Data governance

Not every audit will save a dollar, but paying for check-ups will stem further expenses, industry veterans say.

The White House is calling on the Department of Justice and federal regulators to give bank deals more scrutiny as part of a broader executive order meant to encourage competition across the U.S. economy.

Blend, a provider of mortgage point of sale systems, is offering a new product that uses machine learning to streamline loan closings and analyze loan data quality.

Capital One's dispute with Plaid raised questions about the ability of banks and aggregators to work together. But the end of that fight, and Capital One's deal with Finicity, show common ground can be reached — eventually.

Freddie Mac is delaying the soft launch of its Phrase 3 updates to the Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset by a week.

CoreLogic's net income dropped to $31 million in the third quarter from $36 million a year ago due to a settlement and an estimated 25% decline in origination units.

Using historical patterns to predict the next financial success or crisis seems rational. But beware the human psyche’s tendency to concoct order out of randomness.