NEW YORK -- Commercial lender CIT Group Inc. confirmed late Monday that it has secured a $3 billion bailout from its bondholders, averting an immediate bankruptcy filing and giving the company some ...
WASHINGTON -- With bondholders coming to the rescue of troubled commercial lender CIT Group Inc., and not the government, a new reality is setting in for investors. With federal bailouts drying up and ...
NEW YORK | CIT Group Inc. said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it might have to file for bankruptcy protection if not enough bondholders participate in a recently launched debt exchange. The ...
The retail sector would have been hit especially hard. CIT serves as short-term financier to about 2,000 vendors that supply merchandise to 300,000 stores, according to the National Retail Federation.