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First introduced in 2020, the Fair Access to Financial Services Act would require banks to serve all customers in a manner similar to existing requirements for hotels and restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Dennis Hermonstyne, a legal and regulatory expert, previously held roles with E-Trade and the Federal Reserve System.

Emerging mortgage bankers can achieve a competitive advantage against big-box lenders by prioritizing a digital-forward mortgage business, writes the CEO of Click N' Close.

Mortgage lenders are increasingly relying on third-party data to determine the amount of incentive to offer.

Katie Jones is the third woman added to the GSE’s chief officer ranks in the past year.

Bank of America is keeping to its original hiring plans despite challenging economic conditions that have prompted others to pull back, Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said.

Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup each reported a substantially larger workforce in the second quarter compared with a year earlier. Across the six biggest U.S. banks, the average gain in employment was 5.5% compared with mid-2021.

Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf hired Mike Weinbach in 2020 as part of a broader organizational shake-up. The former JPMorgan Chase executive is leaving in mid-September as the consumer lending group transitions to a new leader.

The outspoken former Trump administration official recently made headlines when he referred to the mortgage industry as a “ticking time bomb.”

And as long as broader unemployment remains low and inflation stays high, monetary policymakers will likely keep raising short-term rates in ways that could challenge home lending.