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Regnology and Moody’s Analytics to Support Financial Regulatory Risk and Compliance Solutions

Regnology, a software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions, announced a collaboration with Moody’s Analytics, bringing together two established market participants with the aim of “providing a full end-to-end risk and regulatory reporting solution in select global markets.” As the regulatory landscape continues… Read More

In Partnership with Moody’s, EstateGuru Offers Ratings on Securities Offerings

EstateGuru, an online marketplace for property-backed loans, has partnered with Moody’s to rate the securities offerings listed on the crowdfunding platform. Mihkel Stamm, CEO of Estateguru, said it is very important that investors on crowdfunded offerings have access to the best possible information. He shared… Read More

Moody’s Comments on Fed Report Covering Household Debt

The New York Federal Reserve posted its quarterly report covering household debt earlier this week. The report noted that outstanding credit card debt now tops $1 trillion. In total, household debt surpassed $17.05 trillion – the highest amount on record. The authors of the report… Read More

Moody’s: Deposits Jump from Small Banks to Large Ones, Some Flee the US

Moody’s has distributed a report on deposits held in US banks showing that the Federal Reserve’s H.8 data, which presents an estimate of the weekly aggregate balance sheet for the US banking system, released last Friday (March 24), showed a shift in deposits from small… Read More

Moody’s: Policymakers Have Responded Quickly to Address Banking Crisis, but Risk of Contagion Remains

Moody’s is out with a report on the banking crisis, lauding policymakers for their rapid response. At the same time, the research firm states that stress in the banking sector can spread to other sectors while outlining three different possible paths for contagion. The banking… Read More

Moody’s Downgrades Entire Banking Sector from Stable to Negative

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the entire US banking sector following the events in the past week. Moody’s said it has changed its outlook from stable to negative. This is a reflection of the events impacting Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), and Silvergate… Read More

Moody’s Downgrades or Withdraws Ratings on Seven Banks

Moody’s Investors Service have downgraded or withdrawn its ratings from seven different banks. The decision follows the collapse of multiple banks. Last week, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Silvergate Bank were taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). On Sunday, Signature Bank in… Read More

No Surprise: Moody’s Downgrades Silvergate Bank

Rating service Moody’s has downgraded Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI) following the revelation that deposits rapidly declined during Q4 of 2022, and the bank had to shore up its balance sheet. Moody’s downgraded the ratings of Silvergate Capital and its bank subsidiary Silvergate Bank, following the downgrade… Read More

Moody’s: Russia Downgraded as Default Risk Rises

Moody’s has downgraded Russia’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to Ca from B3. Moody’s said the “outlook is negative.” Obviously, this is due to the catastrophic leadership of President Vladimir Putin and his decision to invade Ukraine and its unprovoked war with the… Read More

Small Business Data Provider Codat Partners with Moody’s

Codat has announced a product partnership with Moody’s Analytics. Codat offers an API for small business data and Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) is a top provider of analytical tools. According to a release, Codat’s API will be integrated into Moody’s Analytics CreditLens solution and is designed… Read More

Moody’s to Aquire Two Regtechs: PassFort and kompany

Moody’s, the global research and securities rating firm, has acquired or agreed to acquire two separate Regtechs. According to Moody’s it has acquired PassFort Limited and entered into an agreement to acquire 360kompany AG (kompany). These two firms are both European providers of KYC, AML,… Read More

BNP Paribas Securities Services’ ESG Marketplace, Manaos, Onboards Util, V.E., Part of Moody’s ESG Solutions

BNP Paribas Securities Services’ ESG marketplace, Manaos, has confirmed the onboarding of new partners – Util and V.E, which is part of Moody’s ESG Solutions – in order to enhance its sustainability data and analytics product offering. Manaos, which is described as an open-servicing platform… Read More

Fintech Younited Credit Completes First Securitization, Rated by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s

Online lender Younited Credit has completed its first public securitization transaction: Youni 2019-1, listed on Euronext, Paris. Youni 2019-1 is the first public securitization carried out by a Fintech in continental Europe. Younited Credit claims to be the first Fintech in the world to earn,… Read More

Moody’s: “Banks Could Benefit Significantly from the Development and Implementation of Blockchain”

Earlier this month, securities rating firm Moody’s produced a report on blockchain technology and the implication for financial services firms.  In a release, Moody’s stated that “blockchain technology has the potential to significantly reduce the costs and time involved in cross-border banking transactions, increasing banks’… Read More

Moody’s on Treasury’s Fintech Recommendations: Increased Competition will Help Boost Economic Activity but Poses Risks to Incumbents Unable to Keep Up

  The US Department of Treasury’s report on Fintech has been welcomed by many engaged in the sector of innovative finance. The document published outlined a litany of changes necessary to further the goal of modernizing financial services – most importantly is the existing regulatory… Read More

Moody’s Upgrades 4Finance Credit Ratings as Online Lender Tops € 5 Billion in Loans

Moody’s Investor Service has upgraded 4Finance‘s credit ratings to B2 from B3. The upgrade comes as 4finance says it has passed € 5 billion in loan originations. The 4finance S.A. senior unsecured issuer rating was also upgraded to B2 from B3. The outlook on all ratings… Read More

Moody’s: Marketplace Lending May Benefit from OCC Fintech Bank Charter

Moody’s is out with a note commenting on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s recent announcement it will offer Special Purpose Bank Charters for Fintech firms.  The move by the OCC was in recognition of the growing importance of Fintech and the movement… Read More

CommonBond Receives A1 Moody’s Rating on $168 Million Securitization

CommonBond’s 3rd Securitization CommonBond has closed securitization of $168 million in refinanced student loans. The online lending platform reported a rating of ‘A1’ from Moody’s and ‘AA (low)’ from DBRS. The securitization was backed by $178 million in collateral. Goldman Sachs served as joint-lead managers and bookrunners… Read More

Moody’s Report: US Online Lending Market Inherently Weak Business Model

US online lenders have quickly seized opportunities to meet demand for more targeted, easy-to-access digital financial services; however, inherent weakness in the online lender business model will likely limit it to a small segment of the market, Moody’s Investors Service says in a report only… Read More

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