Commercial lending

Blooma has developed a software product that combs databases to create property profiles for commercial real estate lenders. It can drastically cut origination costs and approval times and help banks identify safer loans, the company says.

The tech-driven asset management firm announced it had closed a $115 million asset-backed securities deal led by Cantor Fitzgerald, with unsecured consumer loans acquired from Prosper Marketplace.

The LendingPoint 2019-1 trust will market $169.4 million in notes backed by 18,760 loans with a collective balance of $178.3 million.

The LendingClubs and SoFis of the world have a big head start, but HSBC's U.S. unit says its partnership with the fintech Avant will help it close the gap in online personal loans.

Behind strong job markets, the shortage in housing supply and more millennials moving out, 2019 projects to be a record year for multifamily originations.

The increases are mostly at the junior debt levels of deals, according to the Refinitiv research unit.

Online consumer lender Upgrade Inc. is including more higher-credit tier borrowers in its next securitization, reflecting the company’s focus this year on reducing lending to non-prime credit segments.

President Trump is expected to sign legislation soon that would expand the number of farmers who could file under the more lenient Chapter 12. Ag lenders are worried because farm bankruptcies recently rose and the trade war with China could worsen.

Regional Toyota captive finance lender World Omni has its highest-ever average FICO for a securitization of prime auto-lease receivables. But it also is pooling a portfolio of contracts that have a highly concentrated mix of lease maturities.

Fresh data from the Fed, FDIC and Bank of England shows that, directly or indirectly, banks are taking on more leveraged loans. But whether this puts their loan and securities portfolios at risk remains open for debate.