Intrust Bank has agreed to purchase $20 million worth of Funding Circle's small-business loans in what could just be the beginning of a long-term relationship.

Merchants have been challenging surcharge bans in numerous states on free-speech grounds. They have the wind at their backs following another court victory on Wednesday.

The loans used as collateral were originated by a consortium of lenders in The Netherlands: ABN AMRO, ABN AMRO Hypotheken Groep, MoneYou B.V., Oosteroever Hypotheken B.V. and Quion 9 B.V.

Navient and Nelnet avoided downgrades on $19.5 billion of bonds with the help of recent technological innovations; this helped restore investor confidence, allowing them to resume issuance.

The Trepp CMBS Delinquency Rate ended the year at 4.89%, a decrease of 29 basis points from the November level. That’s the largest monthly drop since January 2016.

With ideal macroeconomic fundamentals of economic growth and low interest rates still in place, S&P Global sees no reason for issuance to slow in 2018.

Carlyle has raised an additional $800 million for "opportunistic" debt and equity investments of third-party CLOs, in a planned expansion of its $19.4B in structured credit business assets under management.

What helped to grow the market in 2017, even as foot traffic declined and same-store sales growth slowed across the quick serve dining industry, were structural innovations that widened the investor base.

Some commercial buildings that are not required to obtain earthquake insurance may still be susceptible to significant structural damage that could put the borrowers at risk of default, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Startups that have developed the technology for real estate finance are starting to conduct a broader array of transactions, including property sales.

Fannie Mae's serious delinquency rate climbed to a high not seen since March 2017, but remained lower than it was 12 months prior.

Facing increasing concerns about consumer protections, the Property Assessed Clean Energy industry is embracing the kinds of underwriting and disclosure standards more commonly associated with residential mortgages.