Blenn A. Fujimoto will now work full time as president and chief executive of Central Pacific HomeLoans Inc., the mortgage banking unit of Central Pacific Bank, Honolulu. He resigned the positions of vice chairman of parent company Central Pacific Financial Corp., and vice chairman, Hawaii market at Central Pacific Bank; those jobs have been eliminated as the company moves to a leaner management structure. Fujimoto was responsible for establishing CPHL in August 2005. In 2009, the company had origination volume of $1.9 billion in Hawaii.
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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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Economic uncertainty and higher rates in May contributed to the second decline in applications for new homes on an annual basis, reversing March gains
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