The MBA Opens Doors Foundation announced a new alliance with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, establishing Opens Doors’ first collaboration with a Pennsylvania-based hospital.

Today’s financial institutions are faced with many challenges, chief among them reducing costs, improving efficiency and introducing innovation so they can be ahead of the curve. One path many prefer to take to meet these objectives is outsourcing, which has dramatically changed how businesses operate today.

Enterprise leaders believe that innovation is a destination--that is misguided. The reason we use innovation now is as a tool to be found in economies that are driven by attention, technology and data. It will be, in 2020, an unfamiliar mandate.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders this week filed a neutral amici brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could determine the future structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Mortgage Bankers Association and MBA NewsLink are accepting nominations for the MBA NewsLink 2020 Tech All-Star Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, Jan. 10.

Ginnie Mae, Washington, D.C., said issuance of its mortgage-backed securities totaled $56.09 billion in November, providing financing for more than 216,352 homeowners and renters.