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Katie Thomas, CPA, is the owner of Leaders Online, which helps accounting and B2A (business to accounting) professionals increase their impact, influence and income through thought leadership and digital marketing.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will take a bite out of bank profits in 2024 by issuing final rules on overdraft and credit card late fees, among other major rulemakings.

Home lending and real estate-related businesses developed tools to answer loan officer questions, help write marketing copy, envision newly designed interiors and even correspond with consumers on a limited basis.

PRPM 2023-NQM3 Trust has issued residential mortgage-backed securities that are supported by 516 loans, 23% of which were originated by Newfi Lending.

At least 40 former employees are in the class action, which is made up of former loan officers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The deadline for a $28 million deal between Bancorp 34 and CBOA Financial was pushed later into 2024 after Bancorp 34, the buyer, announced it would restate third-quarter results to reflect a significant loss tied to a worsening commercial real estate credit.

In a filing, the company's subservicing subsidiary Loancare said 1.3 million customers had their data compromised, while in an ongoing situation, customers of fellow title insurer First American find themselves without email or online access after a separate incident last week.

Values declined in two regions and were flat in two others, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Stephen P. Winterstein is a strategic partner of the communications firm  Flat98 Strategies & Communications LLC. He is a former chief municipal strategist and managing director of research at Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors. Stephen holds an MBA from Lehigh University and bachelor's degree in economics from Millersville University.

F. Hale Stewart Jr., JD, LL.M. is an attorney at Zerbe, Miller, Fingeret, Frank and Jadav LLP and the author of U.S. Captive Insurance Law, Captive Insurance in Plain English and the recently published Designing a Risk Financing Program.