Donna M. Mitchell

The deal structure includes credit support from a full turbo structure. All excess cash flow will be used to repay note holders without the issuer receiving excess spread until the notes are fully repaid.

For the first time, the FIAOT shelf includes commercial vehicles originated through the SFS's Captive Program, extending vehicle financing to small business owners.

Full documentation was only applied to 2.6% of the underlying pool of mortgages. Debt-to-income, however, was 23.3% when it was applied.

Before the transaction has amortization event, principal payments will enter full turbo during the deal's first 12 months.

Some 90.3% of the loans have had a clean payment history over the past 12 months, with a 1.3% delinquency rate.

Classes A through SB will receive principal until the balance is reduced to its intended level, then tranches A1, A4, A5 and A-SB certificates will receive principal payments sequentially.

Most of the loans, 57.34%, are for cashout purposes and the entire loan pool are first-liens, and are of modest leverage, with an original cumulative loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 69.74%.

The A1A and A1B tranches, rated 'AAA' from S&P and Kroll Bond Rating Agency, are expected to pay coupons of 5.31%.

The loans were underwritten primarily to full documentation standards, including one to two years of W-2 verification, or two years of personal and business tax returns for self-employed borrowers.

The deal has a three-month prefunding period, which begins on its expected April 2 closing date, and assets transferred into the pool will be subject to concentration limits.

Regardless of whether a trigger is in place, A-1FCF will always receive principal first until that balance is reduced to zero, and then to A-1LCF until it is fully paid off.

Slated to close on March 24, the deal is Capteris' second 144A term securitization and has a stressed cumulative net loss rates ranging from 25.14% to 7.75%.

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RATE 2026-J1 has a seasoned probability of default of 6.4% and 1.3% on the 'AAA' and 'B' rating stress levels, respectively.

Borrowers' pledged currency remains held in custody and is ring-fenced. The collateral cannot be re-used to generate yield or secure any other type of financing.

FIGRE 2026-HF3 will repay noteholders on a pro rata basis but is subject to a provision that requires the deal to repay noteholders sequentially after a credit event.

Fitch notes that the pool's collateral quality is consistent with previous transactions. The current deal has a FICO score of 774 and a diverse segment and vehicle mix.

When the deal closes the indenture will be amended to allow it to issue liquidity funding notes, which will serve as a liquidity backstop to fund shortfalls in the liquidity reserve account.

All tranches have lower levels of credit enhancement, compared with the AFRMT 2026-1 transaction.

The A2 tranche in the 2026-1 series will issue the bulk of notes $765 million, with an A- rating, and a March 2031 anticipated repayment date. Its legal final maturity date.