Weekly Banking Bulletin

September 16, 2022

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 and Licensed Financial Services 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

MB

Mortgage Banker

BP

Budget Planner

BR

Mortgage Broker

CC

Check Casher

MS

Mortgage Servicer

CU

Credit Union

PF

Premium Finance Agency

FA

Foreign Agency

PB

Private Banker

FB

Foreign Branch

SB

Savings Bank

FR

Foreign Representative Office

SD

Safe Deposit Company

HC

Holding Company

SF

Sales Finance Agency

IC

Investment Company

SL

Savings and Loan Association

LL

Licensed Lender

SL

Student Loans

MK

Merchant Bank

TM

Transmitter of Money

MI

Miscellaneous

TR

Trust Company

   

VC

Virtual Currency

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

September 13, 2022 (TM-LFS)
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE CORP.
6300 Interfirst, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Application was received for a change of control whereby IRIS Global Inc. will acquire 100% of the outstanding and issued shares of Creative Solutions Software Corp. d/b/a myPay Solutions.

The publication of receipt of this application does not indicate that the application is deemed complete.  An application is deemed complete and filed when all required and requested information has been provided to the Department by the applicant.


September 16, 2022 (TM-LFS)
E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
3 Edison Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30005

Application received for a license to engage in business as a transmitter of money.

The publication of receipt of this application does not indicate that the application is deemed complete.  An application is deemed complete and filed when all required and requested information has been provided to the Department by the applicant.


September 16, 2022 (TM-LFS)
TOAST PROCESSING SERVICES LLC
515 N. State Street, Floor 6, Chicago, Illinois 60654-4825

Application received for a license to engage in business as a transmitter of money.

The publication of receipt of this application does not indicate that the application is deemed complete.  An application is deemed complete and filed when all required and requested information has been provided to the Department by the applicant.


Application to establish a Mortgage Banker's Branch received for examination:

September 7, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
NJ Lenders Corp.
6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 135, Syosset, NY 11791

September 8, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC
4783 Farmingdale Drive, Suite 108, Colorado Springs, CO 80918

September 12, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
American Financial Network, Inc.
6745 Daly Road Suite B, West Bloomfield, MI 48322

September 12, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
NLC Loans in lieu of
Nations Lending Corporation
4031 W 1st St. Office B, Sanford, FL 32771

September 12, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
loanDepot.com, LLC
108 South Fifth Street, Suite #211, Reading, PA 19602

September 12, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
loanDepot.com, LLC
5005 Meridian Boulevard, Suite 150, Franklin, TN 37067

September 12, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation
1244 Hamilton Street, Suite 203, Allentown, PA 18102

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Homebridge Financial Services, Inc.
54 Woodstock Avenue, Suite 1, Rutland, VT 05701

September 14, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
230 Commerce, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92602


Application to establish a Mortgage Broker's Branch received for examination:

September 6, 2022 (BR-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Astar Home Capital Inc
36 Airport Rd., Suite 202, Lakewood, NJ 08701


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
October 23, 2020 1994508 Wolff Mamouzette Morristown New Jersey
December 28, 2020 2070097 Marc Anthony Avallone Bronx New York
February 18, 2022 1198649 Judith Lee Moore Spring Texas
February 28, 2022 190753 Justin James Exner Haymarket Virginia
March 2, 2022 2100566 Alex Marcial Vito Brooklyn New York
May 10, 2022 2348040 Sharmila Devi Ramlall Jamaica New York
June 27, 2022 2340615 Terri Ryan Sullivan Rochester New York
June 28, 2022 2008038 Jennifer Chevez Floral Park New York
July 25, 2022 2364737 Sara Meisels Spring Valley New York
July 29, 2022 2364083 Jonathan Vargas Luciano Miami Florida
August 2, 2022 1442435 Elizabeth Gail Lorraine Garcia Rosemead California
August 2, 2022 2293207 Dominick S. Ramirez Freeport New York
August 5, 2022 2396063 Henry Chia-Han Chiang Bayside New York
August 12, 2022 204365 Andrew Ojeagbase Ojeisekhoba Yucaipa California
August 14, 2022 2387399 Rickey Young Rego Park New York
August 15, 2022 2350156 Nadine de Vries New York New York
August 15, 2022 2359608 Catrina Danny Sayegh Yonkers New York
August 16, 2022 1172801 Keith Ryan Kibe Denver Colorado
August 16, 2022 2088076 Melissa Jean Smith Absecon New Jersey
August 17, 2022 2072423 Herman Louis Brocksmith Aurora Colorado
August 18, 2022 404457 Gerardo Carlos Acuna Merrick New York
August 18, 2022 2123852 Niall Thomas Coker St. Louis Missouri
August 22, 2022 2238695 Michael Raymond Loprete Floral Park New York
August 22, 2022 2336154 Kurvin Darren Dickson Bradenton Florida
August 23, 2022 1143653 Carissa DiRado East Aurora New York
August 23, 2022 1163279 Imelda Sanchez Newhall California
August 23, 2022 2395018 Jonathan Khani Great Neck New York
August 24, 2022 2111557 James Michael Hancock Levittown New York
August 24, 2022 2139082 Aaron Hector Garcia Newbury Park California
August 25, 2022 2314768 Matthew Jon Bosso Bridgewater New Jersey
August 27, 2022 61021 Michelle A. Deosaran Manhasset New York
August 29, 2022 1535498 Jesse Oropeza Northlake Texas
August 29, 2022 2329406 Khalil Fadi Diya Columbia Missouri
August 30, 2022 65384 Cheryl Anne Salemme Grapevine Texas
August 30, 2022 739752 Rodrigo S. Saenz Dallas Texas
August 30, 2022 1035081 Gary Rensot Soto-Torres Oak Point Texas
August 30, 2022 2037991 Maziar Ghanbarnejad Dallas Texas
August 30, 2022 2053353 James Matthew Howard Denton Texas
August 30, 2022 2174787 Daniel Channing Flinn Denton Texas
August 30, 2022 2391432 Joshua Hunter Lindsay Hurst Texas
August 30, 2022 2391558 Yousuf Iqbal Plano Texas
August 30, 2022 2392729 Monica Lynn Hockaday-Seaton Arlington Texas
August 30, 2022 2393049 Brantley Charles Plano Texas
August 31, 2022 2320927 Tamarea Kymon Wofford Moreno Valley California
September 1, 2022 644402 Denise Russo Vero Beach Florida
September 1, 2022 2296662 Melissa C. Cipot Sherman Connecticut
September 1, 2022 2404042 Karuna Sharma East Setauket New York
September 2, 2022 1491010 Angela Liticia Fonseca Winter Springs Florida
September 2, 2022 1880835 Jared Michael Stone Syosset New York
September 2, 2022 2034600 Jonathan Ross Scott Atlantic Beach New York
September 2, 2022 2326085 Shmuel Zaklikofsky Brooklyn New York
September 6, 2022 1949341 Anthony Cioffi Springfield New Jersey
September 6, 2022 2368768 Grant Michael Paten Columbia Missouri
September 7, 2022 2054556 James Robert Edward Underwood Baltimore Maryland
September 7, 2022 2262323 Donna T. Fiduccia Whitestone New York
September 8, 2022 1141318 Quincy Gabriele Brooklyn New York
September 8, 2022 1632919 Sean Martin Dvorak Fishers Indiana
September 8, 2022 1878334 Niraj Kumar Patel Los Angeles California
September 8, 2022 2009590 Timothy Ken Tsai Rosemead California
September 9, 2022 2056794 Alyssa Shante' Snow El Cajon California
September 9, 2022 2334667 Agata Cardenas Ridgewood New York
September 12, 2022 91537 Joseph Manuel Rodriguez Basking Ridge New Jersey

SECTION II

September 2, 2022 (TR-CRB)
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203

Authorizations granting permission to open and occupy branch offices at the following two locations, surrendered for cancellation:

  1. 106 Seventh Street, Garden City, Nassau County, New York 11530; and
  2. 534 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, Nassau County, New York 11023.

Offices discontinued as of September 2, 2022.


September 9, 2022 (MI-CRB)
BERKSHIRE BANK
24 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201

Authorizations granting permission to open and occupy branch offices at the following three locations, surrendered for cancellation:-check

  1. 399 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville, Town of Colonie, Albany County, NY 12211;
  2. 11 Vista Boulevard, Slingerlands, Town of Bethlehem, Albany County, NY 12159; and
  3. 602 Columbia Turnpike, Town of East Greenbush, Albany County, NY 12061.

 Offices discontinued as of August 29, 2022.


September 9, 2022 (CC-LFS)
NY COMMUNITY FINANCIAL, LLC  
10 Elizabeth Street, River Edge, New Jersey 07661

The license to engage in business as a casher of checks at the following location has been surrendered, effective August 30, 2022: 
Branch office: 2046-A Eastchester Road, Bronx, New York,  10461-2240


September 9, 2022 (MI-CRB)
TBB INVESTMENTS LLC
160 Broadway, New York, New York 10038

Application to acquire indirectly all the issued and outstanding shares of The Berkshire Bank, New York, New York, approved.


September 13, 2022 (TR-CRB)
FLUSHING BANK
260 East RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556

Authorization issued to open and occupy a branch office at 8616 21st Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York 11214, on or after September 14, 2022.


September 13, 2022 (CU-CEU)
HERITAGE FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION
25 Rykowski Lane, Middletown NY, 10941

Application pursuant to Section 96-d of the Banking Law, for the designation of the City of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, as a Banking Development District, was approved by the Superintendent.  The co-applicant is the City of Poughkeepsie.


September 13, 2022 (BK-CRB)
SIGNATURE BANK
565 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Authorization issued to open and occupy a branch office at 1515 Pine Street, Suite 105, Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey 08701, on or after September 14, 2022.


May 06, 2022 (TM-LFS)
SQUARE, INC.
1455 Market Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, California, 94103

Application for Square, Inc. to do business under the assumed name, Block of Delaware, was approved effective December 10, 2021.

In connection with the above change, the original license was surrendered.


License issued to engage in the business as a Mortgage Banker Branch under Article 12-D of the New York State Banking Law:

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
4425 Ponce de Leon Blvd, 5th Floor, Coral Gables, FL 33146

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
American Financial Network, Inc.
7280 West Palmetto Road Suite 302-N, Boca Raton, FL 33433

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
NJ Lenders Corp.
1000 21st Ave N., Ste 10, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.
3171 Richmond Rd, Staten Island, NY 10306

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation
76 Medford Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
320 North Washington Street, Rochester, NY 14625

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation
411 Hackensack Avenue, Suite 709, Hackensack, NJ 07601

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership
1111 Burlington Ave, Ste 105, Lisle, IL 60532

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
American Financial Network, Inc.
146 Delancy Street 1st Floor, Newark, NJ 07105

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation
332 Route 9, Suite 1A, Forked River, NJ 08731

September 13, 2022 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Homebridge Financial Services, Inc.
5 Oakland Road, Suite 3, South Windsor, CT 06074


Certificate issued to engage in the business as a Mortgage Broker Branch under Article 12-D of the New York State Banking Law:

September 13, 2022 (BR-MBD)
Full Service Branch
212 Mortgage Group, Inc.
360 Motor Parkway Suite 200B, Hauppauge, NY 11788

September 13, 2022 (BR-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Digital Risk Mortgage Services, LLC
4120 International Parkway, Suite 2300, Carrollton, TX 75007


Approvals issued to engage in the business of mortgage loan origination under Article 12-E of the New York State Banking Law.

Date of Approval NMLS # Applicant Name City State Sponsoring Entity
September 9, 2022 13326 Yi Angey Han Frisco Texas PennyMac Loan Services, LLC
September 9, 2022 142375 Anthony Joseph D'Agostino Head of the Harbor New York Embrace Home Loans, Inc.
September 9, 2022 332323 James Carey Bruce McKinney Texas PennyMac Loan Services, LLC
September 9, 2022 403879 Natalie Marie McNaught Mahwah New Jersey CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 514026 Christopher Lee Wehler Columbus Ohio Keller Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 598659 Christopher Crance Argyle Texas Nationstar Mortgage LLC
September 9, 2022 830407 Michael Louis Everson Columbus Ohio Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC
September 9, 2022 834820 Jennifer Ann Durnan Amityville New York Nationwide Mortgage Bankers, Inc.
September 9, 2022 847904 Colton Zachariah Dill Saint Peters Missouri Mortgage Research Center, LLC
September 9, 2022 1037384 Brittany Locke Rensselaer New York Fairway Independent Mortgage
Corporation
September 9, 2022 1142463 Savitri Persaud Brooklyn New York Susan Mittman Real Estate Inc.
September 9, 2022 1306335 Vrej Abrahamian Forest Hills New York CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 1522974 Gregory Mark Davis Maineville Ohio Royal United Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 1558497 Josephine Ann Marie Chiodo Stratford Connecticut Planet Home Lending, LLC
September 9, 2022 1690412 Tarin Michael Sherwood Chandler Arizona Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC
September 9, 2022 1720202 Curtis David Hofmann Mesa Arizona Rocket Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 1901880 Sara Marie Jenkins Meriden Connecticut Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
September 9, 2022 1909459 Jeremy Joseph De La Cruz North Richland Hills Texas Nationstar Mortgage LLC
September 9, 2022 2007964 Greta Leonela Freire Peoria Arizona Rocket Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 2013055 Millicent Ugochukwu Olisenekwu Hartford Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance
Corporation of America
September 9, 2022 2034015 Joanna F. Arias Clifton New Jersey A-M-S Mortgage Services, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2034032 Jingbo Sun Bronx New York Planet Home Lending, LLC
September 9, 2022 2059365 Michael Napolitano Nesconset New York United Mortgage Corp.
September 9, 2022 2071032 Aaron Ryan Morrison Shelby Township Michigan Rocket Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 2076728 Tunctan Ayan Wayne New Jersey Family First Funding LLC
September 9, 2022 2079489 Shiya Weinstock Lakewood New Jersey Astar Home Capital Inc.
September 9, 2022 2086519 Joseph Michael Anthony Easton Pennsylvania Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.
September 9, 2022 2087759 Eduardo Lujan Olivas Gold Canyon Arizona Rocket Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 2088551 James Michael Woltmann West Islip New York Nationwide Mortgage Bankers, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2097124 Matthew Christopher Venegas Flower Mound Texas Nationstar Mortgage LLC
September 9, 2022 2105743 Sarah Elizabeth Hock Burleson Texas loanDepot.com, LLC
September 9, 2022 2132275 Meir Zev Ives Suffern New York Family First Funding LLC
September 9, 2022 2177205 Frank Thomas Ragone Hauppauge New York Planet Home Lending, LLC
September 9, 2022 2178820 Steven Andrew Stechyshyn Oneida New York 1st Priority Mortgage, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2180492 Sheva Wagschal Spring Valley New York Onyx Equity Partners Corp.
September 9, 2022 2181562 Blimie Schwartz Brooklyn New York FM Home Loans, LLC
September 9, 2022 2184121 Thomas Bijesh Deer Park New York Andrew Chamow
September 9, 2022 2191059 Kyle M. Kleinberg Armonk New York Senior Management Group, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2217474 Madeleine Patricia Lazo Garcia Elmhurst New York Madison Mortgage Services Inc.
September 9, 2022 2222484 Sean Thomas Halal Villa Park California loanDepot.com, LLC
September 9, 2022 2224919 Sarah Kim Gross Nashville Tennessee loanDepot.com, LLC
September 9, 2022 2259723 Nathan Anthony George Sterling Heights Michigan Rocket Mortgage, LLC
September 9, 2022 2264793 Golda Landau Monsey New York BSD Funding, LLC
September 9, 2022 2272470 Michael Jai Grant Stamford Connecticut Quintessential Mortgage Group, LLC
September 9, 2022 2289342 Alfred De Los Santos West Babylon New York Meadowbrook Financial Mortgage
Bankers Corp.
September 9, 2022 2293156 Diana Wong Elmhurst New York LJ Mortgage Team Inc.
September 9, 2022 2293169 Efraim Hod Flushing New York The Mint Capital Inc.
September 9, 2022 2293184 Gasly Julmisse Jamaica New York CGAP, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2301706 Zachary Michael Diggs Winfield Missouri Mortgage Research Center, LLC
September 9, 2022 2302017 Tyler Steven Cavaliere Franklin Square New York US Mortgage Corporation
September 9, 2022 2302363 Jackson Charles Samson Columbia Missouri Mortgage Research Center, LLC
September 9, 2022 2304011 Corey Gavin Forsberg Hauppauge New York Reliance First Capital, LLC
September 9, 2022 2310664 Kolaiv Wigder Brooklyn New York The Mint Capital Inc.
September 9, 2022 2310870 Tyler Jacob Rosenbaum Merrick New York Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2314836 James Tarnue Brown St. Albans New York Powerhouse Solutions, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2324195 Asher Zelig Bittman Monsey New York FM Home Loans, LLC
September 9, 2022 2324494 Erik Sandor Boci Baldwin New York Cliffco, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2330562 Kurt Pagon Freeport New York Powerhouse Solutions, Inc.
September 9, 2022 2341865 Emily Jean Gamble Syracuse New York Hunt Mortgage Corporation
September 9, 2022 2345857 Victoria Gonzalez Brooklyn New York Absolute Home Mortgage
Corporation
September 9, 2022 2350992 Matthew Alessandro Staten Island New York Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation
September 9, 2022 2354979 Jay Sutherland Saint James New York Russell Capital Group LLC
September 9, 2022 2366606 Luis Brea Ardsley New York RealFi Home Funding Corp.
September 9, 2022 2373228 Katelin Renee Boots Moberly Missouri Mortgage Research Center, LLC
September 9, 2022 2385022 Elizabeth Mariah Newbold Jefferson City Missouri Mortgage Research Center, 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
September 8, 2022 459632 John George Jones Ashburn Virginia
September 8, 2022 1744284 Deyanira Hernandez Belvidere New Jersey
September 12, 2022 1800632 Nicholas Adam Dawson Jacksonville Florida
September 12, 2022 1999897 Xavier Urpi Charlottesville Virginia