Weekly Banking Bulletin

May 1, 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 27, 2026 (MI-CRB)
DR BANK
1001 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820

Application dated April 22, 2026, for permission to open and occupy a branch office at 199 Main Street, 4th Floor, White Plains, Westchester County, New York 10601, received.

April 30, 2026 (TR-CRB)
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203

Notice of intention to close branch at 2-8 East Third Street, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, NY 14701, received.

The comment period on this notice will expire June 1, 2026.

May 1, 2026 (TM-LFS)
AUS MERCHANT SERVICES INC
525 Almanor Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Application for a change of control by Ms. Shengwei Xu to acquire a 20% direct ownership interest in Hangzhou Yunbo Investment Consulting Co. Ltd, the general partner of the indirect parent of AUS Merchant Services Inc, was received.

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

April 29, 2026 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Dylan Stephen Hastings
As: HMCO, LLC
335 Ames Rd., Canton, NY 13617

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

April 29, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
21550 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 402, Aventura, FL 33180

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

April 27, 2026 (BK-CRB)
GREATER GOTHAM BANK 
444 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605

Organization Certificate approved and filed.

April 29, 2026 (TR-CRB)
DIME COMMUNITY BANK 
2200 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, NY 11932

Application for the Superintendent’s approval of a change of name from Dime Community Bank to Dime Commercial Bank effective 8:00 A.M., June 2, 2026, approved.

April 28, 2026 (TR-CRB)
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203

As provided in Section 28-c of the Banking Law, the Superintendent of Financial Services has found that the proposed closings of the following three branch offices will not result in a significant reduction of financial services in the communities to be affected:

444 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York 13202;
4446 Route 42, Monticello, Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York 12701; and
1983 Route 52 East, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York 12754.

April 28, 2026 (TR-CRB)
AMALGAMATED BANK 
275 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001

Approval given to change the location of principal office from 275 Seventh Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10001 to 99 Park Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10016, on or after April 29, 2026.

BRANCH LICENSE SURRENDER
April 30, 2026 (CC-LFS)
PAY-O-MATIC CHECK CASHING CORP. 
160 Oak Drive, Syosset, NY  11791

The license to engage in business as a casher of checks at the following location has been surrendered, effective April 29, 2026:

Branch office: 763 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10019

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

April 28, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
loanDepot.com, LLC
4755 Technology Way, Ste 104, Boca Raton, FL 33431

Certificate to engage in the business of a Mortgage Broker surrendered:

April 24, 2026 (BR-MBD)
West Valley View Inc. D/B/A Owl Homes of Allegany
Owl Homes of Bath
3820 Route 417 West, Allegany, NY 14706
Effective Date: April 14, 2026

License to engage in business as a Mortgage Banker Branch surrendered:

April 24, 2026 (MB-MBD)
loanDepot.com, LLC
192 Ballard Court, Suite 100, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Effective Date: April 23, 2026

April 27, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Homestead Funding Corp.
8 Union Street, New London, CT 06320
Effective Date: April 23, 2026

Certificate to engage in business as a Mortgage Broker Branch surrendered:

April 24, 2026 (BR-MBD)
West Valley View Inc.
Route 54 North, Bath, NY 14810
Effective Date: April 14, 2026

Mortgage Banker Branch License Address Changes:

April 28, 2026 (MB-MBD)
American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC
From: 935 New Loudon Road, Suite 27 Office 24, Latham, NY 12110
To: 935 New Loudon Road, Suite 27 Office 24 & 26, Latham, NY 12110

April 28, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
From: 195 Route 46, Suite 7, Totowa, NJ 07512
To: 195 Route 46, Suite 1, Totowa, NJ 07512

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: