The transferor and/or the issuing entity have been established so as to minimize the risk that either of them would become insolvent or enter bankruptcy. Still, each of them may be eligible to file for bankruptcy, and no assurance can be given that the risk of insolvency or bankruptcy has been eliminated. If the transferor or the issuing entity were to become insolvent or were to enter bankruptcy, you could suffer a loss on your investment. Risks also exist that, if the transferor or the issuing entity were to enter bankruptcy, the other and its assets (including the receivables) would be treated as part of the bankruptcy estate.
You could also suffer a loss on your investment if an orderly liquidation of the transferor or the issuing entity were commenced under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and the FDIC were appointed as receiver.
Regardless of any decision made by the FDIC or any ruling made by a court, moreover, the mere fact that WFBNA, the transferor or the issuing entity has become insolvent or has become the subject of a conservatorship, receivership, or bankruptcy could have an adverse effect on the value of the receivables and on the liquidity and the value of the notes.
There also may be other possible effects of a conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy, or insolvency of WFBNA, the transferor or the issuing entity that could result in losses on your investment.
The conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy, or insolvency of other parties to the transactions could result in accelerated, delayed, or reduced payments to you.
Other parties to the transactions, such as subservicers, may have material roles. In addition, funds to make payments on the notes may be supplied by derivative counterparties or by enhancement or liquidity providers. If any of these parties were to enter conservatorship, receivership, or bankruptcy or were to become insolvent, there could be losses on your investment.
Some interests could have priority over the indenture trustee’s interest in the receivables, which could cause delayed or reduced payments to you.
Representations and warranties are made that the indenture trustee has a perfected interest in the receivables. If any of these representations and warranties were found not to be true, however, payments to you could be delayed or reduced.
The transaction documents permit liens for municipal or other local taxes to have priority over the indenture trustee’s perfected interest in the receivables. If any of these tax liens were to arise, or if other interests in the receivables were found to have priority over those of the indenture trustee, you could suffer a loss on your investment.
If a conservator, a receiver, or a bankruptcy trustee were appointed for WFBNA, the transferor, or the issuing entity, and if the administrative expenses of the conservator, the receiver, or the bankruptcy trustee were found to relate to the receivables or the transaction documents, those expenses could be paid from collections on the receivables before the indenture trustee receives any payments, which could result in losses on your investment. See “—The conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy, or insolvency of WFBNA, Funding, the issuing entity, or any of their affiliates could result in accelerated, delayed, or reduced payments to you” in this prospectus.
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