Coronavirus Impact
Coronavirus Impact

The central bank and other agencies have come under pressure to be transparent about their use of funds authorized by the recent pandemic rescue law.

April 23
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Discover and Sallie Mae are the latest to report a surge in forbearance requests as households struggle with job loss and other hardships resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

April 23
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The AGs are asking FHFA and HUD to revise their forbearance programs so that the entire amount of skipped payments are placed at the end of the loan's term.

The bipartisan coalition of AGs said homeowners should be allowed to wait until the end of a loan term to make payments they skipped because of the coronavirus.

April 23
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The move aims to provide additional liquidity for small and community banks to “support the small businesses in their communities,” the FHFA said in a statement.

The policy move will allow small institutions participating in the Paycheck Protection Program to pledge business loans as collateral to obtain advances.

April 23
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Discover is the latest card lender to say it's reining in credit lines as the coronavirus pandemic leaves millions of Americans jobless and struggling to keep up on loans.

April 23
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“I commend the private sector servicers that joined this initiative for easing some of the affordability concerns of our student loan borrowers who have been impacted by COVID-19,” said New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

More than a dozen firms have struck agreements with nine states to provide forbearance to customers struggling to make payments in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

April 22
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Loans in forbearance will temporarily be eligible for the government-sponsored enterprises to purchase in order to “help provide liquidity to mortgage markets and allow originators to keep lending,” said FHFA Director Mark Calabria.

The FHFA will allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for a limited time, to purchase loans for which the borrower has sought to postpone payments because of the economic effects of the coronavirus.

April 22
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Apart from the layoffs, LendingClub's restructuring plan includes a temporary 30% base salary reduction for CEO Scott Sanborn.

The online lender, reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, also said it is cutting senior executives' salaries by 25%.

April 21
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