By Neil Roland ( February 18, 2026, 22:44 GMT | Insight) -- Bank lending to non-depository financial institutions has been the fastest-growing loan segment since the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis, rising nearly three times as quickly as the next-fastest-growing segment, a US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. report said. The top-growing NDFI category includes a broad array of companies such as mortgage lenders, finance companies, insurance companies, private equity funds, private credit funds, broker-dealers and asset-backed securities issuers.Bank lending to non-depository financial institutions, or NDFIs, has been the fastest-growing loan segment since the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis, rising nearly three times as quickly as the next-fastest-growing segment, multi-family commercial real estate, a US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. report said....
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