The performance of U.S. credit card securitizations is continuing to improve, according to Fitch Ratings, but the asset class's ongoing health will depend significantly on what emerges from political squabbles in Washington, D.C.
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The subprime lender cited low odds that Washington will deliver further economic relief, and the fact that $1.5 billion of loans whose deferral period expired are now more than 30 days behind.
October 28
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The agency finalized a rule to determine which party in a loan sale is subject to regulatory requirements. Advocates charged that the move will help predatory lenders.
October 27
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Trepp research finds that high demand, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak, has rewarded MBS investors' faith in a sector with 'negligible' delinquency rates and healthier leverage levels among operators.
October 27
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A 2019 decision by Amy Coney Barrett, then a 7th Circuit judge, cited an earlier Supreme Court ruling suggesting a high bar for plaintiffs to claim harm. But other jurists have favored a less onerous standard.
October 27
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A booming housing market contrasts with a slow-to-improve job market, making for lopsided improvement in the number of troubled mortgages, according to numbers from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
October 26
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The company's CEO is confident that its investment portfolio is "well positioned", particularly with the mortgage servicing rights holdings of subsidiary NewRez.
October 26
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Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Oct. 16-22
October 23
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With the COVID-19 pandemic creating unprecedented challenges for small businesses, American Express has increasingly targeted its investments in that niche.
October 23
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The agency’s consolidation of supervision and enforcement policy into one office could compromise the independence of those deciding when to investigate alleged wrongdoing by banks and others, critics of the move say.
October 22
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Like previous deals, the trust will have a revolving pool of assets for up to two years, in which sponsor Cellco Partnership (doing business as Verizon Wireless) can replace paid-off agreements with new agreements that meet minimum pool standard requirements.
October 22
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Mortgage rates fell this week to another record low, and are now over a full percentage point below where they were five years ago, according to Freddie Mac.
October 22
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As of the end of July, there were more than 1 million past-due mortgages not in forbearance plans, and the majority likely would have qualified for forbearance under the CARES Act.
October 22
