Consumer ABS

Discover to Issue $750M Credit Card ABS

Discover Card Master Trust (DCMT) 1 is issuing a pool of $500 Million DiscoverSeries Class A notes (2016-2) and a $250 million Class A notes (2016-3), according to a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Four Issuers Launch $2.5B Auto Loan ABS Pile Up

Consumer Portfolio Services, American Credit Acceptance, Santander Consumer, and CarMax launched four securitizations of subprime loans (CPS and ACA), prime loans (CarMax), and in the case of Santander’s Chrysler Capital, something in between.

VW Diesel Woes Apparently Mitigated in New Lease ABS

Volkswagen AG’s latest auto lease securitization in Europe appears to show the automaker is making progress to repair nearly 11 million vehicles – and maintain its past solid quality securitization performance – in the wake of its diesel-engine emissions testing scandal that broke last September.

Get to Know Your Subprime Auto Lenders

There’s no doubt that competition is spurring subprime auto lenders to stretch their underwriting guidelines for new customers, which could lead to another bust. In February, 5.16% of securitized subprime auto loans were at least 60 days past due, according to Fitch Ratings. That slightly exceeded the level of late payments at the height of the Great Recession. Here’s a guide to who’s doing what.

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