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The Treasury’s latest tax collection may preview how the shrinking of the Federal Reserve’s $9 trillion balance sheet, or quantitative tightening, will unfold for the markets and global liquidity.

Strong general unemployment gains, student loan deferrals and borrowers enjoying low interest rates secured in the refinance boom contributed to the positive gains.

Lenders financed the properties through first-lien, fixed-rate mortgage loans, most of which were on 30-year terms extended to prime borrowers, many self-employed.

With large banks establishing strong security infrastructure, cybercriminals are eyeing smaller and mid sized companies as their next victims.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will conduct supervisory exams of nonbank fintech companies that pose risks to consumers as Director Rohit Chopra seeks to level the regulatory playing field with supervised banks.

Technology moves at a breakneck pace that threatens to leave flat-footed organizations in the dust. But industry leaders are leveraging the bleeding edge to get ahead of the pack and never look back. 

Origination fees vs. origination charges can be one of the most confusing parts of a loan offer. Diving into the difference between the terms and why there is no uniformity in the industry can help borrowers understand the lending process better, writes the CEO of Confer.

A shortage of workers, sharp wage hikes and global supply chain challenges held the nationwide completion rate to just a 7% increase between 2019-21, according to LendingTree.

First American’s Real House Price Index showed a record increase, reflecting both elevated home prices and fast-rising interest rates.

The bank didn’t disclose which specific employees, or how many, were impacted by the announcement.

Although no attacks have been tied to the country so far, professionals say the industry already beset by heightened fraud risk is a ripe target.

Allowing VantageScore to compete in the mainstream mortgage market may help to close the racial homeownership and financial wealth gap by increasing homeownership opportunities for underserved populations, writes the president and CEO of HomeFree-USA.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell outlined his most aggressive approach to taming inflation to date, potentially endorsing two or more half percentage-point interest-rate increases while describing the labor market as overheated.

With Digital Asset Registration Technologies, lenders can avoid duplication errors and riskier arrangements with multiple parties on the platform, its creators say.

Health care, home improvement, cannabis, gaming and college students are among the areas banks are targeting with the help of innovative tools.

Originations in this business have slipped over the past four quarters and now make up less volume than what the bank brings in from consumer direct.