The regulator's order moves the San Francisco-based company one step closer to becoming the first online lender to own a bank.

The buyout industry has about $3 trillion of unrealized value on its books, according to Preqin. And it’s tapping that to land loans for bolt-on deals, to refinance debt or bail out struggling companies in their portfolios.

The $10 billion portfolio of what are described as high-quality private student loans will be serviced by Nelnet.

Wells Fargo, reeling from years of scandals, is unloading several businesses as it seeks to simplify its structure. The sale of the asset management unit could fetch more than $3 billion, according to industry sources.

S&P Global has agreed to buy IHS Markit for about $39 billion in stock, a deal that accelerates the wave of consolidation among the finance industry's biggest data providers.

Wells Fargo is exploring selling a unit offering store-branded credit cards as the bank chooses businesses to keep or break off in a broad strategic overhaul, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

A 2019 decision by Amy Coney Barrett, then a 7th Circuit judge, cited an earlier Supreme Court ruling suggesting a high bar for plaintiffs to claim harm. But other jurists have favored a less onerous standard.

Wells Fargo is exploring a sale of its corporate-trust unit that could fetch more than $1 billion and is considering whether to find a buyer for its student loan portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter.

The deal would take the donut chain private and tie it to franchise chains that also regularly issue whole-business securitizations – including Arby's, Sonic Drive In and Jimmy John's – under the Roark Capital-backed Inspire Brands umbrella.

With the COVID-19 pandemic creating unprecedented challenges for small businesses, American Express has increasingly targeted its investments in that niche.