KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to LendingPoint 2021-B Asset Securitization Trust

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to four classes of notes issued by LendingPoint 2021-B Asset Securitization Trust (“LP 2021-B”), a consumer loan ABS transaction.

LP 2021-B will issue four classes of notes totaling $400.0 million. The transaction includes a three-month prefunding period which could represent up to 40% of the total receivables balance. The preliminary ratings reflect initial credit enhancement levels of 34.25% for the Class A notes, 24.50% for the Class B notes, 9.50% for the Class C notes and 5.50% for the Class D notes.

Founded in July 2014, LendingPoint is a wholly owned subsidiary of LendingPoint Holdings LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of LendingPoint Consolidated, Inc. The Company issued its first direct to consumer (“DTC”) loan in Q1 2015, and through August 31, 2021 has originated over $3.4 billion DTC loans with a current principal outstanding amount of $1.5 billion. The Company currently offers two different loan products: DTC and point of sale (“POS”); however, only DTC loans will be included in LP 2021-B. DTC loans are typically used by the borrowers for either debt consolidation or credit card refinancing, to pay for a home improvement or to make a major purchase while POS loans are used to finance a purchase at one of the Company’s approved merchants.

KBRA applied its Consumer Loan ABS Global Rating Methodology, Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology and ESG Global Rating Methodology as part of its analysis of the transaction’s underlying collateral pool and the proposed capital structure. KBRA considered its operational review of LendingPoint, as well as periodic update calls with the Company. Operative agreements and legal opinions will be reviewed prior to closing.

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Related Publications

• Consumer Loan ABS Global Rating Methodology
• Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology
• ESG Global Rating Methodology

Disclosures

Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

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