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Grayson Milbourne is the Security Intelligence Director at OpenText Cybersecurity, a division of OpenText. Grayson's nearly two decades of security intelligence expertise include malware analysis, data science, and security education. In his current role, Grayson is focused on efficacy development to ensure the company's security management products (which include the Webroot portfolio) are able to defend against the most cutting-edge threats.

Grayson is a longtime advocate for better 3rd party testing of security products and represents OpenText Cybersecurity at the Anti-Malware Testing and Standards organization, AMTSO. Through his efforts, AMTSO released testing standards that greatly improved testing quality when followed. Grayson is an avid participant in the security community and drives awareness of current threats by speaking at major events such as RSAC and Virus Bulletin. He is a frequent guest on local NBC affiliates and several cybersecurity podcasts. Beyond his passion for protecting people from cyberthreats, Grayson loves aviation and holds a private pilot license. His other passions include strategic boards games, skiing and playing golf. He lives in Louisville, Colorado with his wife, Danielle and their two cats, Theodore and Aiden.

The system of 11 regional banks issued a combined $137 billion of bonds and discount notes on Tuesday and Wednesday, after selling $112 billion on Monday, the largest single day of issuance in its 90-year history.

Both 30- and 15-year averages dropped for the first time in six weeks, as investors flocked to safety of 10-year Treasuries.

Banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are part of the discussions, according to people familiar with the situation.

Though a handful of state programs were closed or suspended, most remain open and more than 230,000 households received the funds from the U.S. Treasury.

Residential starts rose 9.8% last month to a 1.45 million annualized rate, the fastest in five months, according to government data released Thursday

The top five had more than $85 billion in HELOC volume in Q3.

The company agreed to pay $27.2 million in restitution to shareholders and revised its 2022 earnings to show a steep loss. The plea agreement with the Department of Justice was tied to Sterling's now defunct low-documentation mortgage program.

The San Francisco bank is said to be exploring strategic options that include a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm is also weighing options for shoring up liquidity, some of the people said.

Merrilee Matchett is the head of Global Customer Service & Operations and a member of the  Strategic Advisory Group for MetLife. In this role, she directs a team of more than 10,000 associates responsible for managing the operations and servicing teams that support and enable the U.S. Group Benefits, Retirement & Income Solutions, MetLife Holdings, and Asia, EMEA and  LATAM businesses across more than 40 global markets. She is also the Chairperson of  MetLife Europe, and MetLife Europe Insurance. 

Matchett joined MetLife in 2021 from Bank of America, where she was responsible for service  and operations for global wealth management, private banking, and institutional and personal  retirement businesses supporting more than $3 trillion in client balances. She was also the  Chairperson of Financial Data Services, LLC, responsible for the end-to-end operational  support of domestic and offshore mutual funds. 

Matchett has been an advocate for diversity and women in financial services throughout her  30-year career and has been recognized with numerous market awards for outstanding service  and operations performance. She is a member of the MetLife enterprise Diversity, Equity &  Inclusion Council, and represents MetLife on the board of INROADS, helping to provide career  pathways for talented diverse youth across the United States. 

She holds a B.A. in management with a law major from the University of Canberra, Australia.  Additionally, she is FINRA accredited and licensed to trade and run a broker dealer.