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Nevada also approved similar legislation in June, with permanent policies now in place in over half of all U.S. states.

Virginia and Montana both introduced new bills in the past month, potentially joining several other states in enacting policies that would increase business opportunities for lenders.

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.

Fears of a permanent exodus from office life may have been premature, according to a study that finds a majority of businesses plan changes, but no significant downsizing of space.

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.

“Our goal is by after Labor Day to effectively be back to where we were in January of 2020,” Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said.

Long-term home-based operations are more likely than they were prior in March of last year, but some origination and servicing professionals will return to the office, a recent survey suggests.

As the pandemic continues to weigh on us all, BlueVine shares how it is putting employees first.

By tracking remote workers with customizable benchmarks, Grind Analytics’ new software tool increased efficiency for one of its first users, OneTrust Home Loans.

The move to a remote work model is a long-term, technology-driven transformation, which was well underway prior to the pandemic and will continue long after the pandemic, Matthew VanFossen and Taylor Stork, members of the Community Home Lenders Association, argue.

Corporate breaches facilitated by employees — often accidentally — rose significantly this year, and banks have been particularly hard hit. Here's why.

With an unusually high number of unknowns to factor in, mortgage industry leaders offer a peek at their playbooks for the next year.

Staying in compliance with the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act has been a difficult task for lenders while employees work from home for months on end.

Former MBA chair and owner, president, and CEO of Union Home Mortgage, Bill Cosgrove, provides a peek into his pandemic playbook and offers advice to smaller lenders on how to stay competitive amid a rash of companies going public.

HUD Deputy Secretary Brian Montgomery questioned "whether we could ever totally accept desktop-only appraisals" at the Mortgage Bankers Association conference this week.

Mortgage companies contended with an average of 1,316 fraud attempts per month in 2020, up from 1,280 in the previous year, according to the latest study by LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

What Jason Gardner, founder and CEO of Marqeta, has learned leading a 450-person fintech from home.

The industry has long talked about embracing digital technology — but the time for talk may be over.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact every aspect of life in Napa County, Calif., including housing prices, with many buyers wanting to flee the big city.