Commercial banking

Complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have skyrocketed in the first half of 2025, due in part to an increase in payment scams generated by social media that target peer-to-peer payment platforms such as Zelle, Venmo and other apps.

Hopes that the U.S. will reach other trade deals ahead of its self-imposed Aug. 1 deadline are mounting.

A "large institutional investor" will provide funding to assist Rithm in acquiring as much as $1.5 billion worth of residential transition loans.

Sandy Kaul is head of innovation at Franklin Templeton.

Amit currently works as Vice President, Underwriting Product Management, at Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA).

With more than 24 years of management experience in various Fortune 500 Technology & Insurance companies, Amit brings global expertise in product management, AI, and risk analytics to benefit the insurance industry.

He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an Engineering degree, with majors in Electronics. He also has a certification in Intellectual Property and Global Dispute Resolution from Columbia Law School. Amit also serves as a faculty at Fu Foundation School of Engineering, Columbia University, where he teaches AI and Applied Risk Analytics.

He holds multiple granted patents in the field of AI that have direct commercial applicability in underwriting and claims optimization use cases. He also serves on multiple boards, including the ITC Advisory Board.

MMP Capital has sold securitized bonds backed by equipment before, this will be the first one secured by medical aesthetic equipment contracts

Antitrust prosecutors in New York seek to determine whether investors with an equity stake in the $1.3 trillion CLO market illegally coordinated as the underlying buyout debt was repriced.

A July pickup in activity is just a start, experts say. The banking industry's drive for scale and greater efficiency is expected to drive a renewed wave of consolidation, pushing the institution count lower.

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, 2025-3, can be upsized to $2.1 billion, and the capital structures are the same for both pool sizes.

The $2.7 billion of bonds, sold by Affinius Capital, traded as low as 81 cents on the dollar on Wednesday, a sign that investors aren't expecting to get all their money back.

Alex Tsepaev is the chief strategy officer at B2PRIME Group.