Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Dec. 18-23

The availability of financing hasn’t been an issue to date, but it still could be.

The legislation would let banks postpone the start date of the Current Expected Credit Losses accounting standard and delay categorizing pandemic-related loan modifications as troubled debt restructurings.

The top Democrats on the House and Senate banking committees urged the Trump administration to pull the plug on any steps to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with the pandemic still taking a toll on the economy.

The proposal would require the government-sponsored enterprises to craft resolution plans similar to regulations imposed on the largest U.S. banks.

The likely extension of support of Libor until June 30, 2023 is a major plus for the securitization market, fending off potential market disruption the buying and trading of $1.8 trillion in outstanding asset-backed securities because of the planned cessation of the benchmark rate by the end of 2021.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that the Dallas-based auto lender knowingly supplied inaccurate consumer data to the three major credit reporting agencies.

The consumer bureau said the bank’s migration to a new servicing platform led to unauthorized payment withdrawals, misrepresentations about what borrowers owed and violations of a prior 2015 enforcement action.

About 4,400 loans started the foreclosure process in November, alongside 176,000 mortgages in active foreclosure.

The nonbank lender is co-sponsoring a $258.4 million residential mortgage pool comprised entirely of wealthy borrowers with 15-year term contracts.

The company was accused of sending borrowers erroneous loan modification information between 2014 and 2018.

The Pennsylvania senator, who will chair the Banking Committee if Republicans hold their majority, agreed to modify an amendment restricting the Federal Reserve’s emergency powers that Democrats had criticized as too extreme.