The platform announced their latest securitization which is a $233.75 million deal; provisional ratings of AAA were given by both Moody’s and DBRS; this is CommonBond’s sixth transaction and they have now securitized a total of $1.22 billion in loans. Source
CommonBond has created a March Debtness bracket to look at the payoff rates of this year's March Madness basketball teams; the bracket identifies the time it takes for students to pay off their student loans; UCLA is CommonBond's current March Madness winner with the fastest payoff rate at 4.42 years. Source
CommonBond closed their fifth and largest securitization which contained $248 million of refinanced student loans; the senior tranches were rated by Moody’s, S&P and DBRS and received ratings of Aa2, AA and AA (high) respectively; the deal was four times oversubscribed; according to David Klein, CommonBond CEO and co-founder, “Investor demand for CommonBond paper has never been greater. The strong market reception is a reflection of our pristine credit quality, continued ratings progression, and track record of consistent results. As a programmatic issuer, we look forward to continuing to bring consistently high performing bonds to the market, providing investors with world-class capital deployment options.” Source
CommondBond has expanded its loan offerings to include undergraduates; its products now include loans for undergraduate and graduate students, refinancing options for graduates and employer student loan benefits; its newly launched in-school loans have variable APRs starting at 2.87% and fixed APRs starting at 5.50%; they will also include a range of repayment options; in combination with the new loan offerings CommonBond will also partner with Pencils of Promise to support the educational funding of a child in need for every new loan funded on the platform; additionally, CommonBond has announced new online tools for comparing loans; the firm is also building out its employer student loan benefits product which involves integration with Gradible, which it acquired last year. Source
CommonBond has laid off about 18 percent of their workforce as they restructure internally to prepare for what they believe...
The round was led by Fifth Third Capital Holdings LLC with First Republic Bank and Columbia Seligman Investments also participating; existing and individual investors Vikram Pandit and Tom Glocer also participated; total funding for the company is over $130 million; the company posted 250% revenue growth year over year in 2017 and has had only two defaults. Source
American Banker talks with David Klein, CEO of CommonBond about the fintech industry and his insight on the effects of a fintech charter; David Klein says company valuations across the industry are more realistic and the industry is maturing with more lending platform investments focused in later round fundraisings; explains the company's technology solution for employers adding student loan payment benefits; notes the company's default rate is zero; says the OCC fintech charter should give fintech companies better competitive market positioning and help to reduce costs. Source
A group of 37 community groups sent a joint letter to the FDIC opposing the ILC application for the fintech...
Julieann Thurlow of Reading Cooperative Bank saw the SoFi Super Bowl ad last year and decided to try out the lender as she watched the ad, she received a loan in a few minutes; her reaction set off a chain of events where she is now looking to accelerate her own bank's innovation to keep up with online lenders like SoFi; her reasoning is that these new entrants will begin to eat into their customers unless their technology is on a comparable scale; they now have a mobile experience where you can open new accounts and she is looking to have a mobile mortgage application live in the next year; she now attends innovation events and is looking to help their customers move into the digital age with the bank. Source
Two new surveys by Promontory Interfinancial Network and Dun & Bradstreet with Pepperdine’s Graziadio Business School point to a growing sense of...