Weekly Banking Bulletin

February 14, 2025

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

BKBank
BPBudget Planner
CCCheck Casher
CUCredit Union
FAForeign Agency
FBForeign Branch
FRForeign Representative Office
HCHolding Company
ICInvestment Company
LLLicensed Lender
LPLimited Purpose Trust Company
MKMerchant Bank
MIMiscellaneous
MBMortgage Banker
BRMortgage Broker
MSMortgage Servicer
PFPremium Finance Agency
PBPrivate Banker
SBSavings Bank
SDSafe Deposit Company
SFSales Finance Agency
SLSavings and Loan Association
SLStudent Loans
TMTransmitter of Money
TRTrust Company
VCVirtual Currency

Regulatory Unit Codes

CMCapital Markets
CRBCommunity and Regional Banks
CEUConsumer Examination Unit
FWBForeign and Wholesale Banks
LFSLicensed Financial Services
MBDMortgage Banking
RIDResearch and Innovation Division

SECTION I


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

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Movement Mortgage, LLC
115 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 300, Syracuse, NY 13202

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC
140 South Main Street, Woodstock, VA 22664

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
280 Route 211 East, Suite 3, Middletown, NY 10940

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Meadowbrook Financial Mortgage Bankers Corp.
150 Great Neck Road, Suite 101, Great Neck, NY 11021


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

February 12, 2025 (BR-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Progress Funding Inc.
7409 37th Ave, Suite 203b, Jackson Heights, NY 11372


Application to establish a Mortgage Banker's Branch received for examination amended to read as follows:

From:
January 28, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Nationwide Mortgage Bankers, Inc.
91 Lincoln Ave., Staten Island, NY 10306

To:
January 31, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Nationwide Mortgage Bankers, Inc.
91 Lincoln Ave., 1st Floor, Suite B, Staten Island, NY 10306


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 ApplicationNMLS #Applicant NameCityState
November 13, 2024175429Allan J. LevineFreeholdNew Jersey
November 27, 202468945Hemchand RamnaraineOzone ParkNew York
December 3, 20241650453Julius Marcel HindyGilbertArizona
December 3, 20241861172Austin Matthew CrusiusRosevilleCalifornia
December 5, 20242652289Anthony Joseph DeLorenzoHauppaugeNew York
December 5, 20242663878Christopher Mark BowdishWhitesboroNew York
December 6, 20241581638Yanilda SantosLawrenceMassachusetts
December 8, 20242414640Wenqing FengBaysideNew York
December 9, 20242641771Sandra E. RodriguezWest HempsteadNew York
December 18, 2024766633Flavia PortalBradentonFlorida
December 23, 20241604801James William AmatoWest BabylonNew York
January 2, 20251329930Dylan Haines HughesBaltimoreMaryland
January 2, 20252108432James Joseph HammerMesaArizona
January 3, 20252594323Mohamed Said ElsamanoudyAstoriaNew York
January 6, 20251321872Stephany Lazar DonoghueAtcoNew Jersey
January 6, 20252156374Melvin Lynn Jarred FordSicklervilleNew Jersey
January 6, 20252293933Tarlochan SinghSouth Ozone ParkNew York
January 7, 202566265Barry Marc FemanTeaneckNew Jersey
January 7, 2025229120Sarah Catherine PichardoCliftonVirginia
January 7, 20251659869Aaron David DechMaple ShadeNew Jersey
January 7, 20251830011Malcolm David MarcelleBaldwinNew York
January 8, 2025180257Antonio Luis OlivasFriscoTexas
January 8, 2025885336Chieh Huang HsiehProsperTexas
January 8, 20251684902Gavin David HawkesHaddonfieldNew Jersey
January 8, 20251879312Matthew Ryan MagdelinskasHollandPennsylvania
January 8, 20252560113Brendan T. BellPenfieldNew York
January 10, 20251753304Carlos ChauxWayneNew Jersey
January 10, 20252028099Syed MohiuddinQueens VillageNew York
January 13, 20252045333Michael Alexios DiamantopoulosWilmingtonDelaware
January 13, 20252247791Hossam N. NakhlaRonkonkomaNew York
January 13, 20252655438Kimberly JaraPatchogueNew York
January 15, 20251154002Valorie Angela HeinzmanFort Myers BeachFlorida
January 15, 20252619320Edward William CazelColumbiaMissouri
January 16, 2025477983William Norman SchwartzChantillyVirginia
January 16, 2025750413Stacy Tyler RileyWaterfordConnecticut
January 16, 20251043643Angelica M. FigueroaRidgeNew York
January 16, 20252645314Cody Allen RajtarColumbiaMissouri
January 17, 2025392844Malcolm Evans ArringtonWestlandMichigan
January 17, 2025775334Ryan Tyler-Lee PeaceRoyal OakMichigan
January 20, 20251104727Izhak ShahdinLumbertonNew Jersey
January 21, 2025137918Matthew Robert AndersonSand SpringsOklahoma
January 21, 20252022628Freida La'Shell Bell-BecerraFullertonCalifornia
January 22, 202567798Nancy Elaine MianoRochesterNew York
January 22, 20251731366Shayla Jae StoreyDetroitMichigan
January 22, 20252125991Olga LazarukBrooklynNew York
January 22, 20252535617Michael Charles CatalanoAmblerPennsylvania
January 22, 20252638278Mahrukh AhmedStaten IslandNew York
January 23, 2025247454Richard Robert D'EliaGloversvilleNew York
January 23, 20251612974Youlanda Alishia WelchGilbertArizona
January 23, 20251985572Dina Lucine HartGastoniaNorth Carolina
January 23, 20252025285Destinie Lee RodriguezCoral SpringsFlorida
January 23, 20252258842Ella Marie DotsonSunriseFlorida
January 24, 20251880410Rhonda Lynn GreerNashvilleTennessee
January 24, 20252030097Manuel PerezMaywoodCalifornia
January 24, 20252448527Alana Gonzales PatelPhoenixArizona
January 24, 20252663848Drew Blake LindbeckTampaFlorida
January 27, 20251880944Ashley Elizabeth AmsterScottsdaleArizona
January 28, 20252547966Alberto Joaquin AguilarBuckeyeArizona
January 28, 20252594631Matthew Aaron SotoGlendaleArizona
January 29, 2025870734Teresa Dawn ClarkColorado SpringsColorado
January 30, 20252170922Dominique E. NoelPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
January 30, 20252557207Dominic C. ButeraHamburgNew York
January 31, 20251544330Alexandria Nicole LaSallaYorba LindaCalifornia
February 3, 2025259879Samuel James AndrewsKellerTexas
February 3, 2025921513Joseph Lee FowlerTallmadgeOhio
February 3, 20251451084David James AppiottSoudertonPennsylvania
February 3, 20251638571Darrell Andre Hewitt-AlvarezSan DiegoCalifornia
February 3, 20252642742Jullisa JohnsonCharlotteNorth Carolina
February 4, 20252433803Blake Ligon BryanLebanonIndiana
February 4, 20252529996Miguel Angel GallardoGilbertArizona
February 4, 20252577048Ryan Alexander KriegIndianapolisIndiana
February 5, 2025726084Joseph Francis RumpfLanghornePennsylvania
February 5, 2025785390Alan Thomas WraggWestfieldNew Jersey
February 5, 20251387643Brian Jeffrey GrayevPottstownPennsylvania
February 5, 20252433615Jessica Nichole HimesAshlandMissouri
February 6, 20251616978Bryan Samuel ShortmanBaltimoreMaryland
February 6, 20251638635Julian JakuShelby TownshipMichigan
February 6, 20251893713Lucas Charles ChestnutJessupMaryland
February 6, 20252674639Vincent Edward FankSaint CharlesMissouri
February 6, 20252677654Brian Daniel DunnColumbiaMissouri

SECTION II
January 23, 2025 (SF-LFS)
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC D/B/A ALPHERA FINANCIAL SERVICES   
200 BMW Drive, Woodcliff Lake, Bergen, New Jersey 07677

License rider was issued to reflect the change of main address from 300 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake, Bergen, New Jersey, 07677 to 200 BMW Drive, Woodcliff Lake, Bergen, New Jersey, 07677.  


February 4, 2025 (MI-CRB)
CROSS RIVER BANK
885 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666

Authorization granting permission to open and occupy branch office at 2365 Nostrand Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York 11210, surrendered for cancellation.

Office discontinued as of January 31, 2025.


February 6, 2025 (CC-LFS)  
AMITYVILLE PAYROLL SERVICE, INC. 
58A East Suffolk Avenue, Central Islip, New York 11722-2341

The license to engage in business as a casher of checks at the following location has been surrendered, effective December 28, 2024:

Branch office: 575 Broadway, Amityville, NY 11701


February 7, 2025 (LL-LFS)
AMERICAN HONDA FINANCIAL CORPORATION; D/B/A HONDA FINANCIAL SERVICES; D/B/A ACURA FINANCIAL SERVICES
1919 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA 90501

Application for a license to engage in business as a licensed lender was approved effective January 30, 2025.


February 7, 2025 (FA-FWB)
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
65 Chulia Street #08-00, OCBC Center, Singapore 049513

Approval given to change the location of agency from 1700 Broadway, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10019 to 66 Hudson Boulevard, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10001, on or after February 8, 2025.
 


February 12, 2025 (TM- LFS)
BITSTAMP USA, INC. 
27 Union Square West, Suite 205, New York, NY 10003

The change of control application from Robinhood Crypto, LLC to acquire 100% of Bitstamp USA, Inc., located at 27 Union Square West, Suite 205, New York NY 10003, was approved effective February 10, 2025.
 


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

February 12, 2025 (BR-MBD)
Prime Northeast, LLC In Lieu of True Name Prime Mortgage LLC
1280 US-46, Suite 7, Parsippany, NJ 07054


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

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
loanDepot.com, LLC
743 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 9, East Greenbush, NY 12061

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
111 Littleton Road, Suite 300, Parsippany, NJ 07054

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
1st Priority Mortgage, Inc.
300 Canal Street, Ste 100, Goshen, NY 10924

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Total Mortgage Services, LLC
145 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02861

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
1201 Airway Boulevard, Suite C-3, Office #1, El Paso, TX 79925

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
General Mortgage Capital Corporation
1000 W McNab Rd, Suite 252, Pompano Beach, FL 33069

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
loanDepot.com, LLC
300 Brookside Ave Building 18, Suite 75, Ambler, PA 19002

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
General Mortgage Capital Corporation
740 Roosevelt Ave, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92620

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Movement Mortgage, LLC
126 Seven Farms Dr, Ste 170, Charleston, SC 29492


Mortgage Broker Certificate Address Changes:
 

February 12, 2025 (BR-MBD)
Salvation Financial Inc
From: 197 Rt 18 South Suite 201N, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
To: 197 Rt 18 South, Suite # 3000, East Brunswick, NJ 08816


Mortgage Banker Branch License Address Changes:
 

February 12, 2025 (MB-MBD)
Movement Mortgage, LLC
From: 6832 Morrison Blvd, Suite 130, Charlotte, NC 28211
To: 5935 Carnegie Blvd., Suite 103, Charlotte, NC 28209


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

Date of ApprovalNMLS #Applicant NameCityStateSponsoring Entity
October 17, 20242259438Ray Armando Villela CamposPhoenixArizonaRocket Mortgage, LLC
November 22, 202413633Roland NunezJustinTexasPHH Mortgage Corporation
November 22, 2024132782Gino MarottoBear Creek TownshipPennsylvaniaLennar 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 WithdrawnNMLS #Applicant NameCityState
February 6, 2025418814Tyler Mcleod BassettNyackNew York
February 6, 20251234939Beini Wu JohansenRiversideCalifornia
February 6, 20252110480Michelle MendezTampaFlorida
February 6, 20252219438Raul Ernesto OseteGoodyearArizona
February 6, 20252341600Sandra Brucato-RomainvilleCentereachNew York