The same system has been applied to the lending business.
In all aspects of our personal lending business, we shall act fairly and responsibly.
Bankers claim that their lending business provides them with closer ties to Japanese companies.
Its credit card and commercial lending businesses did particularly well last year.
Bank cards are the major growth segment in the lending business.
Merrill officials declined to say exactly what had gone wrong with the lending business.
And during the Clinton administration, the federal government itself got into the direct lending business, essentially competing with the banks.
Even those involved in the home-equity lending business acknowledge the potential problems.
The company also noted that credit quality had improved throughout its consumer and corporate lending businesses.
Because United had pulled out of the lending business, that will take some doing.