Mortgage lenders stick with Biden-era reappraisal guidance
President Trump and his administration have begun to scrap new mortgage lending guidelines that made it easier for home buyers and sellers to dispute property appraisals, finding that homes owned by racial minorities are routinely valued lower than comparable homes with white owners. But despite the promised regulatory relief, many mortgage lenders say the regulatory […]
Simmons Bank promotes new CEO as longtime leader retires
Jay Brogdon, currently president of the Arkansas bank, will take the helm at the beginning of next year.
UBS pays $300 million to settle Credit Suisse mortgage case
The bank is working through a list of legal issues it inherited when it bought Credit Suisse in early 2023.
Citi widens private credit net beyond Apollo deal with new role
The bank is hiring Aashish Dhakad from Ares Management Corp. to become head of private credit origination for North America.
CFPB calls GAO funding probe ‘political’ and ‘weaponized’
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last week criticizing a probe into the bureau’s funding request for 2025, insisting that acting CFPB Director Russell Vought has “sole discretion” to determine funding and staffing levels.
Don’t scrap the CFPB. Turn it into the agency it was meant to be
Rather than deleting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now is the time for the president and Congress to reform and reboot it into the agency that carries out its mission in an apolitical manner.
White House report tests Fed’s openness to crypto
The President’s Work Group on Digital Assets released a report calling for changes to the central bank’s master account policies. The reforms could make it easier for digital asset groups to access the federal payments system.
Yes, credit unions are buying more banks
The data shows a sharp uptick in credit union acquisitions of banks, drawing the ire of community bankers as they lobby for credit union taxes.
Fed’s Kugler to step down next week
The Federal Reserve governor’s term was set to expire in January and President Donald Trump has made it clear that she would not be reappointed. The vacancy will give Trump an opportunity to appoint someone new to the central bank’s board.
Secured cards find new niche in earned wage access
Direct-to-consumer earned wage access provider EarnIn is rolling out Live Pay, a service that “streams” consumers’ paychecks via a Visa card. It’s a model banks could replicate.