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A highly-publicized leadership battle, political posturing, overturned decisions and challenges that may go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court have made it an interesting time at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB).

What began as a description for back-end operations technology, Fintech now applies to a broad spectrum including online marketing, business intelligence and customer experience.

There’s somewhat of an “attitude divide” between experts and consumers these days. Industry news and commentary are rife with housing supply concerns as markets nationwide have been dealing with low inventory for quite some time.

MBA’s Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference took place January 22-25 along the scenic Florida coast at the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island.

Every company and practitioner in the financial services industry deals with change on a daily basis and the pace of technology and shifts in consumer preferences show no signs of slowing.

After nearly a year in the making, Total Expert is bringing together some of the brightest minds in mortgage, technology and other related companies to discuss what’s on the horizon for the industry and engage in a free exchange of knowledge regarding their own best practices and the approaches to execution that set them apart.

Co-marketing has changed. For decades, mortgage loan officers (MLOs) have worked alongside their Realtor partners to drive new business through methods like Marketing Service Agreements (MSAs) that were really just ways for lenders to market themselves to real estate agents rather than consumers in hopes of gaining their buyer referrals.

No pain, no gain may be a great philosophy for the gym, but the exact opposite is true in business.