Tagged: securitization

December 22, 2015 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DRB, a bank and marketplace lender that has reached $1 billion in student loan refinancings, announced this week that it has closed its fourth securitization. This securitization brings total issuance in excess of $928.2 million. The $332.5 million in senior notes were rated A2 to… Read More

November 23, 2015 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Moody’s assigned definitive rates to the  SoFi Professional Loan Program (2015-D).  According to Moody’s, approximately $536 million in asset backed securities were rated. The securities are backed by student loans.  Moody’s said cumulative expected net loss for the loan pool was about 4.7%. The rating… Read More

November 15, 2015 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global bank Santander has halted, at least temporarily, its intent to securitize $1 billion in marketplace lending loans. According to a report in Asset-Backed, this will back out an agreement to purchase loans from the largest domestic marketplace lending platform Lending Club.  Apparently Santander is… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi, a marketplace lender, announced it has priced a securitization of $417.6 million in refinanced student loans. It also announced SoFi was considered the first fintech company to receive an “AAA” rating from DBRS and an “AA2” from Moody’s for the senior notes, which equaled $387.3 million. Nino Fanlo, SoFi CFO/COO,… Read More

July 19, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Direct lender Balboa Capital has completed a securitization in the amount of $230 million. This is the company’s 3rd term securitization and its largest ever.  Balboa, a privately held company, mainly focuses on equipment lease loans and loan backed notes.  According to Balboa, these notes… Read More

June 25, 2015 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Direct lender CommonBond has completed its first securitization backed by graduate student loans.  The $100 million securitization received investment grade ratings from both Moody’s and DBRS of Baa2 and A (high) respectively.  Morgan Stanley served as lead underwriter and sole manager for the transaction. White… Read More

June 11, 2015 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Receives “Investment Grade” Rating from Moody’s & DBRS It was not that long ago that ratings agencies looked askance at marketplace lending platforms.  Yesterday CommonBond, a marketplace lending platform that targets the student loan refinancing space, received a solid review from both Moody’s and DBRS.  Moody’s delivered… Read More

June 10, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Largest and Highest Rated Marketplace Securitization to Date Brings Total Issuance In Excess of $1.55 Billion SoFi, a young marketplace lending platform, has closed a $411.9 million securitization of refinanced student loans. Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and DBRS gave the highest rated senior notes Aa2/A/AA (high) respectively. SoFi is the largest… Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 9:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to Peer Lending Platform Achieves “A” Rating from S&P and “A2” from Moody’s Social Finance or “SoFi”, a leader in P2P or marketplace lending, today closed a $303 million+ securitization of refinanced student loans for graduate borrowers. The senior notes were rated “A” by… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 10:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, peer-to-peer lender SoFi, a San Francisco startup, has received a landmark rating on the senior portion of a $270 million P2P deal. S&P and DBRS have assigned a single A rating according to the FT. Mike Cagney, CEO of SoFi was… Read More