A down market and Dodd-Frank regulations have thinned the ranks of property appraisers. That's left bankers hard pressed to prevent delays underwriting property.

A decline in the foreclosure inventory and fewer new foreclosures initiated signal that servicers may be scaling back dual tracking processes, the OCC's lead mortgage expert said Wednesday.

Three years after shutting down its indirect automobile lending unit because it lacked scale, First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) in Buffalo is jumping back into the business in a big way.

Kevin Knight, the master of Nordstrom's cobranded Visa credit and debit card rewards program, joins Visa as the company's head of credit and debit products, Visa announced March 28.

Why does Harp 2.0 continue the incrementalism that marred the first incarnation of the refi program and many of the housing policies the president has put forth?

Continuing its expansion in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) in Bethesda, Md., has opened a pair of residential loan offices in Maryland and Virginia.

In its quest to rise above the fray in alternative payments, Obopay has identified another financial-services niche ripe for modernization: business-to-consumer payments.

It is hard to deny Richard Cordray's hiring to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nearly four months ago is a flash point in continuing debates over regulatory appointments and implementing the Dodd-Frank Act.

The bank's plan to convert troubled loans to rentals will benefit all concerned. A special unit for servicing toxic assets can help, if run wisely. Principal reductions could seriously backfire.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Greater Alliance FCU opened Bergen County’s first student-run credit union branch at Paramus High School last week.

WASHINGTON — A House panel on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill aimed at shoring up the finances of the Federal Housing Administration.

A need for more re-appraisals, combined with an exodus of appraisers following the financial crisis, are causing headaches for bankers. Those factors are costing banks more money and, in some cases, potential clients.

Tompkins Financial in Ithaca, N.Y., is planning to raise $30 million in a secondary stock offering and may use the proceeds to redeem securities issued to VIST Financial through the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

In an effort to tie its consumer businesses closer together, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) promoted Matthew Biben to the new position of general counsel of all of its consumer businesses. Biben was hired last year as general counsel for the mortgage business.

The House on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that will allow some small banks to raise additional capital without registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consumers will be able to discharge student loans in bankruptcy if Sen. Richard Durbin gets his way. Banks are vehemently opposing the move.

A clubby corner of the mortgage market has sprung back to life thanks to the historic settlement between banks and governments over foreclosure practices.

Deputy CFPB Director Raj Date told an industry group Tuesday that the bureau was carefully weighing the effect that a new ability-to-repay standard will have on the mortgage market.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated a written agreement with the former Cadence Financial about a year after the Starkville, Miss., company was acquired.

It's time for our nation's leaders to get serious about job creation. Our economy is beginning to inch its way forward toward recovery, but the only way forward to real prosperity for all is through small businesses.