The complaint seeks unspecified damages over the bank’s mortgage origination and underwriting practices, alleging minority homebuyers were excluded from affordable, low-risk loans.

CDFI-originated loans are not required to comply with the Ability to Repay (ATR) rules, but the mortgages included were generally made to creditworthy borrowers.

Eight middle market CLOs were under critical observation; 97% of them were upgraded and 3% were affirmed, and 14 notes under investment-grade were upgraded.

In a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the economy, Republicans reiterated their demand for more transparency from Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Biden's pick to serve as vice chairman for supervision at the Federal Reserve.

The portfolio is one of several particularly large, recent deals related to the cash-flows from mortgage payments, but it has an unusual composition.

The agreement to acquire Vantage Financial in Minnesota comes less than a year after Peoples Bank purchased North Star Leasing in Vermont.

About 58.1% of the loans are in California, while two California cities -- Los Angeles and San Diego -- make up the pool’s largest MSA concentrations.

The Fed is getting a late start as it is, say observers. Its poky pace of target rate action is setting up the markets for a rush beginning in March.

The Silicon Valley fintech expects to make $1.5 billion in auto loans this year after implementing key elements needed to achieve scale, said CEO David Girouard. The expansion comes as the automotive market continues to boom.

By the time the latest Vertical Bridge deal, Series 2022-1, closes, the issued notes will be the only ones outstanding from the VB-S1 program.

Teaming with the fintech Buy It Mobility Networks, Discover Financial Services plans to enable Automated Clearing House payments within merchant apps.

SCF 2022-1’s reserve account is funded at 1.0% of the initial aggregate discount balance (ADB), which is not amortizing.