Gov't official warns on home down payment hikes

The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing market.

List of banks under stress keeps growing

The number of banks with risky levels of bad loans rose only slightly in the last quarter of 2009, partly because the FDIC closed so many failing banks, according to federal data analyzed by the at American University in Washington.

Higher used-car prices cut loan-security losses

Higher prices for used vehicles and improved buyer credit are helping mitigate losses on prime auto loan asset-backed securities, Fitch Ratings said Thursday.

When Will We Get Our Money Back? by Nomi Prins

The markets cheered as AIG touted a $35 billion dent on its taxpayer IOU.

Credit unions: Lift cap on small-business loans

As Congress pleads with banks to increase lending to small businesses to juice the recovery, one group of lenders is begging Congress to let them make more loans: credit unions.