Consumer lending

Western Benefits Group initiated contracts with student loan borrowers extracting monthly fees upfront, while claiming to negotiate debt consolidation through a supposed affiliation with the Department of Education, the CFPB said.

The number of borrowers who are at their credit limits is approaching its pre-pandemic level, and the percentage of balances that are sliding into delinquency has hit its highest rate in more than a decade, according to new research. Still, card companies are generally expressing optimism about their credit outlooks.

Yields are expected to range from 6.3% on the AAA notes to 7.4% on the BBB notes, which are priced against the three-month interpolated yield curve, and have a final schedule payment date of May 15, 2029.

Other financial regulators have been examining AI in underwriting because potential biases or otherwise faulty criteria could lead to bad outcomes, while agencies including the Federal Trade Commission are looking into non-financial companies.

Lendbuzz sells the notes as it juggles mixed performance results from 2023. Originations and revenues saw huge jumps, but so did operating expenses.

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.