AME Financial, a San Diego-based mortgage lender, has reported the sale of the majority of its Wholesale Lending Division to Universal Savings Bank, Milwaukee.The terms of the sale were not disclosed. The wholesale unit has branches in St. Louis; Sacramento and Temecula, Calif.; and Phoenix and Anthem, Ariz. Judy Dunham, AME's chief executive officer, said the transaction "enhances AME's ability to focus on its core business -- retail lending. We have grown consistently over the past two decades and want to accelerate our expansion in the retail arena."
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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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Issuances of new HECM-backed securities dropped off in June on both a monthly and yearly basis, according to a new report from New View Advisors.
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The vote to approve the $12 per share deal, which rejected a hostile bid from UWM Holdings, came following several postponements of a special meeting.
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A mortgage customer claims his data was compromised in a hack last year at a tax and accounting firm reportedly used by the wholesale giant.
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The government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.
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The June jobs report is creating an overhang on economist forecasts for interest rates going forward, especially when combined with recent inflation data.
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