The San Francisco company forecast a modest profit in the third quarter because its cost-cutting plans are ahead of schedule. It's also starting a program to sell riskier loans to sophisticated investors.

The Upstart Network, the first and only startup to participate in the bureau’s program for promising digital platforms, claims that using nontraditional credit data items has helped loan volume and affordability.

The Atlanta fintech, whose shares have plummeted since it went public last year, also said it will stop providing financial guidance to its investors.

Steeper rate declines contributed to a deeper quarterly net loss at Ocwen Financial, forcing it to extend its timeline for returning to profitability.

The deal coincides with that of another first-time whole-biz issuer this week, Primrose School Franchising Co. Primrose is marketing the franchise fees and revenues of its chain of early childhood education and day care centers.

A gradual approach would help the market absorb loans affected by the government-sponsored enterprises' expiring qualified mortgage exemption, a Redwood Trust executive told analysts during a recent earnings call.

Primrose School Franchising Co. is marketing $275 million in bonds backed by a whole-business securitization of royalties and revenues from the firm’s rapidly expanding 405-school franchised network of early childhood/pre-K education and day care centers.

Though the use of alternative data in lending is seen by some as untested, several fintechs say they couldn't function without it.

PIMCO is resecuritizing a large swathe of mostly non-qualified home loans that were previously bundled in 2016-2017 mortgage-backed securities, according to presale reports.

Many in the industry say releasing GSE-backed loans from stringent underwriting rules has helped the housing market recover, but a new level of regulatory burden could reverse those gains.

“Buy here, pay here” auto lender Byrider’s improvements in recent ABS collateral performance and operational servicing changes are gaining favor with ratings analysts.

According to Covenant Review, HPS Investment Partners is among the first CLO managers to plan on the use of a forward-looking SOFR term rate to price coupons if Libor benchmark rates disappear after 2021, as expected.