The Federal Home Loan Banks should do more to fulfill their affordable housing goals, according to an industry analyst.

The economic impact of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse may serve as a substitute for future rate hikes.

The guilty plea by Sterling Bank includes $27.2 million in restitution. The DOJ said any higher amount would have put the bank out of business.

HUD’s decision to reinstate its 2013 “discriminatory effects standard” could revive an old lawsuit brought against the agency by two trade groups.

The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have put much of the banking system on shaky ground. Lenders with similar balance sheets that are more heavily involved in the mortgage market are under scrutiny.

With a bank liquidity crisis taking seed, some nonbank CEOs started asking a basic question: Are our escrows safe? What about our corporate deposits? Needless to say, it’s been an interesting week.

Some banks hike their use of FHLBank advances when a run on their deposits and the inability to sell their MBS holdings cut into liquidity. This strategy doesn’t seem to work for all banks.

The Newark, OH-based bank was accused of redlining mortgage borrowers in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods of the Columbus metropolitan area.

The GSEs’ endorsement of attorney opinion letters in lieu of title insurance has the title industry concerned.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on the contentious issue of whether the CFPB’s funding is unconstitutional. Last year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held the bureau’s funding structure violated the Constitution’s appropriation clause and separation of powers doctrine.