First-day panelists at the Structured Finance Association's annual ABS industry conference in Las Vegas speculate on securitization's potential as a new financing mechanism for oil and gas operators.

Debt collectors would have to tell consumers upfront that they cannot sue to recover "time-barred" debt under a proposal issued Friday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Trump administration proposes cutting personnel and other budgetary items at the bureau, while the agency’s director — who controls the purse strings and was hand-picked by the administration — aims to boost spending and hire more employees.

Lawmakers have also criticized the agency's decision to create qualifying standards for farmers and other small businesses.

Dana Wade would succeed Brian Montgomery, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The new group should look at protecting consumer data and how nonprime financial consumers are treated through new regulations.

The heads of the two companies explain how the deal came about, what hurdles they face and how they plan to mash up their very different operations.

Vague criteria and potential "greenwashing" complicate sustainable investments in securitizations, new research suggests.

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2020-B Trust is a $1.06 billion asset-backed offering of bonds secured by a pool of loans made to advanced-degree graduates of medical, dental or legal universities, or MBA recipients.

Investors are reacting skeptically to the auto lender's deal to acquire CardWorks for $2.65 billion.

Over 67% of the loan balances in Sabal Capital Partners' commercial mortgage MBS deal were for apartment buildings financed through the Irvine, Calif.-based firm.

A dip in conventional mortgage refinance demand drove mortgage application volume down compared with one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.