Career moves

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 18.

TowneBank in Suffolk, Va., has agreed to buy Monarch Financial Holdings in Chesapeake, Va., for $220.6 million in stock.

Genworth Financial Inc. has named Kevin Schneider, currently executive vice president of global mortgage insurance, as its chief operating officer.

SingleSource Property Solutions in Canonsburg, Pa., has merged with iMortgage Services in Pittsburgh.

NewDay Financial has hired Paul "Tim" Thompson III as the company's new chief financial officer.

As the mortgage industry heads into the New Year, National Mortgage News is taking a look at the biggest trends and topics that will shape 2016.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 11.

U.S. Bancorp has plucked longtime lending executive Tom Wind from EverBank Financial to run its mortgage business.

Eileen Serra, 61, the chief executive of the Chase Card Services unit, will step down in January and become an adviser to the company on growth initiatives, according to a memo Wednesday from Gordon Smith, JPMorgan's CEO of consumer and community banking.

Amanda Sessa of SWBC Mortgage relies on a broad depth of market expertise, offbeat outings and her partner and husband for support, to propel her business.

HLP, formerly known as Hope LoanPort, has selected CoreLogic executive Faith Schwartz as chair of its board of directors.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 4.

HomeUnion has formed a mortgage-brokerage division that will focus on investors in single-family rental homes.

Kal Raman has resigned as president and chief executive of Xome, the digital platform of the nonbank mortgage servicer Nationstar Mortgage Holdings.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 27.

People's United Financial in Bridgeport, Conn., has dismissed three employees in the wake of alleged fraud on commercial real estate loans.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 20.

When Guaranteed Rate's Sam Sharp discovered past clients' online reviews were bringing in new business, he started making customer feedback a major part of his digital marketing strategy.

First Bancshares in Hattiesburg, Miss., has agreed to buy Mortgage Connection in Jackson, Miss.

Wells Fargo has promoted Tim Sloan to president and chief operating officer, a move that likely puts him on a short list of candidates to succeed John Stumpf as chief executive.