[Dallas, TX, June 21, 2026] — The Hilltop Companies announces the appointment of industry veteran George Schwartz as Managing Director. Mr. Schwartz will be running the Southwest division of the Financial Services and Mortgage Servicing practices. Mr. Schwartz, who brings over

[McLean, VA, - June 21, 2026]- The Hilltop Companies announced today that Steve McGurl has been hired as the new Managing Director in the Regulatory Compliance practice. Steve will be working with clients to improve their operational workflows and assisting clients in thei

Hilltop has recently named Edward Albrigo as its Chief Operating Officer. Ed has been with Hilltop almost 2 years and has helped grow the Company on both the client side and in our corporate infrastructure. He will directly assist Jeff Oliver, CEO with all operations of the Hilltop

HIlltop has recently added four new Managing Directors to its senior ranks - Don Davis, Steve McGurl, George Schwartz and Gage Walker. All have extensive mortgage and banking industry backgrounds. McGurl and Walker have deep loan origination, post closing and secondary marketin

Ed Albrigo will be attending the MBA’s Servicing Conference. He will be meeting with current and target clients to discuss Hilltop’s new Servicing Recovery Practice. Given our significant work in the mortgage servicing arena, the new practice will focus on assisting loan servicing c

Hilltop has been engaged in the loan servicing arena to help recover servicing fees (regular or incentive fees), compensatory fees, and advances/expenses that were missed in the modification effort, claim process or investor reimbursement requests. Unfortunately, significant volume

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Loan Modifications and Troubled Debt Restructuring – A New Set of Challenges with the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL) by Geoffrey A Oliver, CPA, CMB While we are in a credit cycle that is challenging the financial services industry in a number of new and unique ways, questi

Both Ed Albrigo and Jeff Oliver attended the MBA National Convention. A number of meetings were held with current and prospective clients, specifically to discuss Hilltop’s compliance audit services and our new Servicing Recovery Practice. The conference was a success for Hil

The Hilltop Companies has launched new or expanded service offerings for: Default Loan Servicing Policy and Process Assessments Loss Mitigation Policy and Process Assessments Litigation Support for Representation and Warranty Claims Regulatory Compliance Audits (CFPB new audit and OCC