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The regional bank has already seen a large reduction in "criticized" loans, and it expects that trend to pick up as lower borrowing costs alleviate the pain in the commercial real estate sector.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr outlined the changes he and other regulators would like to see to the capital reform plan, including largely excluding banks with less than $250 billion of assets.

On a cumulative basis, Moody's expects the asset pool to have a net loss of 1.25%, down from 1.50% in the prior deal.

The notes benefit from total initial hard credit enhancement that represents 8.0% of the pool balance on the class A notes. Classes B, C, D and N benefit from credit enhancement levels representing 5.40%, 2.20%, 0.50% and 0.25%, respectively.

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said the central bank should lower its target interest rate now and execute a series of cuts in months ahead.

The Minneapolis-based banking giant is enjoying its biggest year ever for 7(a) lending, with volume up 40%, as borrowers "are still coming to us," its SBA chief said.

As corporate treasurers use the debt reorganization technique to head off disruptive defaults and bankruptcies, lenders seek more blockers and cooperation agreements to mitigate risks.

Affirm Asset Securitization benefits from overcollateralization in several forms. Target overcollateralization during the revolving period will equal 2.65% of the initial adjusted pool balance.

Since 2019, the portfolio has recorded five defaults—driven by bankruptcies—and each was resolved with a 100% recovery rate, Fitch said.

Recent rate movements have failed to result in significant purchase growth, but refinances are providing lenders some lift.

Purchases managed a small rise, but refinance activity held steady, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The transaction has a nine-month revolving period. All of the leases are closed end, where the issuer bears the residual value risk, and more of them can be added during that period.

The concentration of electric vehicles also reached 17.8%, an increase from 15.3% in the 2024-B deal.

It is the third deal from the WOART program for the year, and could be upsized to $1.2 billion.

Total initial credit enhancement includes over-collateralization representing 8.95% of the initial pool balance, which is expected to build to a targeted level of 13.95%.

Among the credit challenges, is the lack of amortization on the loans, and the loans are heavily concentrated among states and MSAs.

"Fed watchers will be parsing Powell's comments for signs that a 50bp rate cut is on the table for September," noted Lauren Saidel-Baker, an economist with ITR Economics. "However, the notoriously tight-lipped chair is unlikely to confirm this, making a 25bp cut the most likely outcome."

The number of leveraged positions in Treasury futures has risen to an all-time high ahead of the central bank's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Four companies are fighting CFPB enforcement actions by claiming the agency cannot be funded by the Federal Reserve, which has not been profitable since 2022. The consumer bureau calls the new legal theory "meritless."

FCI Funding 2024-1 has an additional tax liens account that can purchase up to $23 million of qualified assets on or prior to the second anniversary of the deal's closing date, while the subsequent tax lien account will be funded to $5 million for use during the reinvestment period.