What is CIT Group Inc. (NYSE CIT)? and why is it near bankruptcy? CIT is a century old lender to about 760 manufacturing clients and 300,000 retailers. CIT also owns a bank holding company which received $2.3 billion dollars last year under the TALF program.
Now the firm is in financial trouble. A key sticking point is that the FDIC will not allow the lender into its bond guarantee program created last year to unfreeze debt markets. This according to a Bloomberg news release.



