Consumer lending

The pandemic has upended staffing plans, sparked concerns about servicers’ capacity to handle the expected crush of missed payments, and even raised questions about their ability to stay afloat.

Sens. Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren criticized Director Kathy Kraninger for not issuing any public enforcement actions against auto lenders during her tenure.

With small businesses feeling the financial scourge of the coronavirus, bridge loans could be the direction they turn to keep things afloat.

Banks may be protected from a direct hit, but they have invested in vehicles that include such loans, potentially exposing them to defaults.

The falling rates continue a three-year trend of improving performance across numerous commercial mortgage sectors including multifamily, office and retail.

Kathy Kraninger was grilled about whether her agency and others were doing enough to cushion consumers from the economic blow of the coronavirus crisis.

U.S. lawmakers are pushing regulators to provide room for banks to work out loans with businesses and consumers who may be affected by the coronavirus.

Following four prior securitizations of prime auto-loan originations through its Carvana Auto Receivables Trust (CRVNA), the firm will sponsor its first pool of non-prime retail used auto loans underwritten via its e-commerce platform.

Most states have some kind of pricing limit on consumer loans. But proposals for a national usury law divide even Democrats, some of whom are concerned about restricting credit.

Any impact from the coronavirus outbreak on commercial and multifamily loan delinquencies won't be known for some time, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Veros Credit received an AA rating in its 2018-1 transaction, which featured lower loan-to-value ratios and average account balances in the pool.

Debt collectors would have to tell consumers upfront that they cannot sue to recover "time-barred" debt under a proposal issued Friday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Investors are reacting skeptically to the auto lender's deal to acquire CardWorks for $2.65 billion.

The deal for Boston-based Radius would be the first in history in which an online lender buys a mainstream bank.

According to presale reports on Flagship’s $355 million auto-loan securitization, the subprime auto lender is removing the 2% collateral pool limit on loans over six years (72 months) that can be added during a three-month prefunding period for Flagship Auto Credit Trust 2020-1.

Members of the House Financial Services Committee chastised Kathy Kraninger for not supervising student loan servicers and failing to examine firms for compliance with the Military Lending Act.

Think Finance, which had teamed with tribal lenders to offer high interest installment loans, could no longer make or collect on loans in states that have caps on interest rates, under terms of a proposed settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The two agencies said they will exchange student loan complaint data after their information-sharing efforts had been in limbo for over two years.

Toyota Motor Credit Co. is sponsoring a $1.25 billion loan-backed transaction (potentially upsized to $1.75 billion), while regional Toyota captive finance lender World Omni Finance Corp. is sponsoring an auto-lease deal at either $766.5 million or $962.9 million.

Mortgages, auto loans and credit cards should perform well for the next two quarters. Beyond that, all bets are off.