Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Knock hits profitability with $100M loan securitization

Led by financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald who also served as initial purchaser of the bonds, the issuance is expected to help Knock deliver $900 million worth of additional originations of its bridge loan product. The deal closed on Aug. 14 and was 75% pre-funded, garnering strong demand from institutional investors operating in residential mortgage-backed […]

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BankThink: Banks are under extreme regulatory assault; it’s time to act like it

Even opponents of Biden CRA want to preserve part of the rule

Vitalii Vodolazskyi – stock.adob Banks are coming out in support of the Trump administration’s move to repeal Community Reinvestment Act regulations finalized in 2023, despite known flaws with the decades-old status quo. They argue that a flawed but manageable rule is preferable to a flawed and unmanageable one. In a recent comment letter submitted to

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