Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Pennymac, UWM top competitors’ early conforming limit upsize

The two remaining large non-bank mortgage lenders that boost their conforming limits well in advance of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s annual announcement have gone even higher than the competition in raising their preliminary thresholds. Processing Content The move comes as the Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Applications Survey Market Composite Index for Sept. 11 ended […]

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State bank examiners get a playbook for inspecting AI

Key insight: The CSBS framework covers generative and agentic AI, the technology the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC placed outside the scope of their revised model risk guidance in April. What’s at stake: State agencies supervise 3,355 of the country’s 4,233 FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions, so most U.S. banks may face the new questions

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Ryan Donovan, President and CEO of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks

Borrowing from Federal Home Loan banks jumped 20% in 2Q

Ryan Donovan, president and CEO of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks Processing Content Key insight: Banks have turned to the Federal Home Loan banks for liquidity because the rise in long-term Treasury yields has sparked fierce competition for deposits. Supporting data: Commercial banks accounted for roughly 90% of the $134 billion increase in

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