Mississippi Business Journal » Hope Credit Union http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bynum picked by Bureau http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/30/bynum-picked-by-bureau/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bynum-picked-by-bureau http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/30/bynum-picked-by-bureau/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:01:55 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63313 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has named Bill Bynum, CEO of HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union) as vice chairman of the federal agency’s inaugural Consumer Advisory Board. Bynum will bring nearly three decades of experience in community development finance to the task of advising the agency in its efforts to help consumer finance [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/15/report-urges-action-for-state%e2%80%99s-un-banked/feed/ 1 Mississippi mismatch: Delinquent mortgages high, foreclosures low http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/13/mississippi-mismatch-delinquent-mortgages-high-foreclosures-low/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippi-mismatch-delinquent-mortgages-high-foreclosures-low http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/13/mississippi-mismatch-delinquent-mortgages-high-foreclosures-low/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:00:55 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=38164 Mississippi has long had the distinction as a state with one of the highest delinquent mortgage rates in the country. January was no exception. The state’s 5.93 percent 30-day delinquent rate topped all over states, including the troubled mortgage market states of Florida, Nevada and California, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported last week. Yet Mississippi [...]

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