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Lorum, a correspondent institution serving financial institutions has applied for national bank charter in the US in a move that the firm claims would pave the way for it to "return clearing and custody to a fiduciary model".
AI is shifting negotiating power from lenders to borrowers at scale. The institutions that restructure their workflows and tools to meet that reality will grow. The ones that don’t will feel it in pull-through rates before they understand why. For most of mortgage’s recent histo...
Auction.com’s 2026 Buyer Outlook shows buyers of distressed homes at their most bearish levels in five years on home prices and rents.
Stablecoins have reached a market cap of $312 billion — a 60-fold increase since 2020 — and now facilitate $33 trillion in annual transaction volume, according to a report from Morph.
UK-based international money transfer firm Paysend has secured a $25 million follow-on investment from Claret Capital Partners.
True Footage raises $40M Series C to scale its staff appraiser model and data platform as UAD 3.6 and AI reshape home valuations.
California lawmakers have been at the forefront of zoning reforms to increase housing supply and affordability. New legislation filed Tuesday would put the state on the path to joining single-stair reform that other states and cities have already adopted. Assemblymember Alex Lee&...
ServiceTitan’s 2026 Residential State of the Trades report shows 25% of contractors use AI meaningfully while nearly 50% lack trust. Labor, overhead, and materials are top 2026 risks, and 73% of customers prioritize clear upfront pricing.
HousingWire lead economic analyst Logan Mohtashami has cited a key ingredient needed for a crash that's currently missing.
Mortgage rates have soared in the past month, but market participants appeared to take a wait-and-see approach this week as they contemplate further price increases for home loans.
AI improves speed and efficiency, but accurate title search still relies on legacy data, infrastructure and validation, the company found.
Real Brokerage adds Randy Anaya’s 65-agent Equity Realty Group in Phoenix’s Southwest Valley, boosting its $191M team presence in the Arizona market.
UGA study found a 1.7% private sale premium in DFW, but post 2020 estimates fall to about 0.9% and are not significant.
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Lloyds Banking Group has completed the first-known experiment into how quantum computing could help to identify money mules.
9fin, the AI-native platform for global debt markets, has been crowned Europe's latest unicorn with a $170 million Series C funding round.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is to use the encrypted chip in passports to verify the identity of people applying for a bank account, eliminating the need to scan and approve multiple documents for verification.
Coinbase is the latest digital asset firm to receive conditional approval from US regulators for a national trust bank charter.
AI-to-AI commerce looks poised to scale, with more than half of US businesses willing to allow agents to negotiate prices and terms directly with other agents on their behalf, according to a survey from Visa.
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An exposed Amazon-hosted server allowed anyone to access reams of customer data without needing a password.
The Italian competition authority has fined Revolut €11.5 million for spreading misleading information about investment services and deceptive practices in the management of its banking offering.
Block says that the new feature has strong built-in protections to keep users from so-called debt spirals.
DeFi platform Drift has suspended deposits and withdrawals after losing millions of dollars in a crypto hack.
Glimpse announced on Wednesday a $35 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and YC.
Doss's AI-powered inventory management system integrates with existing ERP systems. The Series B round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest.
As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.
It's the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets.
MLB is only the latest in a string of recently announced partnerships involving the prediction market.
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