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MetLife to Shed Depositories, Retain Mortgages

August 5, 2011
MetLife isn’t getting enough bang for its buck out of its depository banking business to justify the amount of regulatory oversight it has to contend with in a highly competitive market. Facing the prospect of even more intensive regulation ahead, the company has decided to look for a purchaser for that line of its operations. But the insurance industry giant plans to keep its mortgage banking business, MetLife Home Loans, most of which was acquired from First Horizon in 2008. The company also picked up EverBank’s reverse mortgage business. Given MetLife’s focus as a global insurance and employee benefits player, the company has decided that...
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