The former SoFi chief’s latest startup, Figure, has created what it says is a transparent marketplace for buying and selling assets. Some banks have embraced the technology, but other blockchain projects have stalled because lenders don't want rivals to see their data.

If Trump is reelected, his administration would likely move forward with privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and relaxing key rules, while a Joe Biden presidency would likely try to expand homeownership access and borrower protections.

The transaction is the first in two years for MidCap, which provides startup and expansion financing for biosciences/healthcare and technology firms backed by VC and private equity.

Stack Infrastructure has raised nearly $1.4B in the ABS market since last year to construct and manage build-to-suit "hyperscale" data centers, reportedly for tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft.

As interest rates tumbled throughout July, prepayments climbed to the highest monthly rate since 2004, but 90-days-or-more delinquencies were on the rise from June, according to Black Knight.

There were questions about the GSEs' use of structured credit risk transfers in the single-family market given an earlier pandemic-related market disruption.

JPMorgan Chase, which has an $18.4B prime auto-loan portfolio, has not ventured into the securitization market with publicly rated auto-loan collateral since 2006, according to ratings agency reports.

Positive payment behaviors in conjunction with CARES Act measures kept mortgage delinquencies from rising, but the number of borrowers facing hardship grew exponentially from last year, according to TransUnion.

Lenders initially won't be able to pass on the cost of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's "adverse market fee" to borrowers whose rates on GSE-backed mortgages and refinances are already locked in.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the proposal would increase access to credit, but consumer groups argue that it will encourage lenders to make high-cost loans while protecting them from legal liability.

The 30 loans secured by 146 properties in DBJPM 2020-C9 have lower-than-average loan-to-value ratios than recent bond offerings backed by commercial-mortgage securitizations of multiple properties.

Under the agreement, fintechs and their bank partners will have a safe legal harbor to offer loans, as long as their interest rates do not exceed 36% and they meet various other standards.