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While ransomware group Alphv/Blackcat claims to have orchestrated the incident, title insurance company Fidelity National Financial has not yet stated whether confidential data was compromised.

Morais, who leads the auto lender's consumer and commercial banking divisions, is preparing to leave as Ally Financial conducts a search for its next chief executive officer. She had been seen as a potential candidate to replace outgoing CEO Jeffrey Brown.

Carol was honored by American Banker as a Most Powerful Women in Banking Standout in 2021, and was named one of the Most Influential Women in Payments by American Banker in 2016, 2017 and 2023.

The conflict of interest rule for securitizations doesn't appear to discourage routine transactions, but could add to nonbank compliance costs.

Rising purchase activity countered falling refinances, as declining interest rates helped bring some aspiring buyers to market, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Hawzien Gebremedhin has been the diversity, equity and inclusion leader at Plante Moran for two years. Her family immigrated to the United States from the Tigray region of Ethiopia when she was a one-year-old, and she and her sister recently co-founded a nonprofit called Tigray Action Committee that is committed to bringing awareness and action to the Tigray Genocide. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and holds a Diversity & Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.

To date, all of the lawsuits accuse the servicer of failing to secure and safeguard customers personal identifiable information.

Former Federal Housing Administration head David Stevens talks about the rough road ahead for mortgage lenders.

Of the top five factors influencing a home buying decision, an Assurance IQ survey of real estate agents said price and affordability was at the top, followed by financing & mortgage options.