Surging unemployment from COVID-19 shutdowns brought a rapidly rising tide of forbearance requests, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Federal backing for firms facing a deluge of missed mortgage payments is still on the table despite recent comments by an official who questioned the need to help the industry.

After more than tripling its loan-loss provision, the $182 billion-asset company became the first large U.S. bank to report a quarterly loss as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The new-issue pipeline of prime auto loans remains open despite the gloomy forecasts for pandemic-related stresses on auto sales and consumer unemployment levels.

Moody’s Investors Service has placed hundreds of non-senior U.S. CLO tranches under review for downgrade, affecting 358 broadly syndicated loan-backed portfolios as Moody’s measures the ongoing economic shocks of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Senate Banking Committee chair will work with the heads of other panels in overseeing the $2 trillion stimulus package that Congress passed last month.

Dell Financial Services is serving up a high concentration of larger corporate clients on shorter-term – and relatively low-balance contracts – in its latest securitization for computer and software equipment leasing.

Weakening fortunes in the auto industry from the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting elevated loss expectations for a new-issue portfolio of prime automobile loans originated and serviced by Hyundai Capital America.

The move is part of an effort by CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger to help smaller lenders by significantly raising loan thresholds for collecting and reporting mortgage data.

The Small Business Administration stopped approving loans when the Paycheck Protection Program hit its cap.

A quarterly survey shows a major cross-section of portfolio managers it may be more than a year before global credit conditions return to normalcy from the economic havoc unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Legislation announced Wednesday would allow credit unions to make coronavirus relief loans to businesses without fear of bumping up against the member business lending cap.