Ocwen Financial Announces Workforce Reduction At Waterloo, Iowa Facility

(RTTNews) - Ocwen Financial Corp. (OCN) announced that as part of an ongoing cost improvement initiative the Company will reduce its workforce at its Waterloo, Iowa residential servicing facility. The decision will affect about 300 residential servicing employees, which is 10 percent of the Company's about 2,900 U.S. employees.

All impacted employees will have the opportunity to apply for employment at other Ocwen facilities, including 130 open positions at the Coppell, Texas facility.

The Company noted that it will also seek to lease approximately half of its 155,000 sq. foot facility in Waterloo, and it is working closely with the City of Waterloo and the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber's office of Economic Development to source the right tenant. The Company will continue to maintain a presence in Waterloo.