State regulators

Moody's Corp. agreed to pay almost $864 million to resolve a multiyear U.S. investigation into credit ratings on subprime mortgage securities, helping to clear the way for the firm to move beyond its crisis-era litigation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to give the state's banking regulator — one of the country's most aggressive — the power to ban "bad actors" from working in financial services, allowing it to step in when federal agencies refuse to act.

Ohio has prohibited the use of plywood to board up certain vacant or abandoned properties in foreclosure.

State mortgage regulators and attorneys general are likely to step up enforcement of lending rules if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes a less activist stance in the Trump administration.

Credit Suisse Group must face New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's $10 billion lawsuit accusing the bank of fraud in the sale of mortgage-backed securities prior to the 2008 financial crisis, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday in a split decision.

PHH Corp. has agreed to pay a $28 million fine to the New York Department of Financial Services to settle allegations its servicing and origination units mistreated borrowers.

PHH Corp. is getting out of the private-label mortgage origination business in the wake of Merrill Lynch ending its relationship, plus it is selling its Ginnie Mae servicing rights to Lakeview Loan Servicing.

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The California Department of Business Oversight imposed a fine on the Texas lender for violating restrictions on per-diem interest.

Condominium associations cannot afford to take on the potential legal risk that reporting delinquent borrowers to the credit bureaus would bring.