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Air Lease Corp. is making its first trip of the year to the securitization market with $344.7 million of notes backed by leases on older aircraft.

Fintech companies can help consumers and small businesses obtain credit at lower costs, but it is critical to ensure that these innovative companies do not harm borrowers with predatory or discriminatory lending practices.

A new Republican plan to streamline Dodd-Frank's capital rules, stress tests and many other requirements will be reintroduced in the coming weeks by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling.

Hertz Fleet Lease Funding has filed plans to issue a $300 million securitization backed by corporate auto and light-truck open-end leases.

Elevate Credit in Fort Worth, Texas, debuted Thursday at half the price the company had been targeting. Investors may have been spooked by the possibility of rising losses.

Three Republican senators introduced a bill this week designed to deter predatory lending practices associated with the financing and installation of energy and water efficiency upgrades.

Citigroup is underwriting two more Class A bond-issuances totaling $500 million backed by its consumer credit-card receivables, according to a presale report from Fitch Ratings.

Coordinators of a financial-industry backed blockchain project say they have successfully demonstrated that the distributed ledger technology can be used to syndication, trade and make payments on leveraged loans.

TAL International is marketing its first container securitization of the year, according to S&P Global.