The mortgage industry's digital transformation is revolutionizing the home buying experience and upending the status quo for lenders and servicers. The Digital Mortgage Conference is the premiere event exclusively dedicated to these developments, bringing over 1,500 professionals to Las Vegas on Sept. 17-18 for keynote speakers, panels and the main attraction: live product demos showcasing the latest mortgage innovations.
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The Center for Responsible Lending calls for states to continue to police high-cost lenders rather than facilitating their growth.
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National Bankshares in Virginia agrees to acquire in-state peer, Advia Credit Union in Kalamazoo strikes deal with Illinois bank, EBANX's annual Beyond Borders study launches and more in the weekly banking news roundup.
January 26
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Michael Hickman is CEO and CFO of Exactera, where he manages the company's financial planning and strategic direction. Before joining Exactera, Hickman was the CFO at the global performance-marketing marketplace Perform[cb], where he championed the company's financial strategy and helped increase organic profitability markedly. Hickman oversaw multiple acquisitions and was instrumental in selling Perform[cb] to Beringer Capital in April 2021. A CPA with more than 25 years of leadership experience at companies including Deloitte, MetLife, Roper Technologies, and Switch and Data, Hickman has navigated acquisitions, dispositions, debt financing, corporate consolidations, financial planning and analysis, valuations, SEC Reporting, technical accounting, and system implementation and project management. He holds a master's degree from the University of Florida.
January 26
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Fiserv's Money Network will officially start managing the state's prepaid debit card program for distributing unemployment and disability benefits to 850,000 beneficiaries. BofA had been trying to exit its contract for several years due to financial risks.
January 26
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The card network said that recent weeks' cold snap in key cities had a chilling effect on U.S. spending, and reaffirmed its sunny outlook for the year.
January 26
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Bill Armstrong, CPA, is chief innovation officer at Moss Adams, where he's responsible for the incubation, implementation, and overall strategy of new ideas, processes, and services within the firm. He oversees the firm's innovation, transformation, and change management functions, and spearheads major firmwide initiatives across practices and departments. He has practiced in public accounting since 1994. Reach him at
bill.armstrong@mossadams.com or (949) 221-4077.January 26
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Evan Zall is president and founder of Longview Strategies, a strategic communications firm focused on the intersection of finance and sustainability.
He and his team have worked with wealth management firms for decades to help them differentiate and communicate about sustainable investing, ESG and their overall practice strengths. Evan is also a board member and the Impact Chair of Entrepreneur's Organization (EO) Boston Chapter.
January 26
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The UK bank is the latest to articulate the shifting zeitgeist among financial heavyweights who are increasingly pushing back against calls to shun the fossil fuel industry. Their view is that jettisoning high-emitting clients from balance sheets won't make those emissions disappear, and that bankers therefore need to work with polluters to help them decarbonize.
January 26
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Steve Squeri said flatness in the segment is an industry-wide trend, and the company is dedicated to the segment.
January 26
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Join Hemant Sarma from Chubb as he shares where the greatest opportunities are for digital transformation.
