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WASHINGTON— Congress on Thursday approved legislation to restore funding to most Department of Homeland Security agencies, ending a record 76-day lapse for operations outside immigration enforcement, POLITICO reported.

 

WASHINGTON— The CFPB on Thursday finalized a rewrite of its small business lending data rule that strips out a Biden-era requirement for FIs to collect demographic information from borrowers, according to a Federal Register notice.

WASHINGTON– Homebuyer affordability declined in March, with the national median payment applied for by purchase applicants increasing to $2,131 from $2,061 in February, the Mortgage Bankers Association's reported.

MCLEAN, Va.-- The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ticked higher this past week, averaging 6.30%, Freddie Mac said.

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—The $1.7-billion Frontwave Credit Union has reported a data breach involving member names and Social Security numbers after one of its service providers inadvertently disclosed non-public information to another credit union, according to a notice filed with the California Attorney General’s Office.

WASHINGTON—Fresh warnings from regulators and bank executives across the Asia-Pacific region are reinforcing what may be the clearest message yet for U.S. financial institutions: Anthropic’s Claude Mythos is rapidly moving from experimental cybersecurity tool to a potentially major new source of cyber risk, with concerns now escalating from supervisory circles to the White House.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. economy grew at a 2.0% annualized rate in the first quarter, rebounding from the prior quarter’s 0.5% pace but coming in slightly below economists’ expectations, as a sharp pickup in business investment helped offset weaker consumer spending and a drag from trade, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ advance estimate released Thursday.

WASHINGTON--The Defense Credit Union Council has submitted formal statements for the record to both the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies on behalf of credit unions, the trade group reported.