Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has withdrawn its Strong residential servicer ranking on First Nationwide Mortgage Corp., Frederick, Md., as a result of First Nationwide's recent name change to CitiMortgage Inc.S&P said First Nationwide has also been removed from its Select Servicer List. The name change followed the acquisition of First Nationwide's parent, Golden State Bancorp Inc., by Citigroup Inc., which operates its prime servicing platform under the CitiMortgage banner. CitiMortgage has indicated that it is not planning to close the Frederick servicing platform, S&P said. The rating agency can be found online at http://www.standardandpoors.com.
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