Jacob Passy is a reporter with National Mortgage News, covering breaking news in the residential mortgage industry. Passy has been with SourceMedia since 2015 and previously served as a breaking news reporter for American Banker. His work has appeared in numerous publications including CNBC, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog. He is a graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and Tufts University.
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FitPay's alternative approach to wearable payments has gotten a boost from Comerica Bank and RocketSpace, which have chosen FitPay as the winner of the Wearable FinTech Startup Challenge.
By Jacob PassyDecember 7 -
The $3.2 billion-asset mutual thrift will close offices in Howland, Farmington, Hartland and East Millinocket, Maine. The proposed closings require regulatory approval.
By Jacob PassyDecember 4 -
Hiway Federal Credit Union in S.t Paul, Minn., has renewed its partnership with the National Hockey Leagues Minnesota Wild to be the teams credit union sponsor.
By Jacob PassyDecember 4 -
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Athens Bancshares in Tennessee has decided to delist its stock from Nasdaq and deregister with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Jacob PassyDecember 3 -
Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., has picked Andrew Ottaway for the newly created position of managing director of lending.
By Jacob PassyDecember 3 -
Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, has brought on industry veteran Tom Wirth to fill the newly created position of auto finance product and strategy director.
By Jacob PassyDecember 3 -
Digital money transfer provider Xoom has launched a service for sending funds to Bangladesh.
By Jacob PassyDecember 3 -
Great Lakes Credit Union in Bannockburn, Ill., and Phone-Co Credit Union have merged.
By Jacob PassyDecember 3 -