Eye Openers + Banking Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 10, 2009

A city-commissioned report shows Hispanics have received the most subprime loans of any local ethnic group and criticizes Santa Clarita officials for a lack of fair housing outreach. – California

November 7, 2009

WCVI Study Finds Disproportionate Foreclosures in Latino, Black Communities

August 21, 2009

The recession has made “tandas,” also known as “cundinas,” a traditional savings system, increasingly popular in Arizona’s Hispanic neighborhoods, with technology helping to spread the use of the savings pools.

June 19, 2009

Wells Fargo Manager Harassed Spanish-Speaking Workers, Lawsuit Says – Arizona

May 14, 2009

Golden Empire Mortgage Inc., a Bakersfield-based mortgage lender that has an office in Stockton, faces a Federal Trade Commission complaint that it charged Latino customers higher fees than non-Hispanics.

March 24, 2009

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on Monday sued a Miami company, alleging the company targets Hispanics facing foreclosure and charges them upfront fees to modify their mortgages. – Lincoln Lending Services LLC

October 23, 2008

Puerto Rico bank to cut US branches, jobs – Popular Inc, the parent of Banco Popular – plans to eliminate more than one-fourth of its 139 US branches and cut its US workforce by 600 – posted a third-quarter loss of $668.5 million, or $2.42 per share

September 30, 2008

National police launch escort program for Peru bank customers

July 17, 2008

Nearly 300 black and Latino New York homeowners are getting a total of about $1 million from a California mortgage company because they were charged more than white customers for loans. – GreenPoint Mortgage bought by Capital One in 2006

June 26, 2008

Housing Foreclosures Close in on Hispanic Community

January 29, 2008

Polo-Loving Banker Lives Really Large In Chávez Socialism – WSJ.com

November 1, 2007

New Study Shows Bank of America Worst on Locating Bank Branches in Majority Minority Neighborhoods, Lending More Mortgages to Whites than African Americans, Latinos