Calls for VASP reintroduction come from housing advocates

A consortium of consumer advocacy groups and legislators called for the re-establishment of an expired Department of Veterans Affairs program that kept thousands of service members out of foreclosure.  The National Consumer Law Center criticized the VA for allowing the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program to lapse without a sufficient replacement. The program, which previously […]

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New partnership helps banks flag fraud on Google

Google has launched a joint effort with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or FS-ISAC, that will combine the search giant’s threat detection capabilities with FS-ISAC’s network and intelligence sharing to prevent fraud within the financial sector. The program, announced Wednesday, is dubbed the Financial Services branch of Google’s Priority Flagger Program, according

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Ex-housing official Alanna McCargo back at Urban Institute

Alanna McCargo announced Tuesday via LinkedIn that she has returned to the Urban Institute as a nonresident fellow. The former Ginnie Mae president wrote that she is rejoining the think tank at a time when there are “significant policy challenges ahead for affordability, community investment and inclusive finance.” This move follows an announcement earlier this

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