Layoffs occurred at the end of August. I dont know if they merged. Like many other tech companies that [] Good luck. Below are five of the largest U.S. investment banking layoffs in 2022: In Wells Fargo's 3Q22 Quarterly Supplement, the multinational financial services company said that its total headcount had. Bradley Mortgage Capital LLC acquired Legacy Group Lending Inc. Waccamaw Bank shut by FDIC Wachovia halted wholesale lending, 11,000 layoffs Wachovia closed Equibanc, 115 layoffs in bay area Wachovia shut Waterbury, CT retail mortgage office, 65 layoffs Wachovia cut 50 mortgage processing jobs in Boynton Beach, FL Wachovia cut 240 mortgage and banking jobs in San Antonio Wachovia cut 200 positions in corporate and investment banking unit Wachovia reportedly closed four offices in Germany due to crisis Wachovia stopped offering mortgages at many branches, 600 layoffs Wachovia shut mortgage center in Tampa, 57 layoffs Wakulla Bank shut by FDIC Walter Investment Management Corp. acquired certain assets from Residential Credit Solutions Walter Investment Management Corp. acquired reverse mortgage lender Security One Lending Walter Mortgage Co. to wind down mortgage lending Warehouse USA closed Warren Bank shut down by FDIC WashingtonFirst acquired 1st Portfolio Washington First International Bank shut by FDIC Washington Mutual shut down WaMu stopped wholesale lending, 3,000 layoffs Washington Mutual layoffs, halting subprime lending Washington Mutual laying off 50 in Capital Markets Washington Mutual to cut 1,200 jobs Washington Mutual cuts Commercial Correspondent/Wholesale Lending Washington Mutual layoffs, exited warehouse/correspondent market Washington Mutual layoffs as high as 1,000, closing 3 fulfillment centers Washington Savings Bank stopped wholesale lending Washtenaw Mortgage Company closed Waterfield Bank shut by FDIC Waterford Village Bank shut by FDIC Waukegan Savings Bank shut by FDIC WCI Communities cut 575 jobs Wealthbridge Mortgage shut down, layoffs Webster Bank to cease wholesale and correspondent lending Webster Financial Corp. purchased Sterling Bancorp Webster Financial to cut 240 jobs Weichert Financial laid off 70+ operations staff Wells Fargo cut 59 mortgage jobs in Washington state Wells Fargo cut 68 mortgage jobs in Charlotte and Fort Mill Wells Fargo cut 122 mortgage jobs in San Bernardino Wells Fargo relocate ~350 mortgage servicing workers from Charlotte to Fort Mill, S.C Wells Fargo laid off 87 mortgage workers in Raleigh Wells Fargo cut 91 jobs in Fort Mill on soft refinance demand Wells Fargo cut commercial mortgage jobs in Oakland, CA Wells Fargo cut 100 jobs in Fort Mill, 130 in Twin Cities, and 63 at Frederick, MD office Wells Fargo cut 120 jobs at reverse-mortgage servicing operation in Fort Mills, SC Wells Fargo cut 40 mortgage jobs in Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo cut 115 jobs from call center in Roanoke, VA Wells Fargo cut 91 mortgage jobs in Fort Mill, S.C Wells Fargo closed Milwaukee mortgage center, cut 1,000 jobs Wells Fargo laid off 468 home mortgage workers in Homewood, AL Wells Fargo cut 763 mortgage jobs in St. Louis Wells Fargo cut 350 mortgage jobs nationwide thanks to higher interest rates Wells Fargo cut 2,323 mortgage jobs nationwide, including 365 in Birmingham, 330 in Orange County, CA, 292 in Phoenix, and 284 in Charlotte Wells Fargo cut 900 mortgage jobs, including 400 in Des Moines Wells Fargo closed retail mortgage fulfillment center in Dayton, OH, cut 63 jobs Wells Fargo halted wholesale mortgage lending Wells Fargo cut 113 home retention workers in Bellevue, WA Wells Fargo stops reverse mortgage lending Wells Fargo closed Grand Junction, CO mortgage center, 55 layoffs Wells Fargo cuts 4,500 mortgage jobs Wells Fargo halts wholesale reverse mortgage lending Wells Fargo cutting jobs as HARP demand falls Wells Fargo cutting 145 wholesale mortgage jobs in Orange County Wells Fargo to buy Wachovia Wells Fargo Financial to close 638 stores, halt origination of non-prime portfolio mortgages Wells Fargo Home Mortgage halts wholesale non-conforming lending Wells Fargo Alternative Lending Wholesale closed, layoffs nationwide Wells Fargo Home And Consumer Finance Group layoffs Wells Fargo stops mortgage lending in Canada Wells Fargo layoffs in home equity division Wells Fargo layoffs in Billings, MT Wells Fargo shutting wholesale division in Concord, CA, 137 layoffs Wells Fargo Home Mortgage office in Amherst, NY closed Wells Fargo Home Mortgage acquired Pride Mortgage Wells Fargo Home Mortgage cut jobs in Fort Mill, SC Wescom Credit Union exited wholesale lending WestBridge Bank and Trust Company shut by FDIC Westernbank Puerto Rico shut by FDIC Western Alliance Bancorp purchased Aris Mortgage Holding Company, parent company of AmeriHome Western Alliance Bank acquired Galton Funding Western Bancorp exited wholesale and correspondent lending Western Commercial Bank shut by FDIC Western Corporate (WesCorp) Federal Credit Union placed in conservatorship Western National Bank shut by FDIC Western Springs National Bank and Trust shut by FDIC Westside Community Bank shut by FDIC Westsound Bank shut down by FDIC WestStar Bank acquired assets of Cimarron Mortgage Capital West Texas Credit Union shut down WestWorks Mortgage closed Wheatland Bank shut by FDIC Williamsburg First National Bank shut by FDIC William Lyon Homes acquired South Pacific Financial Corporation, rebranded as ClosingMark Homes Loans, Inc. Wilmington Finance stopped wholesale lending, hundreds of layoffs Windsor Capital Mortgage Corp. closed down Wilshire Bancorp acquired certain assets and operations of Bank of Manhattans Mortgage Lending Division Wingspan Portfolio Advisors closed Melbourne, Florida office, 150 layoffs Wingspan Portfolio Advisors cut another 100 jobs in Monroe, LA Winstar Mortgage ceased operations Wintrust Mortgage acquired Veterans First Mortgage Wintrust Financial bought certain assets and liabilities from Surety Financial Services Wintrust Mortgage acquired mortgage business of American Homestead Mortgage LLC Wintrust Mortgage Corp. shut wholesale mortgage division Wipro purchased Opus Capital Markets Consultants WJ Bradley Mortgage ceased operations WMC Mortgage filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy WMC GEs subprime unit cut 460 jobs, reported closed and for sale WMC Mortgage layoffs WNS (India outsourcing) redeploying employees due to mortgage shakeup Woodlands Bank shut by FDIC World Savings sold to Wachovia WSB Financial Group Inc. cutting 33 mortgage jobs Wyndham Capital Mortgage laid off 78 staff in Charlotte XBancorp closed wholesale Xceed Mortgage Corp. (Canada) stopped originating loans via brokers Xceed Mortgage Corp. (Canada) cut two-thirds of staff (74 jobs) Xceed Mortgage Corp. (Canada) cut 26 jobs, about 18 percent of staff Xome Realty Services cut 72 jobs in Lewisville, TX ZAIS Financial Corp. acquired GMFS, LLC Zillow Offers laid off 80 employees. The company ranked no. Denver office Nationstar Mortgage halts wholesale lending Nationwide Bank cut 50+ jobs from mortgage division in Des Moines Neighborhood Community Bank shut by FDIC NBRS Financial closed by FDIC NetBank shut down by FDIC due to excessive mortgage defaults Netbank Funding closed NetMore America Inc. layoffs Nevada Commerce Bank shut by FDIC Nevada Security Bank shut by FDIC New American Funding shut down wholesale lending department in 2016 New American Funding acquired Marketplace Home Mortgage New Century filed bankruptcy New Century Bank shut by FDIC New City Bank shut by FDIC New England Merchants Corp. received cease and desist order New Equity Mortgage merged with Advent Mortgage New Fed Mortgage Corp. acquired Commonwealth Mortgage LLC New Frontier Bank shut by FDIC New Horizons Bank shut by FDIC New Horizons Reverse Mortgage Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy NewLeaf Wholesale layoffs, possible shutdown New Liberty Bank shut by FDIC New Penn Financial acquired Envoy Mortgages correspondent lending division New Penn Financial acquired Resurgent Mortgage Servicing New Penn Financial bought Shelter Mortgage Co. New Residential Investment Corp. bought Caliber Home Loans New Residential acquired Ditech Holdings forward mortgage servicing and origination business New Residential acquired Shellpoint Partners (New Penn Financial) New Residential acquired Home Loan Servicing Solutions New South Federal Savings Bank halts all mortgage lending New South Federal Savings Bank shut by FDIC New State Mortgage Company ceased wholesale lending operations New Vision Residential Lending to close at end of month New York Community Bancorp, Inc. acquired Flagstar Bancorp New York Community Bank cut 200+ jobs in Cleveland when it exits mortgage business Nexity Bank shut by FDIC Nikko Citigroup to cut 10% of staff Nomura Securities closed its nonconforming mortgage conduit and laid off staff Nomura Holdings to shut mortgage-backed securities business, 1300 job cuts Norddeutsche Landesbank made offer for Deutsche Hypothekenbank AG North Milwaukee State Bank shuttered by FDIC Northern Georgia Bank shut by FDIC Northern Rock sold $4.3 billion mortgage portfolio to JP Morgan Chase Northern Star Bank shut down by the FDIC North County Bank shut by FDIC North Houston Bank shut down Northrim BanCorp acquired Residential Mortgage LLC Northstar Bank of Texas acquired Goldome Financial, Inc. Northwest Bank & Trust shut by FDIC NOVA Bank shut by FDIC NovaStar layoffs Novastar closed wholesale unit, facing potentially huge lawsuit, laying off 37% of workforce Novastar job cuts expected from sale of servicing unit Novelle Financial said to have ceased operations NVR Mortgage Finance (builder) restricted from offering Alt-A, subprime and piggyback loans Oakmont Mortgage closed Oak Street Mortgage closed, files bankruptcy Ocala National Bank shut down by FDIC Ocwen closed facilities, cut 2,000+ jobs nationwide Ocwen Financial Corp. acquired PHH Corp. Ocwen Financial Corp. halted wholesale lending (forward), potential layoffs Ocwen Financial Corp. cut 800+ jobs nationwide Ocwen Financial Corp. bought Clearpoint Mortgage Ocwen Financial Corp. completed purchase of reverse mortgage lender Liberty Home Equity Solutions Ocwen Financial Corp. bought Kent County State Bank Ocwen Financial Corp. acquired Homeward Residential Holdings Inc. Ocwen Financial Corp. cut 300 jobs in Waterloo, Iowa Ocwen Financial Corp. cut 54 jobs in Fort Washington, PA Oglethorpe Bank shut by FDIC Old Harbor Bank shut by FDIC Old Southern Bank shut by FDIC Olde Cypress Community Bank shut by FDIC OMG Wholesale suspended operations Omni National Bank shut down by FDIC One Georgia Bank shut by FDIC OneCap Mortgage Corp. license revoked OneMain Financial halted mortgage lending in New York state One Reverse Mortgage halted operations OneWest Bank to halt reverse mortgage lending OneWest Bank cut 78 jobs in Pasadena, 102 in Irvine, CA OneWest Bank cut 725 jobs in Austin, TX after Ocwen purchases mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) Open Mortgage acquired Premier Home Mortgage Open Mortgage acquired reverse mortgage unit from 360 Mortgage Group Opendoor cut 600 jobs Opteum closed conduit and wholesale operations Optima Funding reported to have ceased operations Optimal Blue acquired LoanSifter Option One shut down Option One layoffs, pending sale to Cerberus Capital Management LP Option One cut 50 jobs in Bay Area Opus Mortgages (UK) put into liquidation Own It Mortgage closed Origen Correspondent Mortgage Group to be shut down Origen Financial ceased Texas ops, cut 96 jobs Orion Bank shut by FDIC Oxford Funding acquiring Huntington Financial Pacific American Mortgage (PAMCO) no new submissions, halted operations Pacific Coast National Bank shut by FDIC Pacific Mercantile Bank exited the consumer mortgage origination business Pacific National Bank shut down Pacific State Bank shut by FDIC Pacific Union Financial closed El Paso mortgage call center Pacific Western Bank acquired Civic Financial Services, LLC Palm Desert National Bank shut by FDIC Palos Bank and Trust Company shut by FDIC Pan American Mortgage cut 443 jobs Paragon Home Lending said to be shut down Paragon Mortgages (UK) laid off 62 Mortgage Trust staff Paramount Bank shut by FDIC Park National Bank shut down Parkway Bank closed by FDIC Partners Bank 100th bank failure of 2009 Partners Group Unlimited bought out by Mortgage Network Inc. Patriot Bank of Georgia shut by FDIC Patriot Bank Minnesota shut by FDIC Paul Financial suspends loan origination Paul Financial LLC cut 57 jobs Peninsula Bank shut by FDIC Pentagon FCU bought TIAA Banks correspondent lending unit, layoffs Peoples Bank shut mortgage office in Westerville, OH, 31 layoffs Peoples Choice Financial Corp. bankrupt Peoples Community Bank shut by FDIC Peoples First Community Bank shut by FDIC Peoples Mortgage closed Peoples State Bank shut by FDIC Peotone Bank and Trust Company shut by FDIC PFF Bank and Trust shut down by the FDIC PHH Mortgage Corp. cut 91 jobs in Amherst, NY PHH Mortgage Corp. cut 78 jobs in Mt. Does it go far enough? It was a toxic combination of sky-high home prices at the time of origination, zero down payments, rising mortgage rates, terrible underwriting, rampant fraud, a deteriorating secondary market, and unmanageable mortgage payments. I figured out a long time ago, other industries dont like to hire mortgage people. Fairway Independent Mortgage just closed a few branches affecting Colorado, California, Wyoming and Washington on 2/28/2023. I cant find anyone to help me clear this up. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said that there is still much uncertainty heading into the new year, particularly with headwinds coming from the war in Ukraine, inflation, and the Feds unprecedented tightening cycle. Home Point Financial acquired wholesale division of Platinum Mortgage Inc. Home Point Financial acquired Maverick Funding Corp. HomeStreet Bank sold its stand-alone home loan centers to Homebridge Financial, HSBC closing 260 consumer lending branches, Impac Mortgage stops Alt-A lending, 144 laid off, Lehman Brothers filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Lexington Lending halts wholesale operations, Nationstar Mortgage changed name to Mr. Cooper, Envoy Mortgages correspondent lending division, Open Mortgage acquired Premier Home Mortgage, Paul Financial suspends loan origination, Synergy One Lending acquired BBMC Mortgage, Veritex Community Bank acquired 49% stake in Thrive Mortgage, LLC, Wells Fargo cut 350 mortgage jobs nationwide thanks to higher interest rates, Wells Fargo stops reverse mortgage lending. Its big news. You disgust me beyond measure! Multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) has laid off hundreds of employees across several rounds in the second and third quarters of 2022. Academy Mortgage just shut down their Nebraska and New Mexico offices, no warning. Its a shame whom would take over the loans if people are still buying homes. A Bankrate survey of economists conducted each quarter found that those polled placed the odds of a recession at 64% over the next year to year and a half. Thanks. "Companies that last a long time go through different phases. It sure opened my eyes to look for another industry. In an effort to reduce overhead, Kalamazoo MI based AmeriFirst Home Mortgage terminated approximately 45 people. We've reduced we took a severance charge, which affected some of the efficiency ratio for this year, but will improve it for next year, Gorman said. 7/1/22 Based on the separation agreement it appears that at least 170+ were laid off. Its really sad. As layoffs ripple across Wall Street, some banks stay in 'hiring mode' Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have laid off thousands of workers in the past two months. All the searching I have done shows that they closed in 2005. Payment company Stripe announced that it would lay off more than 1,000 employees, which is about 14% of its labor force. Asia Martin , Kylie Robison . How does loanDepot not make the list? I am just getting everyone ready as I dont feel its right to just do it with out warning. As the volume goes down, the number of people you need goes down. Trying to find who acquired ICA acquired by American Residential Mortgage Company around Pa. Sierra Pacific Mortgage actually closed the branches they opened in CO after 5 months. My mortgage is with Wells Fargo and they are trying to sort this out but time is the critical factor. As recession fears swirl, a fresh round of layoffs is in the works for at least four corporate giants to start the new year. Santander Bank just announced today that they are closing their entire home loans and HELOC divisions and will stop taking applications February 11th. Next lay offs will be Saturday 8/24/22. Not sure how many. 7 bankruptcy Liberty One Lending ceased operations LIME Financial Services (Credit Suisse wholesale) ceased lending LIME Financial Services, Ltd sold to Credit Suisse, downsized from 450 to 225 Lincoln Park Savings Bank shut by FDIC Live Well Financial, Inc. halted mortgage lending Lloyds TSB to buy Halifax Bank of Scotland for $22 billion Loancity closed 7 branches, shut down loanDepot and imortgage.com merged loanDepot acquired Mortgage Master, Inc. Loans 123 no longer taking anymore business London & Scottish Mortgages (LSM:UK) stopped accepting new applications Lone Star facing lawsuit over purchase of Accredited Home Lenders Lone Star to buy Bear Stearns Residential Mortgage Corp. Long Beach Mortgage Co. (WAMU) winding down operations Long Mortgage lost financing, parent First Magnus trying to dissolve unit Los Padres Bank shut by FDIC LowerMyPayment.com closed, mortgage lead company Lownhome Financial closed LRES acquired Lenders Choice Luminent layoffs, two default notices, selling equity stake to Arco Capital Corp. Luminent Mortgage filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy Lydian Mortgage shut wholesale, layoffs Lydian Private Bank shut by FDIC M&T Bank cut wholesale mortgage jobs M&T Bank acquired Hudson City Savings Bank, 384 layoffs MacQuarie Mortgages USA halts loan origination MacQuarie Mortgages USA laid off 69 employees McIntosh Commercial Bank shut by FDIC McIntosh State Bank shut by FDIC Madisonville State Bank shut down MagnetBank shut down by FDIC Main Street Bank shut down by FDIC Mainstreet Bank (MN) shut by FDIC Mainstreet Savings Bank shut by FDIC Mandalay Mortgage closed Marco Community Bank shut by FDIC Maribella Mortgage closed Maritime Savings Bank shut by FDIC Market Street Mortgage layoffs Market Street Mortgage to be broken up and sold in pieces, 53 layoffs Marlin Mortgage Company, LLC shut it doors Marshall Bank shut by FDIC Master Financial layoffs, ceased wholesale production Maverick Residential Mortgage reportedly closed MB Financial to stop mortgage lending, cut 500+ jobs MCAN Mortgage Corporation acquired Xceed Mortgage (Canada) MEM Financial Solutions filed for bankruptcy Member First Mortgage acquired Platinum Financial Funding Mercantile Mortgage ceased operations Meridian Bank shut down by FDIC Meridias Capital layoffs, rumors of employees not being paid Meritage Mortgage closed, staff employed by LIME Financial Merrill Lynch bought First Franklin Merrill Lynch to cut 4,000 jobs Merrill Lynch halted all lending at UK subsidiary Wave, layoffs Merrlin Mortgage Corp. acquired by Heartland Mortgage Co. MetLife halted reverse mortgage lending, sold servicing rights to Nationstar Mortgage Metlife shut down its forward mortgage division, 4,000+ layoffs MetLife acquired EverBank Reverse Mortgage LLC MetLife to buy First Horizon mortgage unit MetLife Bank cut 116 jobs in Irving, Texas Metro Bank of Dade County shut by FDIC Metrocities Mortgage now Prospect Mortgage Metrocities Mortgage stopped wholesale lending Metrocities Mortgage acquired Mortgage Services Unlimited Metro Pacific Bank shut by FDIC MCAP Financial (Canada) suspended subprime lending through its Eclipse division MGIC bought rival mortgage insurance provider Radian Group (abandoned) MGIC Investment Corp. cut 19 jobs at Milwaukee headquarters Miami Valley Bank shut down by the FDIC Michigan Mutual cut 68 mortgage jobs in Southfield Mid America Mortgage, Inc. to purchase assets of American Southwest Mortgage Corp. and American Southwest Mortgage Funding Corp. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said late Wednesday the company would cut "just over 18,000 roles," a higher reduction than initially planned.Jassy's message came the same day Salesforce said it would slash 10% of its workforce while Vimeo cut headcount by 11% in its second wave . They cut a larger portion of people in June. Since early 2022, mortgage layoffs have been driven by a major decrease in refinance demand and a dwindling pool of eligible home buyers thanks to significantly higher mortgage rates. Co. never reconveyed the title or released the lien it is showing on title = am in the process of selling but Washtenaw went out of business in 2005 no phone #s or emails are any good. To justify the job losses, CEOs like . Any help is appreciated. Homepoint Financial laid off 400-500 today. Wentworth Home Lending, LLC Freedom Mortgage Corp. shut San Dimas call center, slash 171 jobs Freedom Mortgage Corp. acquired RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Freedom Mortgage Corp. acquired Sterling National Banks mortgage operations Freedom Mortgage Corp. bought the assets of BluFi Lending Freedom Mortgage Corp. acquired Continental Home Loans Freestand Financial closed Fremont General exited secondary sub-prime market, layoffs Fremont General filed Ch. I was safe for a while but they are now looking at the cost to keep all of us. Thanks. Cash Out vs. HELOC vs. Home Equity Loan: Which Is the Best Option Right Now and Why? There were about 83 laid off in February 2022. Even better, didnt even take the time to look anyone in the eye, a thank you, handshake, or apology. Or did they think the housing market would keep going up forever? Meanwhile, the call centers were expected to be under Kristen Sieffert, president of Finance of America Reverse. Any news about the amount/locations/departments of Penfed employees laid off? FoA plans to fund forward mortgage loans relating to its mortgage originations segment in the first half of 2023, primarily consisting of forward mortgage loans with extended lock periods and representing less than 11% of the aggregate forward mortgage loan pipeline, according to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Hard to know unfortunately but maybe start with HSBC. 2006-2023 HW Media, LLC. The first in April 2022 and the next in July 2022. During her period as CEO, the company made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2021, after merging with the blank-check company Replay Acquisition Corp. Graham Fleming, president since October 2020, has been the interim CEO, responsible for the forward, reverse, commercial and home improvement lending segments, as well as lender services. It cant be numbers, because they had 44 branches over 18 states. Paramount Residential Mortgage Group/PRMG is cutting 30-35% of staff; there were two rounds of layoffs already on July 27th and a smaller on July 29th, New American Funding laid off hundreds on Tuesday August 2nd. Amerifirst Home Mortgage (Kalamazoo, MI) layoffs at end of first quarter. Amazon employed 1,544,000 people as of Sept. 30, up from 1,468,000 during the same period in 2021, the companys latest quarterly filing indicated. NASB Home Loans just laid off about 37 of their 90 loan consultants and around 40 operations staff on November 3rd, 2022. The Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates at a historically aggressive pace to drive down inflation (which is clocking in at 6.5%). FoAs subsidiary Incenter operates a foreign branch in Manila for fulfillment transactional support, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ruoff Home Mortgage laid off 60+ people at corporate HQ in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 11, 2022. Thanks Alan. The shutdown of Finance of America Mortgage will accelerate the companys ability to partner with large mortgage lenders and other financial services companies to offer FoAsspecialty finance and services (SF&S) solutions on their platforms, Fleming added. Does anyone know what happened to Monogram Home Equity Corp? This month alone, tech companies have announced more than 50,000 layoffs, including from Amazon ( AMZN ), Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL ), and Microsoft ( MSFT ). Terms of Service. The increasingly darkening skies for banking and finance come after a year in which tech companies were buffeted by layoffs, despite most other parts of the labor market proving resilient. And some firms are even adding staff in this environment as JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon said last week, his bank is in "hiring mode.". Open Mortgage that proudly stated at the beginning of year didnt have layoffs has now done a second set of layoffs and demotions. I believe National City owned First Franklin but sold it to Merrill Lynch in 2006, and Merrill was later acquired by Bank of America. Hi. The lenders forward mortgage business posted $4.23 billion in funded volume in the second quarter, down 17% quarter over quarter and 39% year over year. 11 bankruptcy W.J. However, the company offered severance payments based on tenure and job position. U.S. carriers accepted $54 billion in taxpayer aid to keep staff on their payroll. All of their contact numbers are out of service. While finance and tech firms are beginning to start seeing layoffs, many other parts of the labor market are chugging right along despite the rate increases. Bank of America has to trim down its headcount in the coming weeks as an economic downturn takes shape on the horizon.