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Phil DeFronzo, founder of Norcom Mortgage, said the company made the "strategic decision to focus on [its] wholesale channel TPO GO."

Chase Petrey is the President of Applied Pay at Applied Systems. He has a diverse career in the enterprise software industry, bringing with him a unique set of fintech, Software as a Service (SaaS), and analytics skills. Chase also serves as President of the Salt Lake City Chapter at Silicon Slopes, a nonprofit organization that exists to empower Utah's tech community to learn, connect, and serve in order to make entrepreneurship open and accessible to all.

Christina Lee is a Researcher at ACTUAL, where she focuses on comprehensive policy and industry-related research. With a keen interest in energy and sustainability, Christina delves into topics ranging from renewables and green hydrogen to supply chain dynamics and electric vehicles (EVs). Her research involves synthesizing complex data and trends to provide actionable insights for decision-makers in both public and private sectors. Christina earned her BA in Urban Studies and Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, from the College of Environmental Design.

Karthik Balakrishnan, Ph.D, is the President and Co-founder of ACTUAL, the Capital Planning Software that allows enterprise CFOs to greenlight the investments which allow them to meet their sustainability goals. With over a decade of experience working at the intersection of asset transformation and supply chain, Karthik has established himself as a sought-after leader, speaking at various events on sustainable development, government policy and global implementation. Karthik holds a PhD and MS from Stanford and a BS from UC San Diego all in Aerospace Engineering.

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that pursuing a rulemaking on forced arbitration, as laid out by consumer advocates' rulemaking petition, would be an "affront to Congress."

Cris Cicala is a partner in Stinson LLP's New York City office. A corporate, finance and banking attorney with more than two decades of both domestic and international experience, Cris focuses his practice on providing corporations, financial institutions, private equity and credit funds, real estate developers, media companies and entrepreneurs with practical and strategic legal advice.

Owen Wheatley is the lead partner on banking and financial services at ISG.

More than a quarter of the respondents to a Redfin survey don't know how much their agent got, with 19% unaware of who actually paid them.

Mortgage rates rose this week as investors priced stronger than expected inflation and jobs affecting Fed moves into the 10-year Treasury.

Figure claims its lien and eNote registry is a "streamlined and markedly efficient alternative to manual assignments and conventional loan tracking databases."