Banking

The borrowers behind the $401.6 million COLT 2018-2 have weighted average liquid reserves of $426,633, or nearly twice the level of borrowers backing a deal completed in January.

Just two months ago, Comptroller Joseph Otting seemed to signal that the OCC might be open to letting national banks rent their charters to payday lenders. Now he is clarifying that it won’t happen.

The London interbank offered rate will likely be replaced by a new reference rate that critics say is better suited for the derivatives market than it is for commercial lending.

It’s not just weaker underwriting and higher household debt levels that are driving past-due rates to their highest levels in seven years.

The bill passed by the House took a more cautious approach to relief than prior legislative proposals but has still been hailed by banking industry groups.

The online lender was able to lower the credit enhancement (again) on its latest securitization of consumer installment loans, the $221.9 million Avant Loans Funding Trust 2018-A.

Senate Democrats want acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney to explain why the agency is no longer policing student loan lenders and servicers.

The post-recession boom in auto loans and credit cards for borrowers with marred credit histories has been winding down in recent months.

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney has dropped agency plans to crack down on overdraft programs and large marketplace lenders. Here's what else he's changing.

Stabilizing farm incomes are expected to help boost the performance of the sponsor's managed portfolio, which experienced a rise in 2015-2017 delinquencies, as well, according to ratings agency reports.

The London interbank offered rate has its faults, but at least it compensates for counterparty risk; not so the benchmark being touted as a replacement.

The Dallas-based lender, a unit of the global banking giant Banco Santander, was able to lower credit enhancement on the senior notes to 63.55% from 65.25% on the previous deal in February.

AmeriCredit returns to securitization for the first time since November with a $1.1 billion deal, while Flagship's $223 million deal, its second of 2018, takes a step back in collateral quality.

The senior tranche of Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 2018-2 benefits from initial credit enhancement of 51.61%, up from 49.93% in a February deal; it comes from additional subordination.

The CFPB's acting director announced new political hires and more plans to overhaul the agency in an email Wednesday.

Legal costs and legacy issues related to previous management continue to weigh on the online lender's results.

Auto lenders would be well advised to keep up their guard as states — particularly blue ones — take steps of their own to crack down on what they see as abusive practices.

The class-action lawsuit filed by investors alleged that bank executives deliberately failed to disclose the full nature of its cross-selling practices to shareholders.

While DBRS maintained a rating of AA for the Lendmark Financial's first ABS of 2018, S&P issued an A rating after estimating higher net losses on the underlying subprime accounts.

The removal of costly appraisal requirements on tens of thousands of smaller commercial properties could help community banks better compete for loans they say they have been losing to nonbank lenders.