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Vervent is on the deal as the backup servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust as custodian, to help offset any risks stemming from First Help Financial's shortcomings as servicer.

Enhancement includes initial over-collateralization of 19.15% of the pool balance, which is expected to build to 27.50% of the outstanding pool balance, plus 2.00% of the initial pool balance.

The notes benefit from several credit boosters. At closing credit enhancement to the class A notes will be 21.70% of the initial pool balance, plus the pre-funding amount, and could build to 24.30% or greater.

At some point the company hopes to become a full-credit spectrum lender, so funding the Select Program is another step toward that, according to ratings analysts.

Lendbuzz appears to be on the upswing, according to KBRA. On a year-to-year basis ending in Q2 2023, originations grew 37.6%, and revenues were up 94.6% from a year ago.

The newest deal from the program could be upsized to $1.6 billion from $1.1 billion, with the structure and pool characteristics remaining the same.

The deal will be secured by payments on subprime auto loans and comes shortly after officer Jill Rockwood joined as chief financial officer.

Classes A, B, C and D have hard credit enhancement levels of 5.30%, 3.80%, 2.30% and 0.85%, respectively, higher than that of the CHAOT 2022-A.

The OCCU 2023-1 transaction will come to market as a 144a transaction, with higher levels of credit enhancement from yield supplement overcollateralization, initial hard credit enhancement and excess spread.

Subordination increased for the class A and class C notes, to 7.04% and 2.10%, respectively, from 7.00% and 1.50%. Meanwhile subordination decreased on the class B notes to 3.80%, from 4.25%.