Weekly Banking Bulletin

June 12, 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

March 30, 2026 (CU-CRB)
AmeriCU Credit Union 
1916 Black River Boulevard, Rome, NY 13440

Application for permission to amend the bylaws to expand the field of membership to include the following counties in New York State, received:

Albany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Genesee, Greene, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schuyler, Steuben, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wyoming, and Yates.

June 5, 2026 (MT-LFS)
MOON INC. DBA LIBERTYX 
864 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Application received for a change of control whereby The Brink’s Company will indirectly acquire 100% of LibertyX.

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.

June 8, 2026 (CC-LFS)
NY COMMUNITY FINANCIAL, LLC U/A/N THE CHECK CASHING PLACE U/A/N CFSC U/A/N COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SERVICE CENTER
10 Elizabeth Street, River Edge, NJ 07661

An application was received to relocate a licensed casher of checks from 1794 Jerome Avenue, Bronx, New York 10453 to 1850 Jerome Avenue, Bronx, New York 10453.

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.

Any comments or objections should be submitted in writing within ten business days, by June 26, 2026.

June 9, 2026 (TM-LFS)
BETRLINK, LLC
250 Broadway, 28th Floor, New York, N. Y. 10007

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.

June 11, 2026 (BK-CRB)
SPRING BANK
69 East 167th Street, Bronx NY 10452

Application dated June 10, 2026, for permission to open and occupy a branch office at 445 Grand Avenue, Suite A, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York 11238, received.

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

June 10, 2026 (BR-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Anthony David Grothouse
David Mark Lukacsko
Joseph William Frank
Sally Stone Wood
Timothy James Johnson
As: T2 Financial LLC
579 Executive Campus Drive, Suite 300, Westerville, OH 43082

Application to engage in business as a Mortgage Loan Servicer under Article 12-D of the New York Banking Law received for examination:

June 10, 2026 (MS-MBD)
Applicant(s)
Andrew T. Weber, LLC
Andrew Thomas Weber
Darren Michael Halpern
Diane Lynn Bentz
Marlin Manager, LLC
Marlin Mortgage Holdings, LLC
Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
As: Marlin Mortgage Capital, LLC
646 2nd Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Application to establish a Mortgage Banker's Branch received for examination: 
June 9, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Full Service Branch
GuardHill Financial LLC
260 Newport Center Drive, Suite 100 Bay 3C, Newport Beach, CA 92660

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

June 2, 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 closing of the branch office at 2-8 East Third Street, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, NY 14701, will not result in a significant reduction of financial services in the community to be affected.

June 8, 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 closing of the branch office at 43 South Main Street, Perry, Wyoming County, New York 14530, will not result in a significant reduction of financial services in the community to be affected.

June 9, 2026 (SB-CRB)
RHINEBECK BANK 
6414 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Notification received, in accordance with Supervisory Policy G 8, of the establishment of a representative office to be located at 800 Westchester Avenue, N641, Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York 10573.

June 9, 2026 (PF-LFS)
STRAND FINANCE, INC. 
22 Tennent Rd, Morganville, NJ 07751

Application for a change of control whereby the Heiss 2024 Family Trust, Lee Heiss and Lori Heiss acquired shares in Strand Finance, Inc., a premium finance company, was approved pursuant to Article XII-B of the Banking Law, effective May 7, 2026.

June 9, 2026 (LPT-RID)
EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC 
28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005

Approval given to change the location of branch office from 55 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 07660 to 850 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232.

June 10, 2026 (MI-CRB)
EAST WEST BANK 
135 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101

Approval given to change the location of branch office from 535 Madison Avenue (8th Floor), Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10022 to 345 Park Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York 10154, on or after June 11, 2026.

June 11, 2026 (CC-LFS) 
PAY-O-MATIC CHECK CASHING CORP.
166-30 Jamaica Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11432

Application to change location for unlicensed principal place of business from 160 Oak Drive, Syosset, New York, 11791 to 166-30 Jamaica Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11432 was approved.

In connection with the above, new branch licenses will be issued and the original check casher branch licenses were surrendered.

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

June 9, 2026 (BR-MBD)
YEB Consulting LLC D/B/A YS Capital Group
5 New Montrose Ave, Basement, Brooklyn, NY 11211

License to engage in business as a Mortgage Banker surrendered:

June 4, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Emigrant Mortgage Company, Inc.
7 Westchester Plaza, Elmsford, NY 10523
Effective Date: February 4, 2026

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

June 4, 2026 (MB-MBD)
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
919 SE Central Parkway, Unit A, Stuart, FL 34994
Effective Date: May 29, 2026

June 4, 2026 (MB-MBD)
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
881 Dover Drive, Suite 110, Newport Beach, CA 92663
Effective Date: May 29, 2026

June 10, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Homestead Funding Corp.
76 West Avenue, Suite #2C, Lockport, NY 14094
Effective Date: June 2, 2026

June 10, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Homestead Funding Corp.
2468 Niagara Falls Blvd, Suite 5A, Tonawanda, NY 14150
Effective Date: June 2, 2026

Mortgage Banker Branch License Address Changes:
 

June 10, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Lyons Mortgage Services, Inc.
From: 1991 Village Park Way, #100, Office ID #1-H, Encinitas, CA 92024
To: WeWork, 10000 Washington Blvd., Suite # 07-147, Culver City, CA 90232

June 10, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
From: 8950 Cypress Waters Boulevard, Suite 200, 2nd Floor, Dallas, TX 75019
To: 8950 Cypress Waters Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75019

June 10, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Rocket Mortgage, LLC
From: 25500 Commercentre Drive, Suite 200, Lake Forest, CA 92630
To: 25500 Commercentre Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630

June 10, 2026 (MB-MBD)
Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
From: 161 Wailea Ike Place, Suite C-101, Wailea, HI 96753
To: 1300 N. Holopono Street, Suite S-212, Kihei, HI 96753

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