{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lang/pt/new-york",
  "summary": "As of 2026-10-19, LenDb lists 1 loan officer licensed in or based in New York whose lender pages say they speak Portuguese. The top-ranked is Veronica Finkel (JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase Home Lending), Thornwood). Ranking is lender-neutral: a license in NY, branch location, experience and profile completeness. Nobody pays for placement. Languages come only from loan officers' own lender pages, and most lender pages do not list languages. A loan officer missing from this list may still speak it: not listed means not stated, not that they do not speak it.",
  "language": "pt",
  "state": "NY",
  "total": 1,
  "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
  "results": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "score": 41,
      "loan_officer": {
        "nmls_id": 62262,
        "slug": "veronica-finkel-62262",
        "full_name": "Veronica Finkel",
        "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/veronica-finkel-62262",
        "json_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/veronica-finkel-62262.json",
        "lender": {
          "nmls_id": 399798,
          "name": "JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase Home Lending)",
          "slug": "chase-399798",
          "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/chase-399798",
          "type": "bank"
        },
        "branch": {
          "city": "Thornwood",
          "state": "NY"
        },
        "headshot_url": "http://a.mktgcdn.com/p/bk4CissEgbB_95I30X7dFHP8CTWMO6QfNEP5XELt87M/454x527.jpg",
        "licensed_states": [],
        "licenses": [],
        "federal_registration_likely": true,
        "languages": [
          "pt"
        ],
        "specialties": [
          {
            "slug": "fha",
            "evidence": "lender_page_text"
          }
        ],
        "lender_offers": [],
        "employer_program_approvals": [
          {
            "program": "fha",
            "source": "HUD",
            "as_of": "2026-08"
          }
        ],
        "years_licensed": null,
        "earliest_license_record": null,
        "licensed_since": null,
        "years_experience": 24,
        "lender_profile_url": "https://homelendingadvisor.chase.com/ny/thornwood/608-columbus-ave-hla-62262",
        "disciplinary_check": "not_checked"
      },
      "reasons": [
        "Speaks Portuguese (lender page, verified 2026-10-19)",
        "Office in Thornwood, NY",
        "Likely federally registered (works at a bank). Federally registered MLOs aren't state-licensed; verify at NMLS",
        "States 24 years of experience (lender page, 2026-10-09)"
      ],
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/veronica-finkel-62262",
      "license_check": {
        "state": "NY",
        "confidence": "federal_registration",
        "eligible": true,
        "label": "Likely federally registered (works at a bank). Federally registered MLOs aren't state-licensed; verify at NMLS",
        "verified_at": "2026-10-19",
        "source_url": null
      }
    }
  ]
}