Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has enhanced its Semi-Commercial proposition with the introduction of a new pricing band for loans between £250,000 and £1m, with rates from 6.64%, alongside a new 65% loan-to-value (LTV) range with rates from 6.24%. The introduction of a dedicated pricing band for loans between £250,000 and £1m, alongside the new 65%…
(RTTNews) – Banner Corp. (BANR) announced a profit for its second quarter that Increases, from last year The company’s earnings came in at $48.89 million, or $1.43 per share. This compares with $45.50 million, or $1.31 per share, last year. Excluding items, Banner Corp. reported adjusted earnings of $49.22 million or $1.44 per share for…
Anti-money laundering requirements for ‘source of wealth’ checks are consuming up to 25% of conveyancing lawyers’ time, according to Peter Ambrose, owner of The Partnership and Legalito, who has identified this as a primary cause of property transaction delays. The checks, which differ from simpler ‘source of funds’ verification, require lawyers to scrutinise financial documentation…
ATLANTA, July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholders Charles J. Biederman, Steve Plinio, Jess Rosen, and Bobby Rosenbloum were chosen as honorees on Variety‘s 2026 Music Legal Elite list. Variety’s annual Music Legal Elite list recognizes leading attorneys whose work shapes the music industry, advising clients on high-profile transactions, complex legal issues, and…
A proptech company focused on deploying AI agents to meet landlords’ leasing and operational needs has closed its second funding round. Courtesy of Uniti Uniti co-founders Emre Altinok and Francesco Decamilli Uniti’s $12M Series-A round was led by Pathlight, with participation from MetaProp and several other investors. It comes after the company secured $4M in…
Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday (July 22) provided a clearer answer to one of the central questions surrounding generative AI: Are businesses moving quickly enough from testing the technology to paying for it at scale? For Google, the evidence is increasingly coming from enterprise customers, where demand for computing capacity, Gemini models and AI…
Key insight: Banks and payment apps, not Washington, function as the country’s de facto national scam-reporting system, holding a loss picture several times larger than the government’s. What’s at stake: The reporting gap is evidence in the live fight over whether banks should get data-sharing safe harbors or be made to reimburse more scam losses….
John Oyler, the chief executive officer of BeOne Medicines AG (ONC +0.34%), sold 109,713 American Depositary Shares in transactions executed on July 20, 2026, and July 21, 2026, according to an SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Transaction value $34.6 million Shares sold (directly held) 109,713 Transaction value based on SEC Form 4…
The Federal Housing Administration has proposed an alternative program for bringing past-due borrowers current, as payment stress continues to build across FHA portfolios. A draft mortgagee letter published Monday details the Reinstatement Advance Payment (RAP) method, which would eliminate the registration of subordinate liens on new FHA partial claims, loan modifications and payment supplements for…
Key Takeaways By historical standards, today’s mortgage rates are pretty on par with what homeowners have paid in the past. Since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in April 1971, the median 30-year mortgage rate is 7.23%. However, it’s still true that rates are high by modern standards, since the typical rate observed over the past…