Lending to poorer borrowers
Borrowers with low and moderate incomes (LMI) took 38.7% of its loans, against 26.0% at similar lenders (national banks making between half and twice as many loans). LMI neighborhoods took 22.5%, against 15.5%, more than at about four in five of its peers. Its typical loan, $155,000, was smaller than their $200,000.