U.S. Banker, September 2010 - Asiaing.com: Free eBooks, Free ...
US Banker, September 2010. Cover Story Wal-Mart, Undeterred. It has a bank in Mexico, offers credit cards in Canada, is opening hundreds of in-store financial centers in the US and even makes small-business loans through Sam's Club.
http://www.asiaing.com/u-s-banker-september-2010.html
Foreclosure Crisis Update - Credit Slips
New numbers are out for the second quarter from the Mortgage Bankers Association's National Delinquency Survey and HOPE NOW. After three years, the ramp-up phase of the foreclosure crisis seems to be ending, as the rate of mortgages in ...
http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2010/09/foreclosure-crisis-update.html
Banks Playing 'Foreclosure Roulette' With Delinquent Homeowners
Bea Garwood has been bracing for foreclosure since May, but she says she's been told three times to expect a sheriff's sale in the next month and it still hasn't happened.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/foreclosure-roulette-bank_n_699672.html
Audit Notes: Our Glass Jaw, Financial Crises, Extend and Pretend : CJR
If you're looking for a single anecdote to sum up the demise of the American economy, you could do worse than The Wall Street Journal's excellent front-page story this morning on glass and Toledo. The paper's James T. Areddy reports ...
http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/audit_notes_our_glass_jaw_fina.php
Extend and Pretend about to Bite the Banksters in the Butt
I would be laughing my ass off at this if I weren't about to put my home on the market for what the house next door sold as a foreclosure several years ago. (h/t CR). By postponing the date at which they lock in losses, banks and other ...
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/08/27/extend-and-pretend-about-to-bite-the-banksters-in-the-butt/
Banks Pursue "Foreclosure Roulette" to Discourage Strategic ...
Those who've stop paying mortgages for whatever reason, have found that doing so can be quite a boost to monthly cash flow. Due to FASB's suspension of mark to market accounting, banks have been in no rush to foreclose on delinquent ...
http://portlandhousing.blogspot.com/2010/08/banks-consider-foreclosure-roulette-to.html
Are lenders "procrastinating" on foreclosures?
From Jeff Horwitz and Kate Berry at American Banker: Procrastination on Foreclosures, Now 'Blatant,' May Backfire. [S]ervicers are not initiating or processing foreclosures at the pace they could be. By postponing the date at which they ...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/08/are-lenders-procrastinating-on.html
Mobile advertising and marketing hot news: iAds, location and retail
Here's the hottest mobile advertising and marketing news from GoMo News. Another developer is reporting amazing returns through Apple's iAds advertising network; BuzzCity announces its SDK for BlackBerry apps; retailers are exhorted to ...
http://www.gomonews.com/mobile-advertising-and-marketing-hot-news-iads-location-and-retail/