Commercial banking

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to scratch and rework its open banking rule, at a time when the agency's fate is in doubt.

In a draft version of the tax bill released on Monday, House Republicans highlighted the president's populist priorities in a package that would enact those cuts through 2028.

Price growth continued to trend toward the Federal Reserve's 2% target, but not enough to spur action from the central bank.

The top five lenders had an average of 30,887 loans guaranteed in 2024.

All of those surveyed by Wolters Kluwer for its May Blue Chip Economic Indicators report ruled out the possibility the Fed could raise short-term rates.

Jaclyn DeJohn is the director of economic analysis at SmartAsset. 

As a spokesperson for the company she has been cited by Bloomberg, CNBC, Business Insider, Fox News and The Hill, among other media outlets.

John Wu is president of Ava Labs.

The allegations against New York's attorney general involve transactions that occurred over decades, but James called the charges political retaliation.

A 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs between the U.S. and China boosted the near-term economic outlook for banks, but tensions and uncertainty around trade barriers remain high.

April was a mixed bag for title companies, executives said on earnings calls, but some are expecting a stronger market the rest of the year.

Kamron Clifford has extensive experience in product management and leadership roles in the technology and mapping industries. Kamron is currently the Director of Product, Platform & Mobility Intelligence at Arity, where they lead a team in the development of a data ingestion and processing platform. Prior to that, Kamron worked at TomTom, where they held various positions including Director of Product Management and Senior Product Manager. Kamron has also worked at Tele Atlas, San Diego City Schools, University of Southern California, Environmental Careers Organization, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and Public Radio International. Kamron's experience spans across roles in product management, training, teaching, research, and communications.

Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler said in a speech in Dublin that trade barriers could soon affect prices and slow down growth while increasing uncertainty in 2025.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a policy directive rescinding scores of standing guidance documents, interpretive rules and advisory opinions in a bid to reduce compliance costs.

In April 2025, the bank admitted that it may have made a mistake in denying the plaintiff forbearance.

Originators feel neutral about bombshell acquisitions and regulation news, remaining focused on inventory, mortgages rates and costs, an NMN survey says.

The first quarter showed a narrowing in the market share spread between the six active underwriters, but that was before April's economic uncertainty.

The mortgage fintech looks to transition to a model of strategic platform partnerships rather than offer its own closing services as it simplifies operations.

The Trump administration says it will nominate Jonathan McKernan to serve as Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance. McKernan has already been nominated as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Simon Randall is the CEO and co-founder of Pimloc, an AI company changing how global organizations can responsibly manage video content while maintaining public trust. Before Pimloc, he led the OMG Life team to develop and launch the world's first intelligent wearable camera and its associated technology platform licensing, before spinning out the visual classification side of the business to create Pimloc in 2017. He previously worked for a range of global businesses in London, Sydney and Istanbul, bringing with him a wealth of consumer tech experience including 12 successful years at Nokia across go-to-market, marketing, business strategy, insight and planning, global online sales, global performance marketing and product development areas. Prior to Nokia, he worked in a range of creative hot-houses and strategic consultancies across the beverages, banking and tech sectors.

Agency mortgage backed securities have slipped about 1.1% since the start of April, trailing Treasuries and the broader US bond market.