As concerns mount about the riskier loans being packaged into commercial mortgage backeds, several banks have come up with a new strategy for making deals more attractive to investors. They are boosting exposure to both high quality and highly leveraged mortgages.

Realty Finance Trust, a commercial mortgage real estate investment trust, is tapping the securitization market with bonds backed by short-term, commercial mortgage loans.

The government appears to be speeding toward establishing uniform standards for student loan servicers in light of reports of pervasive problems in the administration of both private and federal loans.

The criticism of a regulatory proposal to tighten Federal Home Loan Bank membership criteria is not abating.

Newtek Business Services Corp., a completed the securitization of $40.8 million of the unguaranteed portion of loans made under the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) program.

Fifth Third Bank must pay a total of more than $21 million to settle separate claims by the federal government that the bank's indirect auto-loan business discriminated against African-Americans and that the bank deceptively signed up customers for a credit card add-on product.

Freddie Mac has taken out another reinsurance policy that transfers the risk that mortgages it insures will default.

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch's latest transaction to be issued from the MSBAM 2015 trust includes a large number of high leverage loans in the collateral pool.

The inside story of the consumer finance protection bureau's battle over auto lending

Issuance totals for ABS, MBS and CMBS for the year through Sept. 25, 2015.

Asset backed securities that priced in the two weeks ended Sept. 25, 2015.

Synchrony Financial is marketing two offerings of notes backed by credit card receivables through its Synchrony Credit Card Master Trust.