BayFirst reports dozens of layoffs in Clearwater mortgage production office

BayFirst Financial is laying off 58 employees in connection with the dissolution of its nationwide residential mortgage lending business, according to a letter filed with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Over half of those employees worked remotely and reported to the division’s headquarters office in Clearwater, which will continue to serve as a local retail banking center with commercial and consumer lending, a spokesperson told the Tampa Bay Business Journal. The St. Petersburg-based…Original Article