Blinken discusses efforts to deepen US-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership with Jaishankar

Secretary of State Antony J Blinken met with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome to discuss efforts to deepen the US-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership: Spokesperson, US Department of State. (ANI)WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on…Continue Reading

Sectors vulnerable to terrorist funding, laundering under lens

Paramilitary personnel keep vigil on a street in Srinagar NEW DELHI: A national risk assessment (NRA) is currently under way in which central agencies, including the Reserve Bank of India, have been tasked with evaluating sectors that are vulnerable to money laundering and terror financing. The exercise has begun just ahead of the India’s mutual…Continue Reading

Will produce 5 billion vaccine doses for India & world by end-2022: PM Modi at G20 meet

NEW DELHI: India will produce over five billion doses of Covid vaccines for the country and the world by the end of 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday at the G-20 Summit in Rome, where the grouping met to discuss, among other issues, developments related to the global pandemic. Addressing the Summit’s first…Continue Reading

Alghanim Industries Breaks Ground on Major Steel Expansion in India

KUWAIT CITY, Oct. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Alghanim Industries, one of the largest privately-owned companies in the region, recently broke ground with a new pre-engineered steel buildings (PEB) manufacturing facility located in Gujarat, India’s fifth largest state. The facility will increase the manufacturing capacity of Kirby Building Systems in India from 200,000 metric tons (MT) to…Continue Reading

Today, borrowers expect to close fast. A small issue within the title process can have an impact on the length of the closing process, impacting mortgage lenders and borrowers. HousingWire recently spoke with Dave Steinmetz, Division President of Origination Services for ServiceLink, on what tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing.…Continue Reading

HW+ Member Spotlight: Mark Jones

This week’s HW+ spotlight features Mark Jones, co-founder and CEO at Amerifirst Home Mortgage. Jones was also recently installed as vice chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association for the 2022 membership year. Launching the company as an independent community lender in 1983, Jones has grown Amerifirst Home Mortgage to more than 80 full-service locations and 900…Continue Reading

HouseCanary hopes its tech can help solve appraisal bias. Can it?

HouseCanary CEO Jeremy Sicklick Tech-forward appraisal firms have long hoped regulators would look favorably on hybrid and remote appraisals conducted with third-party data providers. Getting regulators’ blessing would mean access to the firehose of government sponsored enterprise-backed loans for firms that hawk automated valuations. Firms like HouseCanary are currently limited to other uses for appraisals,…Continue Reading

Andy Ruiz has rejoined creative agency Jovenville, LLC as the new creative director. In this role, he will work closely with founder Joven Orozco and oversee the agency’s creative direction and strategy. Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease) October 30, 2021 – Andy Ruiz has rejoined creative agency Jovenville, LLC as the new creative director. In…Continue Reading