The incoming administration has experience from its previous run, Bank of America's chairman and CEO said. He also said he would not join it. 

The two companies will retain ties as Daniel Wallace moves to an operational leadership position at a time when non-agency mortgage opportunities are opening up.

A complaint accuses Mr. Cooper of using an AI-generated call in contacting customers who gave no consent to be reached out to.

AI agents can help route tasks and make decisions along the way, but a human in the loop will still be needed to ensure effectiveness.

California lender Synergy One recently rolled out Synergy GPT, an enterprise AI bot, and is looking to further expand its technology use cases in 2025.

Flueid, which provides verification of title services, has raised $8.3 million of new capital, with lead investor LiveOak Ventures along with Gilbert's Detroit Venture Partners.

Esusu, Foyer, Divvy Homes and Tomo Mortgage are among the fintechs trying to give first-time homebuyers a break, alongside community development financial institutions like Southern Bancorp. 

For the eighth consecutive quarter, ICE Mortgage Technology lost money on a GAAP basis. Using a pro forma calculation involving Black Knight, operating income increased from a year ago.

AI-backed detection tools contributed to a significant spike in the dollar amount potentially saved from fraud this year, according to the Treasury Department.

Figure Technology Solutions introduced a "piggyback" home equity line of credit platform for its lending partners.

As it gets ready for more competition from VantageScore, the company also did not comment on reports of yet another impending price hike.

The capital markets platform will allow its investor clients to compare non-qualified mortgage rate sheets to their competitors for free.

If customers perceive they are dealing with a scripted chatbot, they are likely to be less satisfied with their mortgage servicer, J.D. Power said.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said opposition to the bureau's recently finalized open banking rule should be viewed as banks and other large firms attempting to quash competition and stymie consumer data protection.

While recent homeowners overwhelmingly support digital innovation that leads to faster, streamlined transactions, AI is "still not a trusted system for many borrowers," Cloudvirga said.

Looking ahead, the fintech views cross-selling products to customers as a strategy to expand its business and increase market share in the industry.

A ban on screen scraping and new disclosures to consumers about data usage are among the new elements of the data protection rule.

At the Most Powerful Women in Banking conference this week, New York's top banking regulator said banks need to take full responsibility for the artificial intelligence models they use, even if they bought them from a third party.

JPMorgan Chase and bank trade groups criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule for not providing enough data security.

Mortgage borrowers will begin speaking with the enhanced chatbots early next year.