A new financial technology company called Scratch is planning to use a new web-based platform along with an alternative pricing model to compete with companies that service mortgages and other consumer loans.

Net-loss and payment-rate performance for the bank's World Financial Network master trust platform has fallen short of private-label card issuer peers the last two years.

A conflict between risk retention rules and prohibitions against self-dealing were limiting options for some lenders to hold skin in the game; a no-action letter issued to Golub Capital creates a "clear path" to compliance.

Tetragon Credit Income Partners is considering a move outside its niche CLO equity investment strategy in expanding its portfolio management team.

The report from an advocacy group that focuses on college affordability says that schools need to do a better job of educating students about their eligibility for federal loans, which typically carry lower interest rates than loans from banks and other private-sector lenders.

Approximately 81.5% of the borrowers in the latest deal have more than one mortgaged property; those with three or more mortgages (with a maximum of 10) represent 45.5% of the pool and generally show considerable income and liquid reserve.

The changes mandated by the recent regulatory relief law would narrow the definition of "high-volatility commercial real estate" exposures that get a higher risk weight.

The sponsor acquired all three, Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Ala., Columbiana Centre in Columbia, S.C.. and Apache Mall in Rochester, Minn., through its purchase of GGB Nimbus in August.

Progress 2018-SFR3 is backed by 3,459 single-family homes, of which 3,418 homes (98.8% by broker price opinion) were previously securitized in 2016. And 1,492 of those properties (44.4%) were first securitized in 2014.

The Boston-based firm has refinanced two existing deals within the last 10 months, but hasn't printed a new deal since October 2015, well before U.S. risk retention rules took effect.

LoanDepot's CEO Anthony Hsieh delivered a bracing message to mortgage lenders on Monday — strong new competitors are coming into this market, so they need to expand their offerings.

The transaction was launched in early June, just as concerns about a trade war were starting to take a toll on commodities prices.