ATLANTA - (08/31/05) -- Credit bureau Equifax Inc. said ithas agreed to acquire BeNow, a Wakefield, Mass.-based provider ofdatabase marketing services. BeNow, which helps companies toacquire, retain, manage and grow customer relationships, will becombined with Equifax Marketing Services. BeNow employees 60 peopleand serves such major clients as General Motors, Four SeasonsHotels and Resorts, Tower Records and MetLife. Terms of the dealwere not disclosed.
The Senate passed a bipartisan housing package, which includes certain community bank provisions, in an 85-5 vote. The House is set to vote on the package Wednesday.
The former New York governor will chair a new effort aimed at tokenizing financial products on chain and bringing 24/7 digital trading to NYSE-listed assets.
The service is an alternative to an IPO or a special-purpose vehicle, the bank says.
The company's forthcoming stablecoin, PAYO-USD, is designed to spur increased transaction volume revenue rather than interest income on reserves, a model championed by most stablecoin issuers.
The Bank of England's new guidance changes restrictions following criticisms and concerns about U.S. dominance.
Part of the proposal affects the risk weighting for certain "investment properties and other cashflow-dependent" mortgages, according to a new Pennymac report.
