Just a year after acquiring a point-of-sale loan provider, Goldman Sachs Bank USA is considering a sale of the unit - a move that would further shrink the New York investment bank's consumer finance business. While Atlanta-based GreenSky, Inc. (NasdaqGS:GSKY) is "a good business" that is "performing well with first-quarter originations," it may no longer make sense for Goldman to own, CEO David Solomon said on April 18, 2023. The disclosure of a potential sale of GreenSky - which makes loans to homeowners through a network of home improvement contractors - is among the latest developments in Goldman's ongoing dismantling of its consumer banking operations.

Shares in Goldman, which reported a 17% decline in fixed-income trading revenuein the first quarter, were down about 1.