During this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, officials voted to lower the cap on the amount of Treasury securities that can roll off the central bank's books each month from $60 billion to $25 billion.

House Republicans held a subcommittee hearing on reforming bank merger M&A, laying the groundwork to counter Biden administration efforts to make it more difficult for mergers to be approved.

The fixed, tax-exempt notes have about 137.5% in expected senior bond parity and 124.1% in subordinate bond parity levels.

Moody's took note of several credit strengths in the portfolio, including that on a weighted average (WA) basis, the contracts have a weighted average FICO score of 767 and only a point higher for the upsized pool.

Plaintiffs seeking class certification claim the bank uses an underwriting system that discriminates against minority mortgage applicants.

Consolidation has slowed since the pandemic, but UMB's agreement to buy Heartland Financial — the largest deal in three years — is one of several merger announcements in the past two weeks. Talks among other potential buyers and sellers are said to be picking up.

Used cars make up virtually American Credit Acceptance entire collateral pool, and while observers said recoveries in this asset group have been lower, the pool includes a higher percentage of better performing called collateral.

The company's attorneys had previously managed to successfully decertify the class in the seven-year long case, but the decision was reversed last year.

Banks and other financial market participants have been keyed into the central bank's communications around monetary policy expectations. But in an unpredictable economy, the guidance doesn't always hit the mark.

Only tangible, high-value works of art or collectible items will be allowed in the Sotheby's ArtFi Master Trust asset pool, and Sotheby's Financial Services eschews originating loans funded by NFTs or other intangible assets.

As banks retreat from the residential mortgage loan market, more private credit investors are embracing non-agency, non-QM financing to provide liquidity—and reap rewards.

The Philadelphia-based bank's parent company, Republic First Bancshares, had been roiled by a yearslong proxy battle involving activist investors groups and its former CEO.