, 2025 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CVC Credit, the €45 billion global credit management business of CVC, has successfully priced Cordatus XXXV, a new €400m Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) vehicle and CVC Credit’s fourth new issue CLO of 2025. The vehicle reportedly has a four-and-a-half-year reinvestment period and a one-and-a-half-year non-call… Read More

June 8, 2025 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is making it even easier for U.S. consumers to understand their credit history and monitor their financial health with the introduction of a new, reimagined consumer credit report design. Available now to U.S. consumers who request hard copies of their Equifax credit report,… Read More

June 3, 2025 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Muzinich & Co., a New York-based credit specialist, has joined forces with Eagle Point Credit Management to establish a robust platform for collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) in Europe. This partnership aims to leverage the expertise of both firms to capitalize on the demand for structured… Read More

June 1, 2025 @ 9:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As consumers grapple with rising costs and high interest rates, recent studies have revealed an increased reliance on credit products to help make ends meet. Despite the seemingly rapid growth in balances, a new analysis by TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) uncovers a more complex reality. According… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives business announces that it has raised €2bn in total commitments from third party investors for its sub-investment grade (IG) infrastructure debt strategy. This follows the final “close of Schroders Capital’s Junior Infrastructure Debt Europe III fund (JULIE III)… Read More

May 12, 2025 @ 11:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilch, a company that claims to be the fastest-growing Fintech in the UK, says it has topped 5 million users while generating £750 million in savings for consumers. The company points out that it currently serves one in every seven UK working adults, or 15%… Read More

April 13, 2025 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoreThanFair, a community of organizations dedicated to improving access to affordable and inclusive credit for American consumers and small businesses, announced that Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) had joined as its newest member. Affirm empowers consumers by offering a “transparent and flexible way to pay over time… Read More

April 10, 2025 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

i2c, a banking and payments platform, says it has partnered with Access Finance, an entity originally based in Bulgaria. According to a company statement, the partnership will see the Juzt Digital Credit Card program rolled out in the United States. The program is said to… Read More

March 29, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group announces the launch of a new Senior Direct Lending Strategy, having secured anchor investments from a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation. AlbaCore has completed its first close,… Read More

March 21, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced it is expanding its credit reporting to Experian to include all of Affirm’s pay-over-time products beginning April 1, 2025. By furnishing information about all of its pay-over-time transactions… Read More

March 13, 2025 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Mifundo reports that it has partnered with Experian to enable cross-border credit in the EU. Experience is a top credit reporting and analytics firm that provides services globally. Mifundo, founded in 2028 and based in Estonia, is developing an artificial intelligence cross-border date platform to power… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 9:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

400 Capital Management LLC, an alternative credit asset manager specializing in asset-based credit strategies with over $7.4 billion of assets under management, announced the closing of its latest private credit fund, Asset Based Term Fund IV (ABTF IV). The fund, which launched in December 2023,… Read More

February 26, 2025 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

QED Investors and Valor Capital have led a $26.7 million Series A funding round in Capim, a Fintech based in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The company launched in 2021. The round included existing investors ONEVC, Canary, and NXTP, as well as new investors Endeavor, Saison, and Actyus. Capim is… Read More

February 24, 2025 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) noted that today’s consumers are at the forefront of embracing technologies that offer streamlined and intuitive experiences. Gen Z, the generation spanning teenagers to those in their mid-twenties, is said to be leading the charge. Instead of juggling between different cards and… Read More

February 24, 2025 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The State of Virginia is considering legislation designed to limit the interest charged on credit to consumers. The Federal government is also reviewing a similar approach to credit cards, but once again, policymakers are looking to apply price-fixing to a market driven by supply and… Read More

February 16, 2025 @ 6:13 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Financial technology firms are emerging as alternative lenders for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), including those in agriculture, amid banks’ continued hesitancy to extend loans to the sector. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Monetary Board member Romeo Bernardo said fintech firms are playing an… Read More