Companies with public ratings from a national recognized rating agency make up 66.9% of the obligors in the pool, and those with an investment-grade rating represent 34.9% of the pool.

The FBI, NSA and CISA highlighted the emerging dangers of AI-powered deepfakes in phishing campaigns and cataloged protections companies can deploy.

The notes benefit from a step-up event concerning class D. If an optional redemption does not occur in the expected redemption date, then the interest rate on the class D notes will increase by 3.0%.

The mortgages are part of a program that received congressional scrutiny earlier this year.

A joint letter from the banking and financial trade groups is the latest effort by the industry and its representatives in Washington to push back against the Basel III capital proposals, which would raise capital significantly for the largest banks.

Notes will repay principal to investors sequentially. All junior notes will be shut out from receiving any principal payments until the immediate senior notes are paid.

The pool has a 25% concentration limit for electric vehicles, up from 15% from Series 2023-5. This increases risks to the transaction, because residual values on those types of cars are still unknown.

The avoidance of one of the harsher economic scenarios is good news for banks, which are also contending with tighter profit margins and increasing competition for customers. But loan growth and credit quality could be at risk.

Virtually all of the attributes in VZMT 2023-5 and 2023-6 are identical, such as the statistical cutoff date (August 7), aggregate principal balance ($23 billion) and weighted average (WA) remaining installments, 26 months.

Lenders will be adjusting to new mandates regarding mortgage applicants that don't have payments for education debt on their credit reports.

The distribution of dealers among the top categories have improved, while the floorplan loans have monthly payment rates that are at record highs.

Some analysts and investors want the North Carolina bank to make big changes to meet financial targets, which they say aren't being met more than four years after the BB&T-SunTrust merger. The critics will be closely watching a presentation by top Truist executives on Monday.