Tony Merlo has been named executive vice president/chief operating officer of eAppraiseIT LLC, a provider of real estate valuation services based in Poway, Calif.Mr. Merlo, who has 25 years of experience in the banking, mortgage banking, and title insurance industries, was most recently senior vice president of production for eAppraiseIT, a joint venture of The First American Corp. and Land America Financial Group. He was previously assistant vice president in the strategic sales division of First American’s Real Estate Information Services Group, and has also been assistant VP and regional manager for the Atlantic region of First American Title. The company can be found online at http://www.eappraiseit.com.
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals halted the Trump administration's attempt to fire nearly two-thirds of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's workforce, upholding a March 2025 injunction.
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Anthropic's head of banking told New York Banking Summit attendees that the future is agents that operate autonomously alongside employees.
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The industry association said total multifamily mortgage debt alone increased by $23 billion, or 1% in Q1, representing a $2.32 trillion increase from Q4 2025.
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Chair Travis Hill said SVB showed banks can't always sell securities fast enough to cover deposit outflows, but acknowledged the "stigma problem" with discount window borrowing remains unsolved.
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The merger will bolster existing safeguards against AI threats, while providing a tool that should appeal to young homebuyers, leaders of the companies said.
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At a conference in New York, Joseph Otting reflected on the difficult hiring decisions he made early in his tenure heading Flagstar Bank, which just two years ago was on the verge of collapse.
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