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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Andrew Altfest is founder and CEO of FP Alpha, an AI-driven advanced planning solution that covers more than 16 areas of financial planning.
He is also the president and principal advisor at Altfest Personal Wealth Management, a $1.6 billion RIA based in New York.
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Banks branches continue to shutter through October; First Carolina onboards fintech partner BM Technologies; ICBA announces its 2024 accelerator companies; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.
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Sarah Adams is chief sustainability officer and co-founder of
Vert Asset Management , where she leads the firm's engagement program.She is an instructor of the Chartered SRI Counselor (CSRIC) designation program and a fellow at the Center for Innovative Leadership at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
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Top GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee have asked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for details regarding the hire of Prashant Bhardwaj, who left the agency, and what rulemakings he was involved in.
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Block is offering a new hardware Bitcoin wallet as crypto advocate Jack Dorsey focuses the payments company formerly known as Square more on security and self-governance for the digital-asset sector.
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Visa, Mastercard, SAP, Circle and many other financial firms are launching digital card accounts with an emphasis on B2B clients.
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The deadline for compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission's new cyber disclosure regulations is coming. Banks need to be ready.
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A provision to standardize and clarify banks' operational risk obligations — which opponents say is excessively costly and may not be effective — is emerging as the focal point of the public debate on the broader rule. It may also be the key to taking the rule over the finish line.
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Once the pace of private equity-backed sales of middle-market companies picks up, the Rhode Island-based bank expects to benefit. CEO Bruce Van Saun says that Citizens' recent expansions in private banking and wealth management will provide opportunities to cross-sell to corporate clients.
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Top industry executives said this week that price increases are abating, even if they haven't yet fully abated. Their remarks reflect increased confidence that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady — or perhaps even cut them — in the first half of 2024.
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