Industry Briefs July 29, 2021

NotaryCam, Newport Beach, Calif., partnered with RUTH RUHL P.C., a Texas-based law firm, to add security and automation to the firm’s loss mitigation services through remote online notarization.

MBA Seeks Participants in New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Study

The Mortgage Bankers Association introduces a new offering to its members — the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Study — separately designed and compiled for both the residential and commercial/multifamily sides of the real estate finance industry

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“MBA appreciates and supports the Biden administration and CFPB awareness campaign to make sure tenants and landlords take advantage of the emergency rental assistance programs available to help cover rent, utilities and other housing costs. With the CDC nationwide eviction moratorium set to expire on July 31, we are working closely with our multifamily loan servicing members to communicate to their borrowers that billions of dollars is available to help tenants and landlords in need.”
–MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB.

MBA MAA ‘Call to Action’ on GSE ‘G-Fees’

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s grassroots advocacy arm, the Mortgage Action Alliance, issued a ‘Call to Action’ on Monday to its 70,000-plus members urging them to tell their elected officials to not use government-sponsored enterprise guaranty fees (g-fees) as a source of funding offsets.

Mark P. Dangelo: The Dark Matter Transforming M&A Post-Deal Landscapes, Part 1

Industry 4.0 for banking and financial services is changing the landscape of the who, what, where, why, and how of M&A targets and post-deal actions. Prescriptions are out—a new framework is in due to non-stop deals, vast data, and layers upon layers of new innovations. M&A actions moving forward are all about “Are we asking the right questions?”