AUSTIN, Texas - (01/13/05) -- First Lenders Data Inc. said itformed a strategic alliance to provide bundled services to creditunions and other customers of Western Reliance Corp. Under thedeal, First Lenders will provide credit reports, automatedvaluation models, insured valuation models, appraisals, floodcertifications, property reports, lien reports and incomeverification through MorClose, a licensed version of First Lenders'management platform called FirstClose. Western Reliance, based inPortland, Ore., provides collateral protection coverage(forced-placed insurance) through more than 400 credit unionsthrough a partnership with State National Companies.
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Part of the growing "phishing-as-a-service" economy, the Spiderman kit offers novice hackers sophisticated tools to target customers of major EU institutions.
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Banks may need to offer people over the age of 65 more than just digital experiences, according to an executive at J.D. Power, which surveyed more than 11,000 retail banking customers.
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In a move some industry observers call "dangerous and irresponsible," the administration is taking down consumer protection guardrails that have been put up by states like California and Colorado.
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Rohit Chopra is named senior advisor to the Democratic Attorneys General Association's working group on consumer protection and affordability; Flagstar Bank adds additional wealth-planning capabilities to its private banking division; Chime promotes three members of its executive leadership team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Friday approved national trust charter applications for five crypto firms, affirming the administration's push to allow crypto companies the ability to take deposits.
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Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said in statements Friday that their dissents from this week's interest rate decision were spurred by inflation concerns and a lack of sufficient economic data.
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