For example: giving bankruptcy court judges new powers to reduce mortgages without lender approval -- so-called cramdowns.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

One major lender lost more than a billion and a half dollars in the second quarter.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

In many cases, Islamic financing requires the lender and borrower to share profits and losses.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

If a lender agrees to a reduction, the government would partly match the amount.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

He is seeking to become the first non-European to lead the international lender.

VOA: special.2011.06.10

But the lender's chief economist also warned that "downside risks have risen sharply."

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Last week the international lender released its yearly World Development Indicators.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Lender attorney Christopher Denardo says given the number of mortgage defaults that banks face, restructuring the loans is advantageous for everyone involved.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

They include a $500 million loan from the Agricultural Bank of China to Russia's second biggest lender,VTB.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"What you do in a crisis is you want a lender of last resort who is going to lend freely against good collateral,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Gordon applied for the program back in July. But he says his lender lost his paperwork.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

"Any lender that provides SBA small business loans will have a buyer for those loans,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Two years ago,as Philadelphia faced a staggering number of home foreclosures,city officials, lender attorneys and homeowner advocates sat down to see what could be done.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

"And basically it is to take a brief freeze frame on individual cases to see if we can really break them down and have face to face communications between those representing consumers or homeowners with lender attorneys to see if deals can be struck."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17