Everyone’s a Lender Now: Shadow Banking USA

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, How much private credit has been put in place but isn’t in the official credit total is unknown and very likely unknowable. That means total systemic risk is also unknowable. Everyone wants to lend us money now, even though they’re not banks: the insurance company Progressive offered us a loan, …

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Another subprime lender just folded. Bayside Credit has stopped originating loans. The Fed’s $50 billion overnight bailout vanishes in 24 hours. This is 2025’s subprime moment.

While everyone clocked out for Friday, On October 31st, another subprime lender, Bayside Credit is no longer originating loans. We updated our clients on the impacts today. Another “isolated” event, for sure. — Unicus (@UnicusResearch) November 2, 2025 In October 2025, the financial world was rocked as PrimaLend Capital Partners, a leading subprime auto lender, …

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$50 billion was borrowed from the Fed’s lender of last resort today that’s 10% of its entire $500 billion emergency facility used in a single day. Which bank blew up?

WARNING 🚨 BANKS BORROW $50 BILLION IN EMERGENCY LIQUIDITY FROM FED REPO WINDOW TODAY ‼️ 🚩 $20 BILLION THIS MORNING AND $30 BILLION MORE IN THE AFTERNOON ⚠️ CRISIS INCOMING 🚩 https://t.co/lLWvoC191y pic.twitter.com/ekoTvK6ewz — The Butcher of Wall Street Marcel Kalinovic (@BossBlunts1) October 31, 2025 🚨BREAKING: FED PUMPS $29.4 BILLION INTO MARKETS OVERNIGHT! The Fed …

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$20.35 BILLION Borrowed from the Lender of Last Resort this morning! They will have to panic-react …. Again!

🚨 $20.35 BILLION Borrowed from the Federal Reserve Lender of Last Resort this morning! This is an All Time High since the $GME Sneeze! BOJ is helping out today with ~$1B too. pic.twitter.com/uILF9TbkNM — WhatCanIMakeToday (@WhatCanIMT) October 31, 2025 US BANK RESERVES FALL TO $2.8 TLN, LOWEST SINCE 2020 Liquitity is draining from the system …

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Surging Distress In CRE CLO Loans Spurs Lender Rush To Repurchase Delinquent Multifamily Mortgages

The commercial real estate sector continues to experience elevated stress. The latest crack to emerge is the increasing number of delinquencies on multifamily mortgages. The borrowers who took out these loans typically used them to purchase multifamily complexes, intending to renovate and flip them at a profit. However, many are now struggling with their floating-rate …

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The Fed is in the process of changing its role from “lender of last resort” to dictatorial financial overlord.

Seems desperate. “Powell & Co. plan to force banks to borrow from them – or else” “It’s an attempt to prevent any financial institution from failing, no matter how insolvent it becomes… Consolidating all bank lending into the central bank’s direct control. The Fed wants to be not just the guiding hand but the sole …

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Small lender delinquency rates reach 7.1%, surpassing peak in 2008 and 2020. US default risk higher in 2023 compared to peers.

Great chart from PPG Macro showing delinquency issues beyond the large lenders. It seems that small lenders are increasingly exposed to overly risky loans. Commercial real estate loans are yet another example. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 2, 2023 Throughout ‘23 US default risk …

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Westfield surrenders San Francisco shopping mall to lender.

This on the back of several other large property white flag wavers in past few weeks. seems companies can’t bail out of SF fast enough. With malls in Democrat-malgoverned cities overrun with feral packs of Youth for Biden stealing & preying on the last of the paying customers, it’s no wonder failing malls are being …

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