Compliance, risk management and staffing will likely come under added scrutiny as regulators lay out a framework for future fintech-bank mergers.

Asset manager PGIM Inc. is looking to at least triple its investments in the growing direct lending market where it wants to compete with banks to fund mid-size companies outside of the buyout space.

The acquisition of the Texas-based lender will help Regions expand its offerings to small businesses while adding about $2 billion of loans to the bank's balance sheet.

The heads of the two companies explain how the deal came about, what hurdles they face and how they plan to mash up their very different operations.

Investors are reacting skeptically to the auto lender's deal to acquire CardWorks for $2.65 billion.

The deal for Boston-based Radius would be the first in history in which an online lender buys a mainstream bank.

The company asserted in the statement that S&P’s action was driven more by the distressed trading levels of Serta’s loans in the secondary market rather than the company’s “financially solvent” status.

The state retirement system is looking to dedicate one of every six dollars it manages to direct lending - more than five times the industry average.

PE firms have made investments in only seven banks in 2019, compared with 21 last year. Here's what's driving the slowdown.

Family offices—mini-investment firms set up by the super rich to manage their personal wealth—have poured more and more cash into direct lending, Preqin says.