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
| BK | Bank |
| BP | Budget Planner |
| CC | Check Casher |
| CU | Credit Union |
| FA | Foreign Agency |
| FB | Foreign Branch |
| FR | Foreign Representative Office |
| HC | Holding Company |
| IC | Investment Company |
| LL | Licensed Lender |
| LP | Limited Purpose Trust Company |
| MK | Merchant Bank |
| MI | Miscellaneous |
| MB | Mortgage Banker |
| BR | Mortgage Broker |
| MS | Mortgage Servicer |
| PF | Premium Finance Agency |
| PB | Private Banker |
| SB | Savings Bank |
| SD | Safe Deposit Company |
| SF | Sales Finance Agency |
| SL | Savings and Loan Association |
| SL | Student Loans |
| TM | Transmitter of Money |
| 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 |
| RID | Research 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 Application | NMLS # | Applicant Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2024 | 175429 | Allan J. Levine | Freehold | New Jersey |
| November 27, 2024 | 68945 | Hemchand Ramnaraine | Ozone Park | New York |
| December 3, 2024 | 1650453 | Julius Marcel Hindy | Gilbert | Arizona |
| December 3, 2024 | 1861172 | Austin Matthew Crusius | Roseville | California |
| December 5, 2024 | 2652289 | Anthony Joseph DeLorenzo | Hauppauge | New York |
| December 5, 2024 | 2663878 | Christopher Mark Bowdish | Whitesboro | New York |
| December 6, 2024 | 1581638 | Yanilda Santos | Lawrence | Massachusetts |
| December 8, 2024 | 2414640 | Wenqing Feng | Bayside | New York |
| December 9, 2024 | 2641771 | Sandra E. Rodriguez | West Hempstead | New York |
| December 18, 2024 | 766633 | Flavia Portal | Bradenton | Florida |
| December 23, 2024 | 1604801 | James William Amato | West Babylon | New York |
| January 2, 2025 | 1329930 | Dylan Haines Hughes | Baltimore | Maryland |
| January 2, 2025 | 2108432 | James Joseph Hammer | Mesa | Arizona |
| January 3, 2025 | 2594323 | Mohamed Said Elsamanoudy | Astoria | New York |
| January 6, 2025 | 1321872 | Stephany Lazar Donoghue | Atco | New Jersey |
| January 6, 2025 | 2156374 | Melvin Lynn Jarred Ford | Sicklerville | New Jersey |
| January 6, 2025 | 2293933 | Tarlochan Singh | South Ozone Park | New York |
| January 7, 2025 | 66265 | Barry Marc Feman | Teaneck | New Jersey |
| January 7, 2025 | 229120 | Sarah Catherine Pichardo | Clifton | Virginia |
| January 7, 2025 | 1659869 | Aaron David Dech | Maple Shade | New Jersey |
| January 7, 2025 | 1830011 | Malcolm David Marcelle | Baldwin | New York |
| January 8, 2025 | 180257 | Antonio Luis Olivas | Frisco | Texas |
| January 8, 2025 | 885336 | Chieh Huang Hsieh | Prosper | Texas |
| January 8, 2025 | 1684902 | Gavin David Hawkes | Haddonfield | New Jersey |
| January 8, 2025 | 1879312 | Matthew Ryan Magdelinskas | Holland | Pennsylvania |
| January 8, 2025 | 2560113 | Brendan T. Bell | Penfield | New York |
| January 10, 2025 | 1753304 | Carlos Chaux | Wayne | New Jersey |
| January 10, 2025 | 2028099 | Syed Mohiuddin | Queens Village | New York |
| January 13, 2025 | 2045333 | Michael Alexios Diamantopoulos | Wilmington | Delaware |
| January 13, 2025 | 2247791 | Hossam N. Nakhla | Ronkonkoma | New York |
| January 13, 2025 | 2655438 | Kimberly Jara | Patchogue | New York |
| January 15, 2025 | 1154002 | Valorie Angela Heinzman | Fort Myers Beach | Florida |
| January 15, 2025 | 2619320 | Edward William Cazel | Columbia | Missouri |
| January 16, 2025 | 477983 | William Norman Schwartz | Chantilly | Virginia |
| January 16, 2025 | 750413 | Stacy Tyler Riley | Waterford | Connecticut |
| January 16, 2025 | 1043643 | Angelica M. Figueroa | Ridge | New York |
| January 16, 2025 | 2645314 | Cody Allen Rajtar | Columbia | Missouri |
| January 17, 2025 | 392844 | Malcolm Evans Arrington | Westland | Michigan |
| January 17, 2025 | 775334 | Ryan Tyler-Lee Peace | Royal Oak | Michigan |
| January 20, 2025 | 1104727 | Izhak Shahdin | Lumberton | New Jersey |
| January 21, 2025 | 137918 | Matthew Robert Anderson | Sand Springs | Oklahoma |
| January 21, 2025 | 2022628 | Freida La'Shell Bell-Becerra | Fullerton | California |
| January 22, 2025 | 67798 | Nancy Elaine Miano | Rochester | New York |
| January 22, 2025 | 1731366 | Shayla Jae Storey | Detroit | Michigan |
| January 22, 2025 | 2125991 | Olga Lazaruk | Brooklyn | New York |
| January 22, 2025 | 2535617 | Michael Charles Catalano | Ambler | Pennsylvania |
| January 22, 2025 | 2638278 | Mahrukh Ahmed | Staten Island | New York |
| January 23, 2025 | 247454 | Richard Robert D'Elia | Gloversville | New York |
| January 23, 2025 | 1612974 | Youlanda Alishia Welch | Gilbert | Arizona |
| January 23, 2025 | 1985572 | Dina Lucine Hart | Gastonia | North Carolina |
| January 23, 2025 | 2025285 | Destinie Lee Rodriguez | Coral Springs | Florida |
| January 23, 2025 | 2258842 | Ella Marie Dotson | Sunrise | Florida |
| January 24, 2025 | 1880410 | Rhonda Lynn Greer | Nashville | Tennessee |
| January 24, 2025 | 2030097 | Manuel Perez | Maywood | California |
| January 24, 2025 | 2448527 | Alana Gonzales Patel | Phoenix | Arizona |
| January 24, 2025 | 2663848 | Drew Blake Lindbeck | Tampa | Florida |
| January 27, 2025 | 1880944 | Ashley Elizabeth Amster | Scottsdale | Arizona |
| January 28, 2025 | 2547966 | Alberto Joaquin Aguilar | Buckeye | Arizona |
| January 28, 2025 | 2594631 | Matthew Aaron Soto | Glendale | Arizona |
| January 29, 2025 | 870734 | Teresa Dawn Clark | Colorado Springs | Colorado |
| January 30, 2025 | 2170922 | Dominique E. Noel | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
| January 30, 2025 | 2557207 | Dominic C. Butera | Hamburg | New York |
| January 31, 2025 | 1544330 | Alexandria Nicole LaSalla | Yorba Linda | California |
| February 3, 2025 | 259879 | Samuel James Andrews | Keller | Texas |
| February 3, 2025 | 921513 | Joseph Lee Fowler | Tallmadge | Ohio |
| February 3, 2025 | 1451084 | David James Appiott | Souderton | Pennsylvania |
| February 3, 2025 | 1638571 | Darrell Andre Hewitt-Alvarez | San Diego | California |
| February 3, 2025 | 2642742 | Jullisa Johnson | Charlotte | North Carolina |
| February 4, 2025 | 2433803 | Blake Ligon Bryan | Lebanon | Indiana |
| February 4, 2025 | 2529996 | Miguel Angel Gallardo | Gilbert | Arizona |
| February 4, 2025 | 2577048 | Ryan Alexander Krieg | Indianapolis | Indiana |
| February 5, 2025 | 726084 | Joseph Francis Rumpf | Langhorne | Pennsylvania |
| February 5, 2025 | 785390 | Alan Thomas Wragg | Westfield | New Jersey |
| February 5, 2025 | 1387643 | Brian Jeffrey Grayev | Pottstown | Pennsylvania |
| February 5, 2025 | 2433615 | Jessica Nichole Himes | Ashland | Missouri |
| February 6, 2025 | 1616978 | Bryan Samuel Shortman | Baltimore | Maryland |
| February 6, 2025 | 1638635 | Julian Jaku | Shelby Township | Michigan |
| February 6, 2025 | 1893713 | Lucas Charles Chestnut | Jessup | Maryland |
| February 6, 2025 | 2674639 | Vincent Edward Fank | Saint Charles | Missouri |
| February 6, 2025 | 2677654 | Brian Daniel Dunn | Columbia | Missouri |
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 Approval | NMLS # | Applicant Name | City | State | Sponsoring Entity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 17, 2024 | 2259438 | Ray Armando Villela Campos | Phoenix | Arizona | Rocket Mortgage, LLC |
| November 22, 2024 | 13633 | Roland Nunez | Justin | Texas | PHH Mortgage Corporation |
| November 22, 2024 | 132782 | Gino Marotto | Bear Creek Township | Pennsylvania | Lennar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 6, 2025 | 418814 | Tyler Mcleod Bassett | Nyack | New York |
| February 6, 2025 | 1234939 | Beini Wu Johansen | Riverside | California |
| February 6, 2025 | 2110480 | Michelle Mendez | Tampa | Florida |
| February 6, 2025 | 2219438 | Raul Ernesto Osete | Goodyear | Arizona |
| February 6, 2025 | 2341600 | Sandra Brucato-Romainville | Centereach | New York |