The Jersey Mike’s quick-serve sandwich franchise is turning to whole-business securitization to refinance debt, fund expansion efforts and provide a dividend to the owners.

Moody's and Kroll have lower loss expectations for the online platform's next $380M securitization.

The Treasury secretary suggested a role for lawmakers in containing any fallout with financial contracts stemming from the transition to a new interest rate benchmark.

A report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council cited a bigger share of originations and servicing by nonbanks as a potential vulnerability in the financial system.

ACAM 2019-FL1 is a $400.27 million portfolio of commercial mortgage assets, consisting of whole loans as well as senior pari-passu participations in real estate loans or notes from 21 obligors.

According to presale reports, Ohana Real Estate Investors is sponsoring a $370 million bond sale backed by an interest-only, floating-rate loan financing its purchase of the Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif.

Wealthfront will add third-party mortgages to its investing platform, while Varo Money says robo advice and mortgages are in its long-term plans.

The notes, raised to BBB from BBB-, had been placed on watch for a possible upgrade in mid-November after the fitness chain issued $550 million in a new 2019 notes offering through the Planet Fitness Master Issuer trust.

Alternative data "may improve the speed and accuracy of credit decisions and may help firms evaluate the creditworthiness of consumers," the agencies said.

The latest deal, WFCM 2019-C54, involves 44 loans secured by 88 properties, with a heavy exposure to office (32%), multifamily (21.1%) and retail (17.9%) properties.

The agency announced changes meant to reduce compliance costs and allow some institutions to provide estimates rather than disclose exact prices for international money transfers.

According to Moody's, Ally's latest auto-loan ABS will not require the issuer to repurchase loans with modified terms or maturities.