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Efforts to improve representation in the workforce have to be measurable in order to avoid becoming an empty trend, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s chief financial officer and diversity & inclusion officer.

Bradley Riss is chief commercial officer at Checkout.com, a firm that acts as a payment gateway, acquirer and processor through a single channel, covering cards, passthrough wallets, stored value wallets and alternative payment options such as point of sale credit. It charges a fee based on processing and card payment costs rather than the percentage+ model that most payment API companies charge. The model is designed to make the service customized to different merchants and serve as a base to offer other merchant products.

Five transactions in the past week provided cash infusions for tech companies that are developing products for real estate finance.

Also: ClosingCorp, BSI Financial company Entra Solutions, CoreVest, BlackFin and Maxex add to their rosters.

Pre-fabricated homes that have features and GSE financing competitive with traditional houses could bring prices down roughly into the $200,000 range, making them affordable to roughly 1.5 million people.

Also: How 9.3 million renters could enter the purchase market, lessons from Flagstar’s data breach and a possible 15-year plan for Fannie and Freddie.

Also: Fannie sets early limits, servicing retention rates fade to record lows and loan broker inquiries rise as competition heats up.

Some nominees poised to take their agencies in a new direction appear headed for Senate confirmation while an intraparty squabble has delayed the administration’s choice to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Here’s the roster update.

Three announced deals from Woodward Capital, Redwood Trust and Wells Fargo are set to price before the end of the month; additional transactions are expected soon from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

How consumer attitudes toward privacy threaten to overturn long-standing industry assumptions about customer data and personalization.