Mortgage Trust, a boutique mortgage broker based in Oregon, has partnered with Calque to unveil The Trade-In Mortgage™, a groundbreaking loan program designed to assist homeowners across the nation. This innovative solution enables clients to use the equity from their…
Global equity market returns were modest in the second quarter of 2024, marking a shift from the robust performance seen in the first quarter, largely due to ongoing concerns about global inflation. The median return for institutional asset owners in…
Verint® (NASDAQ: VRNT), known as The CX Automation Company™, has announced a significant enhancement in customer experience for a leading bank, achieved through the deployment of Verint’s AI-powered Verint Quality Bot and Verint Coaching Bot. The bank’s contact center Net…
U.S. consumers are increasingly relying on debit cards for more transactions and higher spending, according to the 2024 PULSE Debit Issuer Study. This study, commissioned by Discover® Financial Services’ PULSE debit network and conducted by Banking & Payments Group, highlights…
XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) (the “Trust”) has declared its regular monthly distribution of $0.085 per common share. This distribution will be payable on September 3, 2024, to shareholders on record as of August 15,…
Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a global leader in electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities, and money markets, has finalized its $785 million acquisition of Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD), an investment technology provider for corporate treasury organizations trading short-term investments.…
Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) has announced a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per common share, which will be payable on August 23, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 12, 2024. The company has…
Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) announced the successful completion of its proprietary reverse mortgage loan securitization. This marks a significant achievement for the company, further solidifying its position in the reverse mortgage market. The securitization involved the issuance of mortgage-backed…
Horizon Bank Partners with Blend to Enhance Mortgage Lending Platform Horizon Bank, an $8 billion financial institution and a division of Horizon Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: HBNC), one of the largest independent bank holding companies in the Midwest, has announced…
The Hartford (NYSE: HIG) has released its financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2024. “The Hartford’s second quarter 2024 financial results were outstanding with a trailing 12-month core earnings ROE of 17.4 percent,” said The Hartford’s Chairman…
Clearspeed, a leading provider of voice analytics technology for risk assessment across government, insurance, banking, and security sectors, is partnering with Deloitte’s U.S. government and public services practice (GPS). This collaboration combines Clearspeed’s accurate and impartial risk identification services with…
BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) begins trading today on Nasdaq. ETHA aims to track the price of Ethereum’s native token, ether, and carries a 0.25% sponsor fee, with a one-year waiver reducing the fee to 0.12% on the first…
