The security driving the revenue to the bonds is a tariff on customers' monthly bills, in line with the "U.S. Utility Tariff/Stranded Cost Bonds Rating Criteria."

Persistent inflation concerns drove the 30-year average up 41 basis points this month.

Auto title lender TitleMax was ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay a $10 million fine and $5 million in restitution for overcharging servicemembers and altering their personal information to avoid detection.

CRVNA 2023-1's collateral pool has a non-zero FICO score of 705, interest rate of 11.83%, original term of 72 months and remaining term of 70 months.

Among DataBank 2023-1's enhancement features is a turbo principal amortization mechanism that kicks in after the notes' anticipated repayment date.

Volumes fell 18% compared to the previous week, while refinance activity also pulled back.

The transaction, secured almost entirely by installment loans on new vehicles, can be upsized to $1.6 billion, and notes will be priced over the I-curve.

One potentially positive credit aspect includes consistently low delinquencies and net losses, and recent geopolitical events have played a part.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked the high court to overrule a lower-court decision that threatens its funding structure. The justices didn't accept the case on Tuesday, but experts say it could still make the cut in the coming week.

Applying blockchain technology to ABS is making progress, but cryptocurrency debacles are slowing a further rollout

While debt outstanding and performance issues are up, and new securitizations are down as expected, only auto ABS showed early signs of issuance growth.

Expected lifetime cumulative net loss is 9.25%, while higher note coupons, only partially offset by higher collateral interest rates, cut excess spread to 5.44%.