Originations

From better understanding consumer priorities to expertly managing career advancement, here's a look at key success strategies that female financial services executives shared at the Most Powerful Women in Banking LEAD Conference.

Record loan originations and the continued accumulation of wealth management assets added up to 12% earnings growth at the San Francisco bank.

In his annual letter to shareholders, M&T Bank chief Robert Wilmers laid out in compelling detail how government policies intended to protect American families have ultimately stymied economic growth.

Speaking at a town hall event in Washington, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said that post-crisis regulations have made mortgages too costly for consumers — and made homeownership unattainable for borrowers with low incomes or blemished credit histories.

The industry expects to lean on technological efficiencies this year as higher rates and dwindling refinances test their businesses.

Collaboration will allow buyers to tap state assistance for down payment, closing costs.

Republicans repeatedly claim that the Dodd-Frank Act has hurt consumers by raising costs and hampering credit availability. But the data doesn't back that up.

While the inventory of new and existing homes is tight, competition for smaller homes is heating up as aging baby boomers are down-sizing and selling their residences.

Soaring home prices have created market volatility that's making it difficult for appraisers to accurately pinpoint home values and putting mortgage approvals and home sales in jeopardy.

The bank says it will push the rest of the industry to follow its lead and step up lobbying for policies that increase minority homeownership.

Republican lawmakers are citing a recent report that delinquencies rose for loans guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration as a reason to delay a premium cut, but economists suggest the uptick is related to seasonal issues.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago's mortgage originations rose sharply in 2016 thanks to a reintroduction of its traditional Mortgage Partnership Finance loan product.

JPMorgan Chase has partnered with the fintech firm Roostify to build a digital self-service mortgage platform.

The deal with American Homestead Mortgage will allow Wintrust Mortgage to move into northern Montana.

While lenders support the intent of a proposal to encourage the growth of private flood insurance, they claim a regulatory proposal doesn’t give lenders enough flexibility and remains too complicated.

Real estate loans have been growing over the last few years despite a number of headwinds, but can CUs build on that trend as interest rates rise?

Citigroup's plan to sell a $97 billion mortgage servicing portfolio and subservice its remaining accounts highlights the growing prevalence of nondepository servicers and raises questions about how much capacity exists for these institutions to absorb more large deals.

With home values — and interest rates — rising, homeowners finally seem ready to tap into their homes' equity to fund long-delayed home-improvement projects.

With home values — and interest rates — rising, homeowners finally seem ready to tap into their homes' equity to fund long-delayed home-improvement projects.

Citigroup plans to exit the mortgage-servicing business by the end of 2018 to focus on making new loans.