E-mail messages promoting mortgages and other loans are second only to pornography spam in the number of recipients who find them annoying, according to a recent Harris Poll.The survey found that 80% of respondents who use the Internet find spamming "very annoying," up from 49% two-and-a-half years ago, and that 74% favor banning such mass e-mailings. Topping the list of annoying kinds of spam were pornography, cited by 91%, and mortgages and other loans, cited by 79%, Harris Interactive reported. Investment spam ranked third, at 68%, and real estate fourth, at 61%. Harris can be found online at http://www.harrisinteractive.com and http://www.harrispollonline.com.
- AB - Policy & Regulation
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals halted the Trump administration's attempt to fire nearly two-thirds of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's workforce, upholding a March 2025 injunction.
June 21 -
Anthropic's head of banking told New York Banking Summit attendees that the future is agents that operate autonomously alongside employees.
June 19 -
The industry association said total multifamily mortgage debt alone increased by $23 billion, or 1% in Q1, representing a $2.32 trillion increase from Q4 2025.
June 18 -
Chair Travis Hill said SVB showed banks can't always sell securities fast enough to cover deposit outflows, but acknowledged the "stigma problem" with discount window borrowing remains unsolved.
June 18 -
The merger will bolster existing safeguards against AI threats, while providing a tool that should appeal to young homebuyers, leaders of the companies said.
June 18 -
At a conference in New York, Joseph Otting reflected on the difficult hiring decisions he made early in his tenure heading Flagstar Bank, which just two years ago was on the verge of collapse.
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