California Republic Bank priced $247 million of bonds backed by subprime auto loans, according to a regulatory filing.

Although the fate of General Electric Company’s $9.2 billion of outstanding credit card securitizations will depend on how its retail exit plays out, higher credit enhancement levels are likely in the cards.

The swelling trillion-dollar student loan market is missing key data and regulations necessary to head off another financial crisis, according to Rohit Chopra, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s top official in charge of dealing with student loans.

Ally Financial plans to issue its fourth securitization of non-prime quality auto loans in 2013 via the $778 million Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-4.

Barclays said in a report on Friday that JP Morgan's payout on RMBS claims is 37% smaller than Countrywide's payout on its RMBS settlement, which is likely to raise some issues with bond investors.

A consensus of expectations among CMBS investors polled by J.P. Morgan is for new issuance to reach $90 billion in 2014.

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services has structured a $1.3 billion securitization of auto leases and Ford is in the market with a $1.4 billion securitization of auto loans.

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency plans to issue $878 million securitization of Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans.

Santander Consumer USA priced its $1 billion securitization of subprime auto loans called Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, 2013-5.

CIT Group closed an upsized, $750 million equipment lease securitization.

Another $158.6 million in asset backed bonds backed by timeshare receivables boost volumes for the asset class to $2.3 billion, according to Standard & Poor’s.

In a sign of the interest among U.S. professionals in refinancing their federal student loan debt, start-up lender Social Finance is planning its first loan securitization.