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Japan’s big one was a giant bad loan crisis in banks that essentially deadened the credit system.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Regardless of cause, however, banking systems could not function if any one bad loan or set of loans instantly translates into depositors being exposed to loss.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
Carrier didn’t fit any stereotype of a glad-handing huckster with a bad loan to sell.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 May 2025
The British lender posted second-quarter earnings below expectations and increased its bad loan provisions, but raised full-year guidance for its net interest margin and return on tangible equity.
—WSJ, 26 July 2023
Yes Bank agreed to sell 480 billion rupees ($5.9 billion) of a bad loan portfolio last month to JC Flowers’ ARC, a move Kumar said will help boost its profitability.
—Preeti Singh, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2022
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Regardless of cause, however, banking systems could not function if any one bad loan or set of loans instantly translates into depositors being exposed to loss.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
Carrier didn’t fit any stereotype of a glad-handing huckster with a bad loan to sell.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 May 2025
The British lender posted second-quarter earnings below expectations and increased its bad loan provisions, but raised full-year guidance for its net interest margin and return on tangible equity.
—WSJ, 26 July 2023
Yes Bank agreed to sell 480 billion rupees ($5.9 billion) of a bad loan portfolio last month to JC Flowers’ ARC, a move Kumar said will help boost its profitability.
—Preeti Singh, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2022
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“Bad loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20loan. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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