Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg apologized for his management and temper at a House Financial Services Committee hearing that focused on his handling of the agency in the immediate aftermath of a workplace behavior report outlining serious misconduct that prevailed for years.

The number of borrowers who are at their credit limits is approaching its pre-pandemic level, and the percentage of balances that are sliding into delinquency has hit its highest rate in more than a decade, according to new research. Still, card companies are generally expressing optimism about their credit outlooks.

Stakeholders are watching carefully as the 2023 crisis and a capital proposal increase banker wariness of mortgage assets, speakers at Invisso's MBS Forum said.

As of Dec. 31, 2023, according to Moody's, the portfolio's delinquency rate was higher than the rating agency had observed in previous MBFS-sponsored transactions dating back to 2019, but it was still extremely low, at 1.46%.

Rocket Mortgage entered into an agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and will pay the consumers $65,000 to resolve the matter.

The concentration of borrowers with FICO scores below 700 decreased to 12.13% of the pool, and the contingent of managers and lead underwriters is much longer on the series 2024-A notes that it was on the series 2023-B.

The Japanese banking giant's sub foresees vibrant 2024 and expanding CLO interest from Asian investors.

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is asking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to withdraw a corporate governance guidance proposal as FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg is set to testify in Congress later this week.

The current portfolio is secured by tax liens from municipalities in eight states and Washington, D.C., that have a redemption value, or the approximate value of the outstanding liens, of about $119.6 million with an original lien rate of 12.2%.

The new Financial Stability Oversight Council report also recommends an expanded Ginnie Mae PTAP facility and an industry-funded liquidity resource.

The deal includes subordination in the form of class B notes, a rarity for whole business securitization deals.

When the Trump tax cuts expire next year, the White House will ask for higher corporate taxes and a buyback tax as Congress enters one of its biggest economic fights of the decade, which will have major implications for bankers.