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New brands are emerging to improve banking services to targeted consumer segments, and Daylight is one intent on winning over the LGBTQ market. What are mainstream banks getting wrong that leaves an opening for niche brands like Daylight?

As the pandemic continues to weigh on us all, BlueVine shares how it is putting employees first.

From gamifying work to taking the "hell" out of hell weeks, creativity in worker recognition is gaining steam among the firms listed in the Best Mortgage Companies to Work For ranking.

How consumer attitudes toward privacy threaten to overturn long-standing industry assumptions about customer data and personalization.

Virtual events will continue to replace the large in-person gatherings for the foreseeable future, lenders in the Best Companies to Work for list say.

Amid a wave of initial public offerings and acquisitions, originators with employee stock ownership plans say the underutilized company structure has helped with recruiting and retention in a competitive market.

How mortgage companies with 500 or more employees stacked up against each other.

How mortgage companies with between 100 and 499 employees stacked up against each other.

How mortgage companies with between 15 and 99 employees stacked up against each other.

National Mortgage News presents the third annual Best Mortgage Companies to Work For — a survey and awards program dedicated to identifying and recognizing the industry's best employers and providing organizations with valuable employee feedback.

Already contending with stressed retail, hotel and restaurant loans, bankers are beginning to view office lending — historically a safe bet — as increasingly risky as companies of all types rethink their space needs.

Reimagining LGBTQ+ efforts at UBS for improving diversity in their recruitment process

The Federal Reserve warned of significant risks of business bankruptcies and steep drops in commercial real estate prices in a report published on Friday.

The operating environment is dramatically different than it was pre-pandemic and presents all-new challenges for financial institutions. Tried-and-true strategies that led to high performance for many years are no longer going to be successful. Join Bonnie McGeer, Executive Editor of American Banker, and Claude Hanley, Partner at Capital Performance Group, as they highlight important trends and comb through data from top-performing banks across the country for insights that will help regional and community financial institutions thrive in 2021. Executives will learn what metrics will be most critical to focus on to maintain high performance going forward.

Like so many other businesses, Credit Karma was not spared by the pandemic and its rippling effects on the economy. Their business was prone to the same macro conditions, particularly the tightening of lending standards and credit limits. Join Paul Centopani, National Mortgage News' reporter and Andy Taylor, Credit Karma's General Manager of Home & Mortgage as they discuss how FinTechs can pivot to adapt to the new normal.

Financial inclusion is a key enabler to reducing poverty and Fintech is leading the way forward. New businesses and creative banking services are emerging with new means of providing financial services to the financially underserved. But technology is just part of the equation, not the whole solution. Join Daniel Wolfe, Editor-in-Chief of PaymentSource as he explores the issues surrounding financial services as infrastructure and how it can address the wealth gap in various communities with our special guests Wole Coaxum, Founder & CEO of MoCaFi and Marc Weill, Partner & Senior Advisor at Two Sigma Ventures.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles have moved from nice-to-have to business critical. Hear how Citi is facilitating and driving change.

The California company acquired Civic Financial Services, which makes loans to residential real estate investors.

A growing number of states have chosen to decriminalize or legalize cannabis in recent years. As a result, the legal cannabis industry has experienced exponential growth. Yet banks and other financial institutions are still largely reluctant to partner with cannabis firms due to the lingering conflict between state and federal law. In this episode we will explore: (1) how financial institutions can navigate the regulatory, compliance, and operational challenges facing this sector; and (2) the steps the Biden Administration may take to improve the environment for banking this industry.

The fintech world is expanding at a sometimes breathtaking pace. Much of that growth is driven by venture capital, but how do VCs decide which companies to invest it in--or not? Join Greycroft partner Will Szczerbiak in a discussion with Olugbenga Agboola, the founder and CEO of Flutterwave, the San Francisco-based startup building the largest payments infrastructure in Africa. Guest host James Ledbetter, editor and publisher of the fintech newsletter FIN, will explore these questions: What are VCs looking for in a fintech startup? What are the hottest fintech sectors in 2021? How has the rise in fintech valuations affected the market? Where will growth be strongest in the next few years?