Commercial lending

It's the first time any of the rating agencies has assigned an AAA for any securitization of consumer loans by a marketplace lender.

The Federal Reserve is getting more concerned about risks from the leveraged loan market, with a key official saying it's now taking a "closer look" at whether banks are chasing deals without adequately protecting themselves against losses.

The $286.4 million deal is an important test for Upgrade, which has raised $142 million of equity over the past two years but has yet to turn a profit.

ODX will pursue deals with banks that want to use the New York lender’s technology to offer online small-business loans.

The transaction's note size is to be determined, but is backed by €750M in lease-backed receivables, compared to €1.5 billion in VW's most recent German lease ABS in May.

The deal benefits from lower credit enhancement requirements after pooling higher FICOs and more seasoned contracts; but residual values continue to decline for the German automaker.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration sent letters Wednesday to 20 nonbank lenders that charge triple-digit annual percentage rates to try to determine if their use of online referrals is steering borrowers into larger loans than they want or need.

The House of Representatives passed two bills that would tie appraisal waivers for Small Business Administration loans to bank rules for commercial real estate loans, despite objections from the Appraisal Institute about its members being cut out of transactions.

The bank seeks to answer the threat posed by disruptors with quick online loans and a card that rewards small businesses for more kinds of spending.

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

The legislation, which creates new disclosure standards for financing costs, could hamstring commercial lenders that offer revolving credit facilities.

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.

The captive-finance lenders will be the leading issuers of U.S. auto lease-backed securitizations in 2017 at the close of their latest deals launched this week.

The nation's fifth-largest bank on Monday rolled out a three-month consumer loan that is far less expensive than the typical payday loan. The move comes as regulators are encouraging banks to reach out to the subprime market, which they largely abandoned.

More than 88% of contracts in the $800 million transaction have terms of less than 40 months; Fitch points to the increased the use of subvention at Toyota dealerships.

The LendingClub founder responded to being booted from his company by starting a new one with involvement from former investors — and a loan buyer he had supposedly wronged.

The agency said the market for larger rental investors may not need additional liquidity from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., released a survey of lending practices that he said point to practices such as forced arbitration clauses and extracting a customer’s credit score to determine creditworthiness.

Partly for this reason, Kroll expects losses on the transaction, PMIT 2018-2, to reach just 12.4% over the life of the deal, down from 13.4% for the previous transaction.

It bothered Jeannie Tarkenton, founder of Funding University, that too many kids from lower-income families didn't graduate because they lacked just a few thousand dollars and couldn't get a loan.