Borrowers to test court restrictions as record liability management exercises volume continues

The consortium of businesses intends to work with state regulators to protect consumers as interest from secondary market investors also grows.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said insurance companies and banks are already pulling out of disaster-prone areas, which could pose problems.

Banks are expecting increased M&A activity across the financial sector, but are concerned about acquisition by credit unions and tech integration challenges.

Some mortgage stakeholders say Trump's tariffs would make interest rates rise and housing costs shoot up.

Paying off debt and making home repairs are the top reasons homeowners choose a cash-out refinance, per the bureau's report.

Over 300 ex-Flagstar employees, initially acquired by Mr. Cooper, will transition to A&D Mortgage.

The $1 billion deal included classes A-L-A and A-L-B were offered as loans.

The banking giant's exit from the global Net-Zero Banking Alliance leaves just three smaller U.S. banks in the group. Climate activists called large banks' departures a capitulation to Republicans' climate denialism.

Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs have also withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in the past month, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

Overall CLO growth indicates the asset going mainstream in Europe

Newrez's servicing arm approved an "obviously counterfeit" HELOC request from a bad actor totaling almost $500,000, a complaint claims.

A record 22 credit unions announced plans to acquire banks in 2024, though the year ended on a discordant note as regulatory concerns appear to have derailed a planned CU-bank deal in Georgia.

Richard "Dick" Parsons, the former Citigroup chairman who died Thursday, is credited with helping the New York megabank survive the financial crisis. Earlier in his career, he led Dime Savings Bank out of the savings-and-loan crisis.

The Seattle-based company's deal with Bank of America comes five weeks after the termination of its planned sale to FirstSun Capital Bancorp in Denver.

The watchdog accuses Rocket Homes and The Mitchell Group brokerage of initiating a plan to generate origination business for Rocket Mortgage.

Affirm partners with Sixth Street to sell its buy now/pay later loans to the investment firm; Associated Banc-Corp promotes Steven Zandpour to deputy head of consumer and business banking; Visa Direct speeds up its money transfers; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Franklin Templeton Investments Chief Executive Officer Jenny Johnson said she's concerned that some investment- and non-investment-grade private credit assets are trading at the same spreads as traditional fixed-income investments like corporate bonds.

Public-finance repair should be prioritized before alarm among bond investors takes hold, the Bank for International Settlements said.

The company's closure comes in a year when it touted successful capital investments but also faced growing legal scrutiny.