Canada

Canada proposes tougher bank capital rules on extended mortgages

Canada’s banking regulator is proposing to make it more costly for lenders to accommodate mortgage borrowers who stretch out their loans in an effort to limit housing-market risks in the financial system. Lenders would have to hold more capital against mortgages that are in “negative amortization” — that is, in which the monthly payments are […]

Non-prime lender Goeasy to boost facility ahead of ABS debut

Goeasy would join the likes of Canadian non-prime lender Fairstone Financial Inc., which sold its inaugural ABS transaction in 2019. Also that year, Home Capital Group Inc. priced the first deal pooling non-prime Canadian home loans since 2007.