The Independent Community Bankers of America has announced the formation of a national alliance with Habitat for Humanity International to enable community bankers to help more low-income families attain "affordable, dignified" housing.The two organizations signed a formal agreement creating the alliance during the ICBA's annual Joint Committee Meetings in Washington, D.C. "Many of our members already work with Habitat for Humanity in their local communities," said Camden R. Fine, the ICBA's president and chief executive officer. The alliance "merely strengthens the common goal" to help provide affordable housing to every possible family, he said. The organizations can be found online at http://www.icba.org and http://www.habitat.org.
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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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