Barclays analysts believe the regulators will find it hard to ignore a call last week by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE) to ease the rules governing securitization activity in Europe.

Mitsubishi Motors is planning a $215.1 million auto loan securitization, according to a presale report published by Standard & Poor’s.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has lowered its mortgage origination forecast again and it looks like 2014 could be the slowest year for the industry in 14 years.

Coldwater Creek’s plan to close its doors by early summer should have minimal impact on CMBS performance; however the retailer is a top tenant in three conduit loans.

Kubota Credit Corp. is marketing its first-ever term securitization, a $300 million transaction backed by agricultural, construction and turf equipment loans.

Santander Consumer USA is preparing its second subprime auto loan securitization of the year, according to a regulatory filing.

The pipeline of new collateralized loan obligations increased over the past week to $17.14 billion from $15.83 billion the previous week, according to Standard & Poor’s.

CARAT 2014-1 is Ally Financial’s sixth public transaction under the CARAT program since the financial crisis, according to presale report published by Moody’s Investors Service.

A new public-private partnership including Citigroup and the Pennsylvania Treasury Department and U.S. Department of Energy will tap the securitization market to provide more affordable home energy loan financing across the U.S.

A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal Thursday to reauthorize and extend the country's terrorism risk insurance program, which is expected to be taken up by the Banking Committee in coming weeks.

Chase Bank upsized the 2014-A credit card securitization to $925 million from $500 million. The deal priced on Wednesday.

World Omni Financial plans an $849 million securitization of auto loans from its World Omni Auto Receivables Trust program.