The underlying prime mortgages have an average balance of $358,024, a weighted average (WA) original FICO score of 776, an original cumulative loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 73.6%.

Now the structured mortgage securities are cheap enough that CLO investors are watching them more closely, according to strategists and investors.

Richard "Dick" Parsons, the former Citigroup chairman who died Thursday, is credited with helping the New York megabank survive the financial crisis. Earlier in his career, he led Dime Savings Bank out of the savings-and-loan crisis.

The Wall Street behemoth joins investors such as Peter Thiel in backing Pylon, which helps originate mortgages through automation and provides interim financing to its customers until the loans reach the capital markets.

Wall Street banks are expected to capitalize on ultra-low credit spreads and strong demand from investors after they report quarterly results.

Tim Ryan, who joined the megabank in June, will work with COO Anand Selva to oversee enhancements to Citigroup's data integrity systems, according to a memo.

Yields are expected to range from 5.75% on the A1A notes to 6.55% on the M1, all priced on the three-month, interpolated yield curve.

Two days after the megabank was hit with $136 million of fines, Citi executives said they aren't changing the company's full-year expense guidance. Citi has 30 days to submit a plan to regulators showing that the bank has allocated enough resources to achieve compliance in a timely and sustainable manner.

The number of borrowers who are at their credit limits is approaching its pre-pandemic level, and the percentage of balances that are sliding into delinquency has hit its highest rate in more than a decade, according to new research. Still, card companies are generally expressing optimism about their credit outlooks.

Citigroup's earnings topped analysts' estimates as corporations tapped markets for financing and consumers leaned on credit cards.