Consumer lending

Net charge-offs at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank increased by more than 80% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier. BofA executives say that the rising losses were in line with the bank's risk appetite.

The current levels of credit enhancement are a reduction from levels of 58.0%, 48.7%, 35.9%, 22.5% and 17% on the classes A, B, C, D and E on the BLAST 2024-1 deal.

A solid majority of decision-makers at these companies expect to expand their workforces again this year, a Citizens Financial survey found. Loan losses are normally low in eras of economic expansion.

The collateral pool has 2,701 loans, which have a WA original term of 91 months, and an average balance of $76,737, and an average rate of 17.26%.

Initial overcollateralization is 11.3%, up from 8.50% of the initial collateral pool balance. Aside from that adjustment, target overcollateralization is 22.45%, compared to 13.00% on Westlake 2023-4 deal.

American Honda Finance Corp., the financing division of carmaker Honda, says that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent it a "civil investigative demand" connected to the "furnishing of credit reporting information on consumer accounts."

Issuance has been scant since DRIVE 2021-3 closed in November 2021. A lack of comparison deals from recent years makes it more difficult to forecast losses.

Car loan delinquencies are worsening across all age groups and income levels, as high interest rates and elevated car prices take a toll, according to the New York Fed. But executives at some large auto lenders remain relatively confident about their customers' ability to stay afloat.

With tougher capital requirements looming, a number of regionals including U.S. Bancorp, Huntington and Santander are using these new instruments to share risk with nonbank investors and lighten their capital load. Experts point out the pros and cons.

The transaction, secured by non-prime consumer loans, has a three-year revolving period with initial credit enhancement of 41.15% on the class A notes.

The private student loan market is in flux after one major lender, Discover Financial Services, said it's leaving the sector. Sallie Mae is gearing up to compete for that business, much as it did when Wells Fargo pulled up stakes in 2020.

The private equity firm Caryle is buying a $415 million student loan portfolio from Truist Financial. It's also investing in a nonbank student lender called Monogram that works with banks and credit unions.

As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, Patriot Bank must invest more than $1 million of the total in a loan subsidy fund for minority homeowners and take other corrective steps in its everyday business. The bank denied any wrongdoing.

The delinquency rate that Kroll Bond Rating Agency tracks improved last month but JER's recent Chapter 11 filing and 2024 forecasts suggest it's still under pressure.

COVID-19 largesse enabled subprime borrowers to pay down debt and boost credit scores. Then interest rates rocketed up in 2022, and new subprime auto borrowers felt the pinch.

Funding pressures moderated in recent months, but loan charge-offs climbed. With festering concerns about a vulnerable economy, the potential for elevated credits costs could loom large over the upcoming bank earnings season.

Classes A, B, C, D, E, and F have initial credit enhancement levels of 67.25%, 49.00%, 33.50%, 17.90%, 8.55% and 1.50%, respectively.

The lawsuit accuses Navy Federal of violating the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act after a CNN report that the lender approved a lower percentage of Black and Latino mortgage applicants.

Loans had a FICO score of 753 on a WA basis, an original term of 87 months, an average original balance of about $16,249 and a WA annual percentage rate of about 11.43%.

Decreasing availability of jumbo and non-QM products accounted for most of November's pullback, as other types of loan offerings saw minimal changes, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.