The partnership with Hallows HalseyPoint to step up the pace of recruitment of analysts and traders and open a warehouse line for loan accumulation by the end of May.

Personal loan balances hit an all-time high in 2018, while fintech lenders widened their market share lead over banks and credit unions, according to new data from TransUnion.

Some 35% of vehicles backing Driver UK Master Compartment 5 have diesel engines; presale reports do not indicate the percentage that meet more stringent EU emission standards.

The company disclosed that it paid $146 million for servicing rights associated with $13 billion in mortgages.

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust obtained a $650 million, 10-year fixed-rate mortgage on the portfolio from four banks; a $390 portion is being securitized in a single-borrower deal.

The $291 million Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2019-1 is significantly smaller then the sponsor's inaugural deal, which weighed in at $1.25 billion and was completed in April 2018.

OHA Credit Funding 2 offers nine classes of fixed- and floating-rate notes backed by corporate senior loans, including a rare tranche of single-B rated notes.

Amid widespread concern about their exposure to leveraged lending, the debt rating agency says banks have sufficient earnings and capital cushions to continue investing in the sector.

New Residential priced its second stock offering in four months, looking for gross proceeds of nearly $665 million.

SmartStop Asset Management is tapping the securitization market to help finance the $350 merger of two real estate investment trusts that it manages, cashing out $56 million of equity in the process.

While student, auto and credit card balances are at or near record levels, housing debt is shrinking, credit quality is weakening a bit and lending standards, at least in some sectors, are tightening.

The online consumer lender trimmed its losses in the fourth quarter and says an adjusted, non-GAAP metric suggests it's on the path to getting out of the red later this year.