Archive | November 2015

-ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS…

ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS…

…An public failure of historic and outrageous proportions … Which was disproportionately devastating to minority communities.

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This is part of the reason the Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) activated the MORTGAGE CRISIS TASK FORCE in 2011. http://www.ufscnet.org/?page_id=810

*This UFSC Task Force has systematically stopped foreclosure and created home saving long term resolutions for distressed homeowners on homes worth many millions of dollars from coast to coast. Go ahead… Fact check us. Speak with your actions. Join us at ufscnet.org

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“Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.” –Max McKeown

ufscnet.org

-Vision
To ensure the full and equitable participation of people of color at all levels in the financial services industry.

-Mission
To be the pre-eminent financial services organization that provides professional development programs, supports educational advancement and promotes economic empowerment for its members and minority communities at large.

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Homeowners in rough and tumble…

Wells Fargo, Carrington Must Pay $5M In Foreclosure Row

By Y. Peter Kang

Law360, Los Angeles (November 12, 2015, 8:47 PM ET) — A Texas state jury awarded nearly $5.4 million to a couple accusing Wells Fargo NA and others of “robosigning” documents that led to the wrongful foreclosure of their home, holding that the banking giant knew that documents supporting the foreclosure were fraudulent.

After four days of trial and just four hours of deliberation, the jury on Tuesday found that there was “clear and convincing evidence” that Carrington Mortgage Services LLC and Wells Fargo, acting as Carrington’s trustee, knew that the supporting documents were a fraudulent claim…

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http://www.law360.com/articles/726312/wells-fargo-must-pay-5-4m-in-robosigning-foreclosure-row

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CFP Board

Welcome! Urban Financial Services Coalition has been operating in this space since 1974. Let’s get busy!

http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20151118/FREE/151119917/cfp-board-with-td-ameritrades-backing-launches-center-for-financial

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Movie!

Finally got out to see “The Martian”. -Good movie. Pictured was one of the interesting scenes from deep inside the world renowned multi billion dollar JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory ) of brilliant Astrodynamicist Rich Purnell. He was working in his office day and night as many were during the emergency. In leadership, we all have had a few deadline “all nighters”… This was a great scene IMO. And that line, “I need coffee.” LMBO!

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Mortgage Servicing news

From the Urban Financial Services Coalition Mortgage Crisis Task Force – this mortgage problem is hurting companies and consumers.

Botched Loan Transfers Lay Bare Gaps in Servicing Data
BY AUSTIN KILGORE
NOV 5, 2015 12:59PM ET

http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/servicing/botched-loan-transfers-lay-bare-gaps-in-servicing-data-1065281-1.html?utm_medium=email&ET=nationalmortgage:e4010451:a:&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=-nov%205%202015&st=email

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Urban Financial Services Coalition

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” Ayn Rand

-Urban Financial Services Coalition
ufscnet.org

-Vision
To ensure the full and equitable participation of people of color at all levels in the financial services industry.

-Mission
To be the pre-eminent financial services organization that provides professional development programs, supports educational advancement and promotes economic empowerment for its members and minority communities at large.

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