These are the most important and latest government-sponsored enterpise moves, mortgage banking pol legislative proposals affecting the secondary mortgage market. New or updated items are marked.Topic: Action: What's NeFlood Insurance The House Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Bill mayReform Insurance passed legislation, H.R. 3191, requiring lenders to House Ban escrow flood insurance funds, even if no escrow account has been this week set up for taxes, insurance and the like. It also requires lenders to will reac perform flood zone recertifications for loans sold or transferred. floor thiFreddie Mac Freddie Mac announced Sept. 7 that it will only accept seasoned SeasonedSeasoned mortgages, home mortgages closed within one year of delivery to be sold tMortgages Freddie, on a negotiated basis. The process may require lenders to the Dec.Policy provide Freddie with more detailed information about the borrowers later off credit history as well as updated property appraisals. be negotiHigh-Yield Legislation marked up by the Senate Banking Committee Sept. 21 Bill headMortgage imposes much greater disclosure requirements on high yield floor wheDisclosures mortgages. The bill, Community Development, Credit Enhancement likely to and Regulatory Improvement Act, S. 1275, is aimed at nonbank lenders who invest loans into high-yield instruments.* UPDATE: The Mortgage Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve are The HouseSecondary Market pressing Congress to implement changes that would limit the CommitteeCommercial potential power of the Treasury before the Business, Commercial, view theReal Estate and Community Development Secondary Market Development reach theMortgages Act, H.R. 2600, reaches the Banking Committee. this sess
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals halted the Trump administration's attempt to fire nearly two-thirds of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's workforce, upholding a March 2025 injunction.
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JPMorganChase wants to expand its digital bank offerings to three more European countries, according to a new Financial Times report; M&T Bank Corp. elects Jerry Jacobs Jr. to the board of directors of both its parent and banking subsidiary; Citizens Financial Group names Chris Emerson as head of investor relations; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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Banks that don't embrace embedded payments now risk losing out to more nimble rivals in the near future.
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Anthropic's head of banking told New York Banking Summit attendees that the future is agents that operate autonomously alongside employees.
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Chair Travis Hill said SVB showed banks can't always sell securities fast enough to cover deposit outflows, but acknowledged the "stigma problem" with discount window borrowing remains unsolved.
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At a conference in New York, Joseph Otting reflected on the difficult hiring decisions he made early in his tenure heading Flagstar Bank, which just two years ago was on the verge of collapse.
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