America West Airlines has announced a partnership with Awards for Mortgage and Real Estate that enables members of the airline's frequent-flyer program to earn miles for mortgages and other real-estate-related transactions.Under the arrangement, members of FlightFund can earn miles when obtaining mortgage or home equity loans from Chase Home Finance, Washington Mutual Inc., or the Corporate Mortgage Services Division of Wachovia Mortgage Corp. Miles can also be earned from home sales and van line services, the airline said. Further information is available at http://www.awardsformortgageandrealestate.com/americawest.
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A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin's anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.
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