The credit card issuer fielded questions about its fees two days after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a wide-ranging review of consumer charges. Executives said they would not take a big revenue hit even in the face of new limits.

In addition to hinting at a March rate hike, the central bank this week announced an intention to have Treasury securities make up a greater share of its holdings, which has implications for securitized home loans.

Store counts and systemwide sales could expand further, and soon; in December 2021 the company announced its intentions to acquire Del Taco for $575 million.

The asset-backed-security (ABS) market should be “largely stable” in 2022, but the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with inflation, may hurt segments of the sector, structured finance experts at Fitch Ratings said at a recent conference.

Pagaya AI Debt Trust, 2022-1, or PAID 2022-1, will be Pagaya Structure’s first publicly rated securitization.

And a recent slowdown in government-backed loan issuance is pushing average purchase amounts to another record high.

Performing and re-performing loans are in the pool, as well as fixed, adjustable-rate and step-rate loans, and fully-amortizing balloon and interest-only mortgages.

In a transaction that is expandable, Kapitus Asset Securitization will be able to periodically issue additional notes up to a maximum of $600 million.

Collateral characteristics are slightly weaker than previous deals, due to a higher proportion of loans underwritten to alternative income documentation.

Office properties account for 60.8% of the pool, above the 41.2% average for 2020 deals, and above the 36.5% average for 2021.

The debt facility from Barings is likely the largest to a Black-owned investor in the market.

The change aims to streamline the processing of certain pandemic-related loan options that accommodate lower monthly payment amounts for borrowers with long-term economic hardships.