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Rohit Chopra is named senior advisor to the Democratic Attorneys General Association's working group on consumer protection and affordability; Flagstar Bank adds additional wealth-planning capabilities to its private banking division; Chime promotes three members of its executive leadership team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

AIME's CEO takes an additional AI leadership role, ALTA elects new president and Revolution, Tidalwave, Visio welcome chief operating officers.

Flagstar shareholders approved a plan to merge its holding company into the bank; Huntington tapped a new chief auditor, along with two new business leaders; First Foundation hired a new chief credit officer; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Onity adds former Meta exec as director, Click n' Close taps industry veteran as president while banks and credit unions boost their mortgage teams.

With increased regulatory scrutiny on marketing service agreements, referral fees, and a new political administration changing dynamics for lenders,

While federal regulatory oversight may appear to be in flux, states are stepping up to fill the void, creating a new compliance landscape for mortgage professionals.

The mortgage industry has already embraced automation and AI through optical character recognition (OCR), automated underwriting systems (AUS),

The integration of artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the mortgage industry,

Many participants promoted AI-backed products aimed at promoting engagement and retention of existing customers, with features from deepfakes to voice agents.