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The provisionally approved rate hike would provide financial relief to State Farm's California subsidiary, which has said it needs to shore up confidence with solvency regulators and ratings agencies.

Nick Bernardo is the founder of OnBord, an onboarding compliance automation tool.

A certified financial planner (CFP), he has spent the last 25 years in the financial services industry, including as a family wealth planner.

A Maryland judge temporarily halted mass layoffs of probationary employees at multiple agencies, citing legal violations and harm to states' ability to respond to unemployment needs.

Issuances fell in January for residential and multifamily segments, as concerns over available workers and future tariffs came to the fore.

After two consecutive quarters of profits, independent mortgage bankers lost money in the most recent period, for the ninth time in the last three years.

A federal judge in Maryland ruled against the City of Baltimore's attempt to block cuts to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau program funding on procedural grounds.

Jesse Silvertown is the principal at The Ledge Company, a forensic accountancy specializing in select M&A and high-profile public disputes. Previously, he was the first CFO at a high-growth, venture capital-backed startup and an executive at Ernst & Young, where he chaired various forensic sectors, including sports, media, technology, entertainment, private equity and M&A sectors (East Coast). He is based in New York City.

Prasad Barri, CPA, CA, CMA, is a tax advisor, financial analyst and accounts manager at Saicedar LLC who focuses on U.S. business structure consulting and tax planning.

Thirty-eight TD Bank locations and 24 Flagstar branches are set to shut down. Both banks are coming out of tumultuous periods.

Mortgage originators are still struggling with profitability, and getting their income and costs to pencil out could mean the company's survival.