Executives from Ally Financial and Santander Consumer USA gave rosy outlooks about 2019 consumer trends, while other banks that rely less heavily on car lending offered more cautious appraisals.

The Senate Banking Committee chairman released an outline for overhauling the U.S. housing finance system more than 10 years after the government put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship.

Lenders are glad the agency worked swiftly through a backlog of paperwork, but they're worried funds will get cut off if the government closes again.

The new unit will be based in Charlotte, N.C., and led by Bo Weatherly; it will provide warehouse lines of credit to nonbank consumer and commercial lenders; it will also provide underwriting services.

The three offerings launched Thursday add to the $3.9 billion of prime auto supply already issued this year by General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and CarMax.

At least 25 business development companies have obtained board approval to increase leverage in line with a new regulatory limit, but most are subject to a one-year cooling-off period, according to DBRS.

Both lenders are boosting originations to borrowers with near-prime loans, though the impact on the overall credit quality of the collateral for their deals is slight.

The agency's acting director said he welcomes lawmakers' “insight and perspective” on how to end the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Ginnie Mae has restricted loanDepot's ability to securitize Veterans Affairs mortgages because of apparent churning of recent originations.

The loan used as collateral is part of $410 million of financing the sponsor obtained from Societe Generale to refinance the redevelopment of a 10-story mixed-use building on Eleventh Avenue in Manhattan.

At least 50% of the U.S. dollar-denominated fund's investments will be in triple-B tranches of U.S. and European CLOs.

Fixing the housing finance system is "the last piece of unaddressed business from the financial crisis," according to a summary of to-do items released by the Banking Committee's chairman.