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Didine Erskine, a certified financial planner (CFP), is the founder of The Erskine Group and an independent financial planner with LPL Financial.

She also serves as a visiting lecturer at Texas A&M University, where she teaches courses in financial planning and practice management.

Flagstar shareholders approved a plan to merge its holding company into the bank; Huntington tapped a new chief auditor, along with two new business leaders; First Foundation hired a new chief credit officer; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Approximately three years after the one-time non-depository bought Roscoe (Texas) State Bank, Cornerstone Capital Bancorp agreed to purchase Peoples Bancorp.

Regulators also accused Southern California-based E Mortgage of failing to properly supervise remote employees and cooperate with their examinations.

Wayne Rushton served more than four decades at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, culminating in his role as senior deputy comptroller and chief national bank examiner. In that capacity, he chaired the agency's Committee on Bank Supervision and represented the OCC on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's Task Force on Supervision.

Earlier in his career, Wayne led the OCC's Multinational Banking Division and held several senior examination and supervisory positions. He gained extensive experience managing troubled institutions during the late 1980s and early 1990s, including service as the comptroller's deputy at the Resolution Trust Corporation and as director of the OCC's Special Resolutions Unit. He also completed a special assignment with the U.S. Department of Justice as a legislative fellow in the 97th Congress.

Following his government service, Wayne was a senior advisor at Promontory Financial Group, where he helped clients navigate complex regulatory examinations and enforcement issues and strengthen relationships with supervisory agencies.

While borrowing activity increased from a year ago, seasonal patterns and economic concerns suggest near-term slowing, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Solve stages an acquisition, Intercontinental Exchange partners on new indices, Optimal Blue adds updates and Incenter offers a CRA loan trading platform.

LendingTree found that during 2024, May's median price for a 1,500 square foot home was $194.20 versus January's $178.60, a difference of $23,400.

Jimmy Nesbitt is a reporter at Employee Benefit News, where he covers the evolving landscape of workplace benefits, healthcare, retirement, financial wellness and related policy issues. His career has spanned more than two decades and taken him all over the world. He started out as a public safety reporter at a regional newspaper in western Kentucky in 2002, and has since held writing and editing positions at publications in Indiana, Beijing, South Dakota, Massachusetts and South Carolina. Nesbitt most recently served as editor of The Post and Courier Columbia in South Carolina before joining Employee Benefit News in October 2025. 

Nesbitt has been recognized for excellence in journalism with multiple awards, including honors in headline writing from the South Dakota Newspaper Association and the Associated Press Great Plains Newspaper Contest, and accolades for community affairs and public service reporting, feature writing, and news coverage from the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors, Hoosier State Press Association, Kentucky State Press Association, and The E.W. Scripps Company. Most recently, he was awarded the Most Impactful Reporting Award for 2025 from Employee Benefit News.

Alex D. Pappas is an associate in Hunton's Insurance Coverage group in the firm's Washington, DC office. He counsels clients on all aspects of insurance coverage, guiding them in obtaining appropriate coverage and resolving disputes over coverage, including in litigation and arbitration.