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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for a third meeting and gave its clearest signal yet that its aggressive hiking campaign is finished by forecasting a series of cuts next year.

The Federal Reserve has allowed more than $1 trillion of assets to roll off its balance sheet. Chair Jerome Powell says he doesn't believe reserves in the banking system are nearing a level that would cause the Fed to slow down or stop.

Krishnan Nair is the director of product, fintech & payments for Stampli.

Heather H. Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of CLARA Analytics, has more than a decade of executive experience in data, analytics and artificial intelligence, including Global Head of Innovation and Advanced Technology at Kaiser Permanente and Chief Data Officer of AIG. She currently sits on Equifax's board of directors. While at AIG, she was named the Insurance Woman of the Year by the Insurance Technology Association for her data innovation work. Wilson has been a steady supporter of diversity. She launched the Kaiser Permanente Women in Technology group, focused on mentorship and retention for women in math, technology and science, and at AIG, she launched Global Women in Technology and served as Executive Sponsor of Girls Who Code.

Sudhir Chaturvedi is president and executive board member of LTIMindtree.

He leads a dynamic sales, marketing and alliance team globally, and is a member of the board of Syncordis Consulting, a subsidiary of LTIMindtree, based in Luxembourg. Since joining LTIMindtree, Chaturvedi has been a key strategist of the company's transformation that is widely visible across brand development, market development and business development activities.

Peter Boerhof is senior VAT director at Vertex Inc.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposal, which would modernize client meetings necessary for some mortgages, is similar to an FHA move.

Piritta van Rijn is global head of product, accounting, tax and practice at Thomson Reuters.

Falling interest rates are behind a recent spike in government-backed lending as well as refinances, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.