The bureau's director, Kathy Kraninger, faced a barrage of criticism from Senate Democrats on the agency's lack of enforcement actions, a reversal on Military Lending Act examinations and changes to the payday loans rule.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association approved changes to its good delivery guidelines that ease the path to the government-sponsored enterprises issuing uniform mortgage-backed securities starting on June 3.

Nearly half of the collateral for the $268 million Bunker Hill Loan Depositary Trust 2019-1 is secured by investor properties.

The Blackstone-backed company obtained a $530 million mortgage from Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase secured by 18 industrial cold storage facilities.

Nick Robinson, a 15-year Milbank veteran in advising CLO arrangers, managers and investors, joins as a partner in the New York office of the London-based firm.

The 2020 budget would add the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and FSOC to congressional appropriations, charge lenders for FHA upgrades and require universities to have skin in the game on student loans.

With an expected March 20 closing, BMW's next lease securitization brings first-quarter deal volume to $6.5 billion, the highest three-month total in four years.

While S&P expects higher net losses to over a five-year span, Kroll believes stricter reinvestment criteria for the extended revolving period can reduce them.

Mark Calabria, who could be confirmed as early as this month, is expected to focus on changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservatorships to let the mortgage giants keep more of their profits.

The online lender is taking advantage of the cheaper funding this could provide to refinance a $610 million facility that does not expire for another year.

Ginnie Mae could limit how much servicing income mortgage lenders can sell off through a transaction if they don't establish a minimum 25-basis-point spread at the portfolio level by next year.

The upstart lenders have been chipping away at credit cards’ consumer-lending dominance by offering fixed-rate loans with predictable repayment plans. Now the card giants are fighting back.