Weekly Banking Bulletin
May 7, 2021
SECTION I
This section records the receipt of applications and notices to the Banking Division of the Department of Financial Services. Applications and notices received by Foreign and Wholesale Banks, Community and Regional Banks, Licensed Financial Services and Consumer Examination Unit are listed in order of date of receipt; applications and notices received by Mortgage Banking are listed at the end of Section I by type of application or notice. THE WEEKLY BULLETIN CONSTITUTES THE ONLY WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF THESE SUBMISSIONS THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT. Any comment on, or objection to, any item contained in this Weekly Bulletin should be presented to the Department within 10 calendar days of the date of this bulletin, unless a different time period is specified in the item. More specifically, such comments or objections, including any that concern CRA-related applications, should be either (a) delivered by mail or in person to Office of the General Counsel, New York State Department of Financial Services, One State Street, New York, New York 10004-1417 before the stated deadline or (b) transmitted by email to [email protected].
SECTION II
This section records actions taken by the Superintendent of Financial Services, and other information concerning the activities of the Banking Division of the Department of Financial Services. Actions relating to institutions supervised by Foreign and Wholesale Banks, Community and Regional Banks and Licensed Financial Services are listed in order of date of action; actions relating to institutions supervised by Mortgage Banking are listed at the end of Section II by type of action taken.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Each item in the Weekly Bulletin is identified by a two-letter code indicating the type of institution and a three-letter code indicating the unit of the Department which has supervisory responsibility for the institution. The following is a list of the codes and their meanings:
Institution Codes
| BK | Bank | BR | Mortgage Broker | |
| BP | Budget Planner | MS | Mortgage Servicer | |
| CC | Check Cashier | PF | Premium Finance Agency | |
| CU | Credit Union | PB | Private Banker | |
| FA | Foreign Agency | SD | Safe Deposit Company | |
| FB | Foreign Branch | SF | Sale Finance Agency | |
| FR | Foreign Representative Office | SL | Savings and Loan Association | |
| HC | Holding Company | SB | Savings Bank | |
| IC | Investment Company | SL | Student Loans | |
| LL | Licensed Lender | TM | Transmitter of Money | |
| MK | Merchant Bank | TR | Trust Company | |
| MI | Miscellaneous | VC | Virtual Currency | |
| MB | Mortgage Banker |
Regulatory Unit Codes
| CM | Capital Markets |
| CRB | Community and Regional Banks |
| CEU | Consumer Examination Unit |
| FWB | Foreign and Wholesale Banks |
| LFS | Licensed Financial Services |
| MBD | Mortgage Banking |
SECTION I
April 30, 2021 (TR-CRB)
FLUSHING BANK
260 East RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556
Notice of intention to close branch office at 170 Old Country Road, Mineola, Nassau County, New York 11501, received.
The comment period on this notice will expire June 7, 2021.
May 3, 2021 (MI-CRB)
PROVIDENT BANK
239 Washington Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Application dated May 3, 2021 for permission to open and occupy a branch office at 1045 Northern Boulevard, Roslyn, Nassau County, New York 11576, received.
Application to engage in the business of a Mortgage Broker under Article 12-D of the New York Banking Law received for examination:
May 4, 2021 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Abiola Kayode Majekodunmi
As: Salvation Financial Inc
197 Rt 18 South Suite 201N, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Application to establish a Mortgage Banker's Branch received for examination:
April 30, 2021 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Quicken Loans, LLC
415 Geyser Rd, Ballston Spa, NY 12020
April 30, 2021 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
NLC Loans in lieu of Nations Lending Corporation
22-05 Maple Avenue, 1st Floor, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
April 30, 2021 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Quicken Loans, LLC
4981 Broadway, Depew, NY 14043
Article 12-E Applications received. Individuals listed may not engage in mortgage loan origination activities prior to the approval of their application for licensing. They must also complete all required education, testing and bonding requirements by the dates set forth in Part 420 of the Superintendent’s Regulations which may be found on the Department’s website.
| Date of Application | NMLS # | Applicant Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14, 2020 | 1672757 | Victoria Marie Callihan | Ashburn | Virginia |
| December 22, 2020 | 2073120 | Zachary Keith Kurtz | Solon | Ohio |
| January 26, 2021 | 2023604 | Xiaodong Huang | Edison | New Jersey |
| February 11, 2021 | 1943525 | Hunter Madison Kennah | New York | New York |
| February 12, 2021 | 1947879 | Cristian Antonio Rodriguez | Columbia | Missouri |
| March 8, 2021 | 210102 | Jeffrey David Toomire | Franktown | Colorado |
| March 8, 2021 | 438547 | Eric William Walker | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
| March 11, 2021 | 150121 | Gisela E. Pratt | Mountaintop | Pennsylvania |
| March 24, 2021 | 481252 | Brian C. Gallagher | New Canaan | Connecticut |
| March 24, 2021 | 1879527 | Christian Robles | Irvine | California |
| March 25, 2021 | 2024205 | Dren Jakupi | Staten Island | New York |
| March 26, 2021 | 1714272 | McHenry Francois | Fresh Meadows | New York |
| March 29, 2021 | 2029262 | Nicole Gallagher | Port Jefferson Station | New York |
| March 29, 2021 | 2072202 | Omar Francisco Sanchez | San Ysidro | California |
| April 1, 2021 | 2067599 | Winbern R. Ramalho | Amityville | New York |
| April 7, 2021 | 175864 | David Scott Matson | Greenwood Village | Colorado |
| April 7, 2021 | 221387 | Anthony Joseph Laurita | Kinnelon | New Jersey |
| April 7, 2021 | 2010779 | Craig Allan Zwerling | Farmingdale | New York |
| April 7, 2021 | 2106794 | Michael Glenn Genco | Brooklyn | New York |
| April 7, 2021 | 2113776 | David E. Frankel | Bronx | New York |
| April 12, 2021 | 980943 | Brian Gordon Miller | Warren | New Jersey |
| April 13, 2021 | 1092959 | Brian C. Kelly | Port Monmouth | New Jersey |
| April 13, 2021 | 2120942 | Karol Sue Daugherty | Elmira | New York |
| April 14, 2021 | 252489 | Miao Huang | Warren | New Jersey |
| April 15, 2021 | 1975842 | Stephanie Susan Yargeau | Machias | New York |
| April 16, 2021 | 1069248 | Charles Anderson Gill | Parker | Colorado |
| April 20, 2021 | 1557363 | Edgardo Ismael Gonzalez | San Ysidro | California |
| April 20, 2021 | 1760745 | Pedro Manuel Oliva-Pedraza | Dallas | Texas |
| April 20, 2021 | 1948565 | Henry Flores | Fairfield | Connecticut |
| April 20, 2021 | 1995294 | Brendan Lemp | New york | New York |
| April 21, 2021 | 217342 | Jeffrey Pembrook Madden | River Forest | Illinois |
| April 21, 2021 | 1561155 | Jamison Drake Levy | Oak Forest | Illinois |
| April 21, 2021 | 2061328 | Ekaterina Brovkina | Brooklyn | New York |
| April 22, 2021 | 61764 | Sergey Umansky | Doylestown | Pennsylvania |
| April 22, 2021 | 1964307 | Gabriel Eduardo Garcia | Long Island City | New York |
| April 22, 2021 | 2111634 | Amanda Morgan Worden | Forestville | New York |
| April 23, 2021 | 288051 | Aaron Morse | Mount Laurel | New Jersey |
| April 23, 2021 | 930302 | Christina Louise Grimes | Cedar Hill | Texas |
| April 26, 2021 | 1917990 | Norah Miriam Aamoum | New York | New York |
| April 26, 2021 | 2089681 | Matthew Cohen | Hackensack | New Jersey |
| April 27, 2021 | 2008469 | Sharon Rossi Rocha | Brooklyn | New York |
| April 27, 2021 | 2093477 | Larry Roy Karnes | Columbia | Missouri |
| April 27, 2021 | 2113587 | Benjamin Leon Western | Centralia | Missouri |
| April 27, 2021 | 2125248 | Ryan Matthew Clearwater | Columbia | Missouri |
| April 28, 2021 | 481433 | Brian David Powers | Chula Vista | California |
| April 28, 2021 | 1979995 | Kimberly Anne Langborg | San Diego | California |
| April 29, 2021 | 2050357 | Katarina DiRosa | Watchung | New Jersey |
SECTION II
April 20, 2021 (SB-CRB)
APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168
Authorization issued to open and occupy a branch office at 30-98C Steinway Street, Astoria, Borough of Queens, City of New York 11103, on or after April 21, 2021.
April 30, 2021 (TR-CRB)
DIME COMMUNITY BANK
2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, NY 11932
Authorization granting permission to open and occupy a branch office at 2222 Merrick Road, Merrick, Nassau County, New York 11566, surrendered for cancellation.
Office discontinued as of April 16, 2021
April 30, 2021 (TR-CRB)
DIME COMMUNITY BANK
2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, NY 11932
Authorization granting permission to open and occupy a branch office at One Huntington Quadrangle, Melville, Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, NY 11747, surrendered for cancellation.
Office discontinued as of April 16, 2021
May 3, 2021 (BK-CRB)
THE BERKSHIRE BANK
4 East 39th Street, New York, NY 10016
Authorization certificate granting permission to open and occupy a branch office at 1119 Avenue J, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York 11230, surrendered for cancellation.
Office discontinued as of April 30, 2021.
May 4, 2021 (BK-CRB)
SIGNATURE BANK
565 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Approval given to change the location of branch office from 97-101 Broadway, Borough of Brooklyn, New York 11249 to 185 Broadway, Borough of Brooklyn, New York 11211, on or after May 5, 2021 (The public accommodation office located at 84 Broadway, Borough of Brooklyn, New York 11249 will be closed upon the relocation of the branch office.)
May 5, 2021 (TR-CRB)
POPULAR BANK
11 West 51ST Street, New York, NY 10019
Approval given to change the location of branch office from 5216 Fifth Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York 11220 to 4502 Fifth Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York 11220, on or after May 6, 2021.
May 5, 2021 (MI-CRB)
BERKSHIRE BANK
24 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
Authorization granting permission to open and occupy a branch office at 100 West Dominick Street, Rome, Oneida County, NY 13440, surrendered for cancellation.
Office discontinued as of April 30, 2021.
May 6, 2021 (BK-CRB)
SIGNATURE BANK
565 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Approval given to change the location of branch office from 421 Hunts Point Avenue, Borough of Bronx, New York 10474 to 1360 East Bay Avenue, Borough of Bronx, New York 10474, on or after May 7, 2021.
License issued to engage in the business as a Mortgage Banker Branch under Article 12-D of the New York Banking Law:
May 5, 2021 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
1111 Military Cutoff Rd, Suite 191, Wilmington, NC 28405
License to engage in the business of a Mortgage Banker Branch surrendered:
April 29, 2021 (MB-MBD)
Family First Funding LLC
850 Third Avenue, Suite 9B, New York, NY 10022
Effective Date: April 7, 2021
Mortgage Banker Branch License Address Changes:
May 5, 2021 (MB-MBD)
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
From: 650 From Road, Suite 170, Paramus, NJ 07652
To: 61 South Paramus Rd., Suite 265, Paramus, NJ 07652
May 5, 2021 (MB-MBD)
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
From: 2 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 2S01, Melville, NY 11747
To: 35 Pinelawn Road, Suite 212, Melville, NY 11747
Approvals issued to engage in the business of mortgage loan origination under Article 12-E of the New York Banking Law.
| Date of Approval | NMLS # | Applicant Name | City | State | Sponsoring Entity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2021 | 230958 | Deborah Rader Linard | Dublin | Ohio | Keller Mortgage, LLC |
Applications for licensing as a Mortgage Loan Originator under Article 12-E of the New York Banking Law, WITHDRAWN. The individuals listed may not engage in mortgage loan origination activity in New York State or on New York State residential property:
| Date Application Withdrawn | NMLS # | Applicant Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2021 | 135035 | Joshua Kyle Whitson | Avon | Indiana |
| April 29, 2021 | 203603 | Justin Adam Slack | Wilmington | North Carolina |
| May 3, 2021 | 430030 | Daniel Francis McDermott | Cypress | Texas |