Practice and client management

Large companies competing to become the Amazon or Google for home lending products discuss their use of acquisitions and targeted marketing to cultivate the image of being a one-stop-shop innovator.

Hopes that the pandemic has been curbed have dimmed as infections and hospitalizations are on the rise again due to the introduction of the extremely dangerous Delta strain. For some companies, this has disrupted their plans to bring remote employees back to their offices or institute a “hybrid” arrangement. While some are going ahead with their reopening plans. Join Danielle Caricofe, EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer at Machias Saving Bank and Hollen Spatz, VP of People & Operations at ClassPass as they discuss: (1) What companies should consider as they weigh their options; (2) The impact on employee morale and mental well being from this prolonged pandemic and how organization improve morale and support mental well being; and (3) How should companies rethink employee experience

The company's new name helps reflect the business lines it expanded into outside of fix-and-flip during the last few years.

Rep. Val Demings introduced legislation in Congress that automatically triggers a stop on evictions and foreclosures for homeowners with federally-backed mortgages when a disaster is declared.

The bank's noninterest expenses fell by 8% in the second quarter — a sign that CEO Charlie Scharf is making progress in reining in spending that had been soaring in recent years amid heightened regulatory scrutiny. He ultimately hopes to reduce gross expenditures by $8 billion annually.

For the first time, the FDIC, Federal Reserve and OCC have combined efforts to advise banks on risk management procedures when working with nonbank partners.

A new public-private network is pursuing a more comprehensive approach than other states to cultivate a strong financial technology industry by uniting banks, insurance companies, startups, government agencies, investors, universities and students.

2020 was a challenging year for banks. The impact of COVID on the economy as well as changes to accounting for loan loss provisions were evident in weaker financial and stock price performance in 2020 for many banks and yet CEO compensation increased. Learn from experienced executive compensation consultants about the challenges Compensation Committees faced in 2020, why pay levels increased relative to 2019, what were common COVID-related compensation changes, and what changes were made for 2021 incentive plan design.

Scams in which a real person’s information is used to create fictitious businesses or individuals have led to $6 billion in credit losses. The Federal Reserve has developed a standard definition for synthetic identity fraud so lenders can distinguish it from traditional identity theft.

This is the multi-hyphenate company’s sixth deal since the start of 2020 — a series of acquisitions in a variety of sectors within the industry, ranging from analytics to artificial intelligence.