The International Finance Corp. expects to fund a landmark $65 million deal with Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank of Ceylon (CBC) in early March, said an official at the multilateral.

Loan data verification company IMARC has hired Lisa Binkley as senior director of product design and business development.

Multi-asset brokerage and clearing firm Newedge has launched its Agency Cash Management (ACM) platform, an electronic auction facility for the tri-party repo market.

Federal Reserve officials will meet Wednesday to discuss Capital One Financial Corp.'s $9 billion deal for ING Direct USA, the central bank said.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has named one of its longtime executives to head up its trust company.

After a yearlong effort to reach a multistate settlement with the top five mortgage servicers, state attorneys general and the firms involved finally appear to be close to a deal.

Moody's Investors Service in mid-January updated its rating methodology report for FFELP student loan ABS.

Optimism among market participants regarding CLO issuance in 2012 appears to have increased in the past few weeks.

Two new covered bonds from peripheral Eurozone issuers priced last week. The Italian Lender, Intesa San Paolo issued a €1.5 billion ($1.96 billion), 1.5-year unsecured bond at 295 basis points over mid swaps.

A House Financial Services subcommittee is slated to mark up a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) reform bill Tuesday that establishes a minimum annual mortgage insurance premium and extends the agency's indemnification requirements to all approved lenders.

Lloyds Bank has priced its U.K. RMBS deal from the bank's Arkle master trust.

Ford Motor Credit Co. is in the market with Ford Credit Master Owner Trust 2012-1 (FCMOT 2012-1). This deal is backed by dealer floorplan loans sponsored by Ford Credit.