Consumer ABS

In emailed research today, Standard & Poor's analysts said that year-to-date auto sales through April increased 10.3% from the same period last year.

Zipcar has renewed its ABS program with Credit Agricole. The program was first announced in May 2010 and extended in May 2011.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg will be delivering the keynote address at the American Securitization Forum's (ASF) annual meeting.

Forget credit cards or mortgages. Mike Slocum wants to offer you a loan against your new jail cell door.

GE Capital is marketing a $750 million dealer floorplan master note trust securtization that will be rated by both Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.

Santander Consumer USA is in the market with Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust (SDART) 2012-3.

The Education Finance Council (EFC) said that there are several factors to consider when examining the issue of U.S. student loan debt reaching $1 trillion.

The state of Florida signed into law a new bill designed to help protect consumers in the selling and buying of timeshare interests in the secondary market. The law will be effective on July 1.

Jules Kroll, a corporate investigations pioneer whose namesake firm once pursued hidden assets linked to dictators Saddam Hussein and Jean-Claude Duvalier, relishes the idea of chasing down the major bond rating agencies: Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings.

Nonbank trade groups are calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to narrow the definitions it will use to determine which nonbanks will be subject to federal supervision.