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1. Still in the stratosphere.

Subjects
*CONSUMER credit, *PERSONAL loans, *CONSUMER finance companies, *FINANCIAL services industry, *CREDIT cards, *RISK assessment
Abstract

This article presents information on the consumer finance industry in Japan. Since the early 1990s, the industry has been a rare success story in Japan's bleak financial-services market. The value of outstanding loans has risen at a double-digit pace and now stands at $100 billion. Consumer loans dominate turf that is shared in other rich countries with overdrafts and credit-card debt. The top consumer-finance firms have sophisticated risk-management systems, and could teach the banks a thing or two about managing credit risk.

Published
2003

2. Banks Vie for Europe's Consumers.

Author

Portanger, Erik and Beckett, Paul

Subjects
*CONSUMER finance companies, *CONSUMER credit, *FINANCIAL services industry, *PERSONAL loans, *CREDIT cards
Abstract

Discusses the consumer-finance industry in Europe. Idea that many Europeans, especially Germans, do not have credit cards; Finance companies which are growing in Europe, including General Electric Co, (GE), Citigroup Inc., and BNP Paribas SA; Competition between the companies to dominate the market for personal loans, credit cards, sales financing, and subprime mortgages; Plans of GE Consumer Finance to purchase Abbey National PLC's consumer-finance arm in Great Britain.

Published
2003

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