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Ascension Leak Of 24M+ Loan Data Is Reexposed
Security & Fraud // January 25, 2019

Ascension’s data leak has gotten worse, with original loan and mortgage documents exposed again online. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Ascension had suffered a data leak that exposed more than 24 million loan and mortgage documents from some of the country’s biggest banks. The initial...

Global Data Registry Launches Loan Registry On IBM Blockchain Platform
Blockchain // June 27, 2018

Global Debt Registry (GDR) announced on Wednesday (June 27) the launch of its loan registry, created to verify and provide transparency for loan data on the cloud-based IBM Blockchain Platform. In a press release, GDR said that all loan-level collateral positions and verification activity will now...

Helping Investors Avoid The Lending Club Trap
Loans // April 26, 2017

Transparency cures all ills — especially in the online lending space where investors need certainty the pools of debt they’re buying are as represented. Global Debt Registry President Charlie Moore tells Karen Webster why it’s no longer good enough for investors to just buy a...

Early Warning Automates Home Loan Asset Verification
Risk Management // February 17, 2016

Early Warning, a fraud prevention, payments and risk management company, announced Tuesday (Feb. 16) its new effort to automate asset verification for home lending. The company introduced its Asset Search and Verification service for home loans, which provides an automated way for financial institutions to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Helping Investors Avoid The Lending Club Trap

April 26, 2017
Transparency cures all ills — especially in the online lending space where investors need certainty the pools of debt they’re buying are as represented. Global Debt Registry President Charlie Moore tells Karen Webster why it’s no longer good enough for investors to just buy a spreadsheet.    

Quick Reads
Ascension Leak Of 24M+ Loan Data Is Reexposed

January 25, 2019
Ascension’s data leak has gotten worse, with original loan and mortgage documents exposed again online. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Ascension had suffered a data leak that exposed more than 24 million loan and mortgage documents from some of the country’s biggest banks. The initial leak was discovered by independent security researcher Bob Diachenko, who then […]

Global Data Registry Launches Loan Registry On IBM Blockchain Platform

June 27, 2018
Global Debt Registry (GDR) announced on Wednesday (June 27) the launch of its loan registry, created to verify and provide transparency for loan data on the cloud-based IBM Blockchain Platform. In...

Early Warning Automates Home Loan Asset Verification

February 17, 2016
Early Warning, a fraud prevention, payments and risk management company, announced Tuesday (Feb. 16) its new effort to automate asset verification for home lending. The company introduced its Asset Search...

CFPB Pressed For SME Loan Data Collection Rule

August 28, 2015
A new report in The Wall Street Journal published Thursday (Aug. 27) is raising some questions about the data collection practices regarding small business lending – mainly, that there is...