Countrywide Financial was a mortgage-banking firm. They had one of the largest market shares in the early 2000s, when the mortgage market was booming. “No company pursued growth in home loans more aggressively than Countrywide” (NY Times 12/10). They were the leader of their industry, with 500 billion in home loans, 62,000 employees, 900 offices, and $200 billion in assets. Everything had been going well for the company and its employees, until the mortgage crisis began to unfold at the end of 2006. In June 2009, the SEC filed a civil suit against the founder of the business and some of his top management for fraud and insider trading. This came at the height of the mortgage crisis in the US. The founder of Countrywide, Angelo Mozilo, finally agreed to pay $45million in profits and $22.5 million in civil penalties, in which he still admits no wrongdoing.…
The newspaper article posted on the Sydney morning herald is mainly focused on TABCORP's financial position, its share prices and its revenue goals and targets. It has been clearly stated in the article that TABCORP share prices had fallen down by 5 percent and that they had shocked the market by decreasing their share prices by 5.1% to $3.14. It is also stated that the decrease in net profit from 2011 to 2012 is due to their license of their poker machines and casino businesses as they have already lost their poker license on Victoria. However, Tabcorp have also gotten an opportunity to start a new Keno Business in Victoria and Tabcorp Gaming Solutions in Victoria as well. TABCORP's new animated racing game, 'Trackside', also has good growth over time with its revenue rising by a huge leap of 65.6% to $82.3m due to its expansion in New South Wales and continued growth in Victoria. It is also stated that online growth has been high as customers have moved from using call centers resulting in the betting done via call centers to decrease by 6.8% as well. Finally TABCORP have stated that their final dividend of 11c per share will be put into effect and that their targeted dividend payout ratio is 80% of the net profit excluding the write off from the Victorian gaming goodwill.…
Credit Report Inquiries. Credit reporting agencies record an inquiry whenever your credit report is shown to another party, such as a lender, service provider, landlord, or insurer.…
2. You have three FICO credit scores, one for each of the three credit bureaus: Equifax, TransUnion and Experian. Each FICO Score is based on information the credit bureau keeps on file about you. The FICO Score from each credit reporting agency considers only the data in your credit reports at that agency.…
Wells Fargo and Company (WFC - Analyst Report) confronts a common claim, documented by Mike Feuer, lawyer of the city of Los Angeles, for unscrupulously treating its workers and clients. Per the recording, the money related fat cat has been blamed for setting illogical deals focuses for its workers, instigating them to embrace false means for meeting the set amounts. Feuer started examining the bank subsequent to perusing a Dec 2013 Times report, in which a few previous and present representatives of Wells Fargo related their encounters of the huge deals weight at the bank.…
2. What is a credit score? (0.5 points) A credit score is a number based on a level analysis of a person's credit files, to represent the creditworthiness of that person.…
Your credit score is a three-digit number generated by a mathematical algorithm using information in your credit report…
In the lending industry, the FICO score is a tool used by financial institutions to asses a borrower's ability to pay a loan back on time. This assessment will determine what interest rate the borrower will pay and also whether or not they are granted the loan at all.…
Compass Group, UK annual revenues (in the year to 30 September 2010) employing over 50,000 people.…
4) Did subprime mortgage loans contribute to the housing bubble? Why did the bubble burst? What were consequences of the housing bust to borrowers, loan originators, and MBS and CDO holders? Did subprime mortgages contribute to the U.S. financial crisis of 2008?…
is a three digit number calculated from your data-rich credit report and is one factor used by lenders to determine your creditworthiness for a mortgage, loan or credit card…
| Maximize the stock price per share over the long run, which is the stock’s intrinsic value.…
How did Cofidis evolve to be a success? Have its segmentation, targeting and positioning efforts contributed to this.…
Congress enacted the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 1970 because the improper use of credit records. The reporting agencies put in place procedures for meeting the needs of commerce for consumer credit, personal insurance, and other information in a manner that is fair to the consumer, which is confidential, accurate, relevant, and properly used (Maurer & Thomas, 1997). The fair credit report act even has an impact on how employers conduct outside investigations on employees.…
(iii) A customer’s cheque for $320 was returned by Wilson’s bank in May as the customer had insufficient funds in his account. Wilson has not recorded the return of the cheque in his records. (iv)The bank has incorrectly credited Wilson’s account with interest of $220. This is interest on a deposit account held by Wilson personally. The bank had not corrected the error by 31 May. (v) A lodgement of $850 entered in Wilson’s cash book on 31 May was credited on the bank statement on 3 June. (vi) Five cheques have not yet been presented at the bank. These are: Cheque No. 956784 956892 958452 958541 958668 1 $ 625 see note (vii) 326 469 122 187 ––––– 1,629 ––––– (vii) Cheque number 956784 was lost in the post and was cancelled. Wilson has not recorded the cancellation of the cheque.…