Finance

Even as First Republic Bank has sunk deeper into crisis this week — falling as much as 49% on one day alone — shares of many of its peers, including names like PacWest Bancorp and UMB Financial, have mostly held steady.

The company recorded its first quarter of production-related sequential revenue growth in roughly two years, which supplemented its income from the servicer and real estate business line.

The company also has plans to bring on board $37 billion in subservicing contracts in line with its acquisition of Rushmore Loan Management Services.

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia have come up with a plan for letting banks innovate with artificial intelligence and widening access to credit at the same time.

The California bank, which endured large deposit outflows in March, anticipates selling its $2.7 billion lender finance portfolio in the coming months. It's also looking at cutting facilities, employee headcount and vendor costs.

Her statement calls out "a fundamental misunderstanding about the fees" following concerns expressed by two congressmen and others about their impacts.

Business owners or employees in this line of business can apply for a non-QM loan in 38 states that have legalized recreational or medical use of marijuana.

A couple small deals with some unusual regional concentration also are in the market and one broker says many billions of dollars more are in the pipeline.

The transaction is the second of its kind in the past six months and comes as the mortgage leaders take steps to develop document standardization that would ease electronic closings and trading of the home equity loans.

The San Francisco bank, on shaky ground after two regional peers failed last month, said that customers pulled more than 40% of their deposits last quarter. It's been forced to turn to more expensive sources of funding, which analysts said will squeeze its profitability.