Synchrony has a lower credit quality than most other bank sponsors of credit card securitization trusts in the U.S., but the average account balance is lower, too.

Two bank trade groups have asked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to relieve all banks from complying with its small-business lending rule until after the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether the bureau's funding is constitutional.

Verdant will service the loans underpinning the bonds, and GreatAmerica Portfolio Services Group is on the deal as primary servicer of the portfolio other than late-stage delinquent contracts.

But a Zillow economist argues that there's plenty of evidence suggesting strong GDP and job growth had more to do with the increase than what Fitch did.

Underlying loans have an average balance of $25,853, which is in line with balances on previous deals. On a weighted average (WA) basis, the deal's loan-to-value on FCAT 2023-3 was 119.4%.

The $35 million, class A-1 notes on the current deal have total initial credit enhancement of 7.50%, compared with 8.80% on the class A notes on the CRVNA 2023-P2.

The deal also has a reserve account with an initial balance of $8.0 million at closing, representing 2.0% of the initial bond balance.

Seibly, a 35-year banking industry veteran, takes over the Jacksonville, Florida, online bank now that private equity investors have purchased it from TIAA.

The mortgage company was able to move a lot closer to its goal to become a $1 trillion servicer with the expiration of the final tender offer and closing of the deal.

GOOD 2023-2 has 11.3% fewer 25-year loans, compared with the GOOD 2023-2 deal. Some of that shift went to 30-year loans, which gained 0.02% in the current pool.

The Federal Reserve is leading the push for broader, more standardized risk-capital rules, yet some of its board members, other regulators and industry groups are uncomfortable with the proposal.

The racially targeted mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022 has renewed conversations about whether banks have a duty to help segregated, impoverished communities that were shaped in part by discriminatory lending practices. What do banks owe the Black community, and what influence could they have?