Wall Street Journal Exposé: Private Credit Steps Up Financing of Future Credit Card Debt, as Industry Risks and Funding Pressure Rise Together
WSJ reports that fund managers are channeling private credit arrangements into debt consumers may incur in the future through credit cards; another WSJ report says regulators are intensifying scrutiny of risk in the roughly $3 trillion private credit industry; a third source adds that private credit funds are facing funding pressure as borrowing costs rise, bank lending tightens, and investors demand higher risk premiums. Details about Bilt’s move toward private credit support and the reported roughly $1.2 billion transaction size could not be confirmed from the sources provided.