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Despite assurances by Director Kathy Kraninger that the agency is cracking down on discrimination, it hasn't sent a Department of Justice referral on a fair-lending violation in two years.

EJF will market $328.9 million in bonds backed by a pool of TruPS, senior notes and surplus notes that have been issued by both rated and unrated community bank institutions and insurance companies.

Financial regulators’ statement cautiously encouraging lenders to go beyond traditional underwriting in their lending decisions is a big step forward for the use of alternative data and artificial intelligence, bankers say.

In the past year, companies including LendingClub Corp. have been tightening the spigot, following a revolt by investors upset over years of unexpected losses.

Freddie Mac launched a groundbreaking multifamily structured pass-through deal that includes a class of floating rate bonds indexed to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for the first time ever.

The SoFi co-founder said Figure Technologies is working with national banks to employ its distributed ledger tech for loan originations.

ReadyCap Lending Small Business Loan Trust 2019-2 is a transaction of $131.03 million in Class A notes, secured by the unguaranteed interests of a pool of 1,101 small-business loans totaling $155.25 million.

Fitch’s list of loans with growing risks of downgrades reached $110 billion in December, up 53% year-to-date.

Though details of a potential pact with China aren't clear, bankers are hoping it could convince leery customers to finally go through with delayed investments.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s asset management arm is extending a push into the $787 billion private credit market as cash pours into the asset class from yield-hungry investors.