Finance company cutting 170 jobs in Evansville
Springleaf Finance, a division of Springleaf Holdings Inc., has told state officials that it will permanently close its 170-worker mortgage servicing center in Evansville.
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IU students get more information, borrow less
A simple letter from Indiana University led its students to reduce borrowing by far more than the national average last academic year. Federal undergraduate Stafford loan disbursements at the university dropped 11 percent, or $31 million.
Stock tied to IPO catapults pay for Springleaf execs
Two executives with the Evansville-based lender received big stock awards in connection with the company’s IPO. The awards put the pair No. 1 and No. 2 on IBJ’s list of highest-paid Hoosier executives.
BMO Harris shaking up rules of game for car loans
BMO Harris Bank’s dealer compensation change—to a flat-fee based on a vehicle’s purchase price—brings to light how consumers have for years unknowingly footed a payment to dealers through higher interest rates on their car loans.
Deca Financial to wind down after trustee opts for liquidation
The Fishers debt collection agency had been forced into bankruptcy by creditors. On Monday, a judge approved a request to terminate the once-promising firm.
Small biz lending starting to thaw
More small businesses in Indiana are securing loans as owners learn to present their companies better and banks warm to small-business lending after years of hesitation.
U.S. student-loan debt adds to growing wealth gap
Roughly 37 million people in the U.S. are saddled with $1 trillion in student debt, a factor contributing to the widening of the gap between rich and everyone else in the country.
Bank files to foreclose on Garcia Construction property
Fifth Third Bank claims that the company operated by Charles Garcia, a former Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce chairman, owes it about $2.3 million for loans on Garcia Construction’s building at 6002 N. Michigan Road, and on personal property.
Lender with unique niche broadening its ambitions
Oak Street Funding, a Carmel firm that lends exclusively to insurance agencies/brokers, plans to diversify this summer, with its first loans to registered investment advisers.
Savings account rates in Indiana among lowest in nation
The study by GoBankingRates.com finds that the average return on savings at Indiana banks is 0.056 percent. However, the average for Indianapolis-area banks was considerably higher.
Indiana gets low-interest loans for tornado relief
Businesses, residents and some not-for-profits in 19 Indiana counties recovering from the November tornado outbreak can receive low-interest federal disaster loans.
Industry providing cash advances for lawsuit payoffs fights bill
The director of a group of financing companies warned Wednesday that lawmakers “would eliminate this industry from Indiana” should they approve a measure targeting companies that provide cash advances to people awaiting payoffs in personal injury lawsuits.
Bill meant to protect credit scores considered by committee
Senate Bill 175 would restrict the use of credit checks in reducing credit scores.
Indiana church expected to repay creditors fully in 25 years
The Madison Park Church of God in Anderson has a green light to exit bankruptcy under a Chapter 11 plan approved by an Indianapolis judge late last week.
First Internet up-shifts in commercial lending
First Internet Bank raised eyebrows this month when it filed a $25 million secondary stock offering said to be for organic growth and “other general corporate purposes.”
Stonegate Mortgage profit slows in third quarter
In its first quarter as a public company, the Indianapolis-based residential mortgage firm reported a big year-over-year dip as rising interest rates made the market more volatile.
Sale may extricate Harlan Labs from its debt problems
San Francisco-based Genstar Capital is exploring selling the 2,600-employee company in the wake of failing early this year to renegotiate the company’s massive debt load.
Home loan banks drop objection to $8.5B settlement
Lawyers for the Federal Home Loan Banks of Boston, Chicago and Indianapolis on Wednesday told a New York Supreme Court judge they are withdrawing from the case against Bank of America Corp.
First Internet profit falls on rising interest rates
Shares of the Indianapolis-based bank took a nosedive during trading Friday morning after it reported its third-quarter earnings.
Indiana-based Springleaf’s shares rise after $336M IPO
Springleaf Holdings Inc. provides non-prime consumer loans through a network of 834 offices and online.