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Kind Lending, Class Valuation, also add CFOs, Mortgage Capital Trading boosts artificial intelligence efforts and Acra welcomes an industry veteran.

Developing class action cases could corral hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs in fights against lenders who allegedly defrauded customers and employees.

Here are the most-read stories from National Mortgage News over the past year.

National Mortgage News takes a look back at some of the major or unique transactions which went on, or in some cases didn't happen, in the past 12 months.

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.