General American Corp., a Pittsburgh-based provider of title insurance and settlement services to the mortgage banking industry, has reported the expansion of its operations into Texas with the opening of GAC of Texas in Houston.Industry veteran Steve Black has been named senior vice president and will oversee the operation, which will involve comprehensive title and settlement services for the entire state through a network of vendor partnerships, GAC said. "Our new operations will act as a springboard to allowing us to offer a broader menu of services in the Southwest," said GAC president Rich Snedden. GAC, a unit of Fiserv, can be found online at http://www.gac.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.
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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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