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The company dropped the broker channel just months after Frank Martell became CEO; now that Anthony Hsieh is running things again, LoanDepot brought it back.
March 9
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TransUnion cuts VantageScore 4.0 to $0.99, aiming to boost lender choice and affordability as FHFA pushes mortgage score modernization and competition.
March 9
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An estimated 565,000 first-lien refinances closed in the fourth quarter, up 50% from a year prior and the most since the second quarter of 2022, ICE found.
March 9
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Lera Kooper serves as chief operating officer and equity partner at
Accountability Services . Drawing on her background as a business owner and her dual degrees in accounting and supply chain management from Central Washington University, she helps clients understand how financial data and strategic planning work together to unlock growth.March 9
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Branchless and out-of-state banks are harvesting deposits in Florida and lending them out elsewhere, a situation that leads to serious underinvestment in desperately needed infrastructure and affordable housing.
March 9
K.H. Thomas Associates -
New research sheds light on the real causes of bank failures; and the economic numbers aren't adding up to a recession, yet.
March 9
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Bank runs are only the final symptom of a much deeper malady, according to a new study.
March 9
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Borrowers or lenders could use the prediction markets as a hedging tool, although experts noted the lack of trading volume as cause for caution.
March 9
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The digital asset company, currently partnered with firms like Morgan Stanley and One Pay, is seeking its own national trust bank charter from the OCC.
March 6
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Industry stakeholders say the Federal Reserve's renewed focus on reforming the discount window — the central bank's 'lender of last resort' facility — is welcome. But replacing the system with one that works better is easier said than done.
March 6
