Jackie Stewart

Provident Financial Holdings Inc., Riverside, Calif., has hired 40 people from MetLife Home Loans to run three new retail mortgage loan production offices in Northern California.

Regulators and a Home Loan bank have asked First Horizon National Corp. for information about some of its securitizations.

Wipro Gallagher Solutions has redefined its fulfillment offerings to meet the demands of loan originators and servicers for middle and top-tier lenders.

University Bank in Ann Arbor, Mich., has acquired an additional 37.5% stake in a specialty finance firm which it already half owned.

The title insurance unit of First American Financial Corp. has agreed to acquire Hexter-Fair Title Co. in Dallas.

E*Trade Financial Corp. and its insurers have agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action suit brought by investors over losses in its mortgage and home-equity loan portfolios.

Citigroup Inc. has started job cuts this quarter that will affect nearly 4,500 people, chief executive Vikram Pandit said on Tuesday.

Webster Financial Corp., Waterbury, Conn., received court approval to settle longstanding litigation over a condominium project in Columbus, Ohio, that had previously resulted in an almost $19 million verdict.

Trustmark National Bank, Jackson, Miss., has set up a new mortgage lending shop in Birmingham, Ala., to serve its growing retail and wholesale customer base in the state.