R&G Financial Corp., San Juan, Puerto Rico, has announced an agreement to settle litigation with Freddie Mac under which its subsidiaries R&G Mortgage Corp. and R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico will remain approved Freddie seller/servicers. The settlement, subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, may be rescinded by Freddie Mac if a sale of mortgage servicing rights is not consummated within a certain period. Under the sale agreement, Banco Popular of Puerto Rico, a subsidiary of Popular Inc., San Juan, would purchase approximately $5.1 billion of third-party mortgage servicing rights from R-G Mortgage Corp. The companies can be found on the Web at http://www.rgonline.com and http://www.popularinc.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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