A mortgage lending company marketing to veterans has been ordered to pay more than $600,000 in restitution to New York State customers and a $500,000 fine to the state, regulators announced Thursday.

Mortgage Research Center LLC, of Columbia, Missouri, doing business as VAMortgage Center and Veterans United Home Loans, has been ordered to pay $604,000 to its customers, primarily military veterans in New York as part of a consent order with the state Department of Financial Services.

An examination of Veterans United conducted between January 2011 and June 2014 found that the company did not refund lender credits to New York borrowers who had gotten a credit from Veterans United to cover the estimated costs of closing by agreeing to a higher interest rate.