Consumer ABS

JPMorgan Feels ‘Modest’ Pinch from Venture into Subprime Cards

Over the past year JPMorgan Chase has rapidly expanded its credit card business, in part by attracting new customers with spotty credit histories; But rest assured that the company is only dipping its toe into the pool of subprime borrowers, says Gordon Smith, chief executive of JPMorgan's consumer and community bank

Mizuho Affiliate Plans $362.2M U.S. Auto ABS

Orico (or Oriental Corp.), a Japanese finance company partly owned by Mizuho Financial Group, is structuring a $362.2 million asset-backed portfolio of U.S. dollar denominated notes backed by yen-denominated prime auto loans issued to individual and corporate borrowers in Japan