Consumer ABS

Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA) is in the market with its SLABS series 2011-1 worth $579 million. Fitch Ratings has assigned provisional ratings of 'AAA' to the student loan deal.

Citibank (Dakota) N.A. wants to buy $4.84 billion worth of the Class A notes issued by the Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (CCCIT).

After making several securitization hires and underscoring the expansion of its securitized products origination (SPO) group, Barclays Capital has hired Jonathan Wu from JPMorgan Securities. Please see link for details of Barclays' previous hires.

As the government builds a new regime for writing consumer protection rules, an existing bank regulator has put a twist on enforcing them.

Thriving in home loans is a tall order these days, but executives at Discover Financial Services sought to make the case Friday why the timing is right for their purchase of Tree.com Inc.'s mortgage origination unit.

The House Financial Services Committee late last week approved several bills to restructure the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and curb its powers until the agency’s first director is confirmed by the Senate.

American Honda Finance Corp. (AHFC) is in the market with Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust 2011-2 deal.

Discover Financial Services is buying the assets of Tree.com's mortgage origination subsidiary, Home Loan Center, for $55.9 million.

Healthcare Finance Group is in the market with $93 million of healthcare receivables-backed notes. The Series 2011-1 notes are being issued in anticipation of the expected maturity in June 2011 of the issuer’s Series 2006-1 notes, according to a Moody's Investors Service presale report.

In the newest edition of Moody's Investors Service Auto Navigator publication, the rating agency highlighted the unique characteristics of Ford Motor Credit Co.'s ABS deal launched in mid-April called Ford Upgrade Exchange Linked Notes Series 2011-1 (FUEL notes).