Look for more providers of property assessed clean energy financing for commercial buildings to follow CleanFund and Greenworks Lending into the securitization market next year.

The agency wants more information as it conducts fair-lending exams, but conflicting statutes make writing a data collection rule difficult.

Moody's sees $10.7 billion of securitized commercial mortgages at risk, Morningstar just $1.49 billion; both say loans in Freddie Mac K-deals account for a significant portion of exposure.

The private-label card issuer has expanded into co-branded Mastercard accounts with several retailers, which have higher payment rates and fewer delinquencies than cards exclusive to partnering store chains.

Whereas most regulators appointed in the Trump administration are focused on rolling back the post-crisis framework, Nellie Liang helped create it.

A new financial technology company called Scratch is planning to use a new web-based platform along with an alternative pricing model to compete with companies that service mortgages and other consumer loans.

Net-loss and payment-rate performance for the bank's World Financial Network master trust platform has fallen short of private-label card issuer peers the last two years.

A conflict between risk retention rules and prohibitions against self-dealing were limiting options for some lenders to hold skin in the game; a no-action letter issued to Golub Capital creates a "clear path" to compliance.

Tetragon Credit Income Partners is considering a move outside its niche CLO equity investment strategy in expanding its portfolio management team.

The report from an advocacy group that focuses on college affordability says that schools need to do a better job of educating students about their eligibility for federal loans, which typically carry lower interest rates than loans from banks and other private-sector lenders.

Approximately 81.5% of the borrowers in the latest deal have more than one mortgaged property; those with three or more mortgages (with a maximum of 10) represent 45.5% of the pool and generally show considerable income and liquid reserve.

The changes mandated by the recent regulatory relief law would narrow the definition of "high-volatility commercial real estate" exposures that get a higher risk weight.