The epic battle of state regulators versus federal agencies for the right to regulate online financial services shows no sign of ending soon. In 2019, a federal New York district judge found that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) lacks the authority to grant non-depository fintechs special purpose charters. Such charters would enable fintechs providing online financial services...
Last week, I moderated a panel on valuation and trends in student loan securitizations and the secondary market at the iiBig Virtual Education Finance & Loan Symposium. Below are some insights from me and my fellow panelists: Ian Rasmussen, Senior Director, ABS, at Fitch Ratings; Mark Weadick, Managing Director at SL Capital Strategies LLC; and Melvin Zhou, Director, ABS Consumer at Kroll Bond...
Joseph Cioffi was quoted in a GlobalCapital article, "Chip Shortage, Virus Working in Favour of Auto ABS for Now.”
It’s a change of seasons like no other before it. The weather is turning, vaccines are rolling, stimulus is arriving and maybe best of all, Hollywood is luring audiences back to movie theaters to watch titans collide above cities on the biggest screen possible. Down here on the ground, a new administration and an evolving regulatory landscape could bring titanic change to subprime auto. It’s...
Joseph Cioffi was interviewed for a ConsumerFi podcast, "Credit Chronometer Update with Joe Cioffi of Davis+Gilbert."
Joseph Cioffi was quoted in a Bloomberg article, "Canceled Student Loans May Be Boon for Bonds.”
With a full plate of health, safety and security priorities on the table and the challenge served up by a deeply divided Congress, the prospects are dim for substantial student loan forgiveness in the early stage of the Biden/Harris Administration. Still, we anticipate the White House will try to find meaningful ways to reform a space that has become a progressive lightning rod. Any significant...
