DBRS Morningstar Confirms Ratings of Master Credit Card Trust II

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) confirmed the ratings on the following outstanding notes (the Notes) issued by Master Credit Card Trust II (the Trust). The confirmation is part of DBRS Morningstar’s continued effort to provide timely credit rating opinions and increased transparency to market participants.

-- Credit Card Receivables-Backed Class A Notes, Series 2022-3 at AAA (sf)
-- Credit Card Receivables-Backed Class B Notes, Series 2022-3 at AA (sf)
-- Credit Card Receivables-Backed Class C Notes, Series 2022-3 at BBB (sf)

The rating confirmations are based on the following factors as of June 2023:

(1) The Notes benefit from excess spread, which has ranged between 20.4% and 22.2% in the past 12 months, and series-specific cash accounts that could build up to 5.0% of the initial or Maximum Allocated Amount, as applicable. For the AAA (sf)-rated notes and the AA (sf)-rated notes, credit enhancement is also available through subordination of at least 5.5% and 3.5%, respectively.

(2) The principal payment rate continues to be strong and stood at 50.4% as of June 2023. The rate has averaged 52.7% over the last 12 months. Gross yields remain stable at 26.7% as of June 2023, compared with 27.0% in June 2022, averaging 26.9% over the last 12 months.

(3) Net losses have increased slightly, returning to pre-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic levels, averaging 2.8% over the past 12 months.

(4) The Trust pool is a well-diversified and seasoned portfolio composed of certain Mastercard credit card accounts originated, managed, and designated by Bank of Montreal (BMO). BMO is the fourth-largest bank in Canada by assets and is rated AA/R-1 (high) with Stable trends by DBRS Morningstar as of June 2023.

The performance and characteristics of the Trust pool and the Notes are available and updated each month in the Monthly Canadian ABS Report available at www.dbrsmorningstar.com. DBRS Morningstar conducts monthly stress testing of each rated class of the Notes, and the results indicate that simultaneous declines in yield and payment rates and increases in losses would not result in a failure of the Trust to repay the Notes on a timely basis. The severity of the tests applied is commensurate with the respective ratings of the Notes.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS
There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factor(s) that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/416784 (July 4, 2023).

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology applicable to the credit rating is Master Canadian Structured Finance Surveillance Methodology (June 7, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/415503).

Other methodologies referenced in this transaction are listed at the end of this press release.

The DBRS Morningstar Sovereign group releases baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereigns. DBRS Morningstar analysis considered impacts consistent with the baseline scenarios as set forth in the following report: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/384482.

The related regulatory disclosures pursuant to the National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations are hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link under Related Documents or by contacting us at [email protected].

The credit rating was initiated at the request of the rated entity.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the credit rating process for this credit rating action.

DBRS Morningstar had access to the accounts, management, and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this credit rating action.

This is a solicited credit rating.

Please see the related appendix for additional information regarding the sensitivity of assumptions used in the credit rating process.

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The credit rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar analyses structured finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/410863.

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