Weekly Banking Bulletin - April 10, 2026

Weekly Banking Bulletin

April 10, 2026

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

SECTION I

April 9, 2026 (TM-LFS)
INTERMEX WIRE TRANSFER II, LLC d/b/a Amigo Paisano, d/b/a INTERMEX, d/b/a International Money Express, d/b/a La Nacional
9100 S. Dadeland Blvd, Suite 1100, Miami, FL 33156

Application was received for change of control filed by The Western Union Company to indirectly acquire 100% ownership of Intermex Wire Transfer II, LLC.

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 engage in the business of a Mortgage Broker under Article 12-D of the New York Banking Law received for examination:

April 8, 2026 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Alan Gary Bachman
Eris P. Phillips
As: Amerifund Home Mortgage LLC
1177 Avenue of the Americas, Office 5090, New York, NY 10036

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

April 3, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Better Mortgage Corporation
500 Stephenson Highway, 2nd Floor, Troy, MI 48084

April 3, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
New American Funding, LLC
331 Newman Springs Rd, Bldg 3, Ste 320, Ofc #249, Red Bank, NJ 07701

April 6, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
New American Funding, LLC
9150 South Hills Boulevard, Suite 260, Broadview Heights, OH 44147

April 7, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
New American Funding, LLC
3011 Sutton Gate Drive, Ste 250, Suwanee, GA 30024

April 7, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
loanDepot.com, LLC
5360 Genesee St, Suite 203, Office 124, Bowmansville, NY 14026

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

April 7, 2026 (BR-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Go Rascal Inc.
18 Washington Ave, Suite B, 2nd Floor, Endicott, NY 13760

Application received pursuant to Section 594-b of the New York Banking Law and Part 410 of the Superintendent's Regulations for control interest:

April 8, 2026 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s) 
Giri Devanur
Shashank Shekhar
reAlpha Tech Corp.
To acquire interest in:
Arcus Mortgage In Lieu of True Name InstaMortgage Inc.
4100 Moorpark Ave, #221, San Jose, CA 95117

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.

SECTION II

March 30, 2026 (sF-LFS)
UPSTART NETWORK, INC. d/b/a UPSTART 
2950 South Delaware Street, Suite 300, San Mateo, San Mateo County, California 94403

Application filed by Upstart Network, Inc. d/b/a Upstart to engage in doing business as a Sales Finance Company pursuant to Article 11-B of the NYS Banking Law, was approved effective March 19, 2026.

Authorization to open a branch office at 711 N High Street, 7th Floor, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 43215, on or after March 19, 2026, was granted.

April 2, 2026 (TM-LFS)
BULLISH US OPERATIONS LLC
61 9th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10011
Notification for a change of location from 817 Broadway, Floor 6, New York, New York 10003 to 61 9th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10011 was approved effective April 2, 2026.

April 6, 2026 (MI-CRB)
FIRST CENTRAL BANCORP, INC. 
70 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542

Application, pursuant to Section 143-a of the Banking Law, to acquire all the outstanding shares of First Central Savings Bank, Glen Cove, New York, approved.

April 7, 2026 (pf-LFS)
IPFS OF NEW YORK, LLC U/A/N CAPITOL PAYMENT PLAN 
1055 Broadway, 11th Floor, Kansas City, Missouri 64105

The relocation of a branch office was approved as follows, effective March 18, 2026:
  
From: 125 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1650, Chicago, Illinois 60606
To:        300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2800, Chicago, Illinois 60606

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

April 7, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
42 E Main St., Suite 203, Freehold, NJ 07728

April 7, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
General Mortgage Capital Corporation
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 812, New York, NY 10020

April 7, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
New American Funding, LLC
52 North Street, Ste 1A, Danbury, CT 06810

Certificate to engage in business as a Mortgage Loan Servicer surrendered:

April 2, 2026 (MS-MBD)
DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc.
Eleven Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10010
Effective Date: March 17, 2026

Mortgage Banker Branch License Address Changes:

April 2, 2026 (MB-MBD)
1st Priority Mortgage, Inc.
From: 71-73 Denison Parkway, Corning, NY 14830
To: 45 East Market Street, 101, Corning, NY 14830

April 7, 2026 (MB-MBD)
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
From: 200 Mineral Springs Road, Suite 205, Rockaway, NJ 07866
To: 165 E Main Street, Denville, NJ 07834

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

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: