Paul W. Knutson has been promoted from controller to vice president at The First American Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., a provider of title insurance, mortgage information, and other business data.Mr. Knutson joined First American in 1988 as a staff auditor for the company's largest subsidiary, First American Title Insurance Co., and after various promotions became controller of First American Title in 1998 and of the parent company in 2001. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.firstam.com.
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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.
July 2 -
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.
July 2 -
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.
July 2 -
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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