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In the first episode of the five-part Arizent documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

In the first episode of the five-part documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

The two-notch lowering to A-minus precedes the transit agency's planned $258 million negotiated sale of transportation revenue refunding green bonds.

This five-part series is a comprehensive effort to explain the racial discrimination Black Americans face in our financial system.

New Jersey had a choice between the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility and the muni market for its upcoming $4 billion borrowing.

Revenues for the year came in $8.7 billion above projections in the fiscal 2021 budget, but expectations were down.

Ratings agencies, banks and asset managers are formulating strategies to address ESG as investors clamor for information.

The city needs to continue meeting pension commitments and moving to structural budget balance despite the coronavirus pandemic, the rating agency said.

Municipals held firm Friday as the market gets set for another week of hefty supply. Citi anticipates $550 billion in 2021, led by surge in taxable issuance.

Uncertainty has been the code word since March — about the length of the pandemic, about the election, and many other issues. The markets hate uncertainty.

The board, at the first quarterly board meeting of its 2021 fiscal year, also voted to split its existing Nominating and Governance Committee into two.

The Oversight Board said it is working on a response.

Officials from New York's MTA and the Long Island village are working on a project to build in what is now a commuter train station parking lot.

New York's mayor is shifting $466 million to the current fiscal year’s capital budget to tackle affordable housing needs to offset some of his coronavirus-related cuts.

When both origination and forbearance demand spiked in the early weeks of COVID-19, quick thinking lenders were able to leverage their expertise and tech stacks to respond quickly.

The city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, will honor its backup pledge to replenish the Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel Corp.’s debt service reserve fund.

The National Governors Association reported this week that states expect to exhaust their entire share of the Coronavirus Relief Fund by the Dec. 30 deadline.

Municipals were little changed on Thursday as the supply surge continued ahead of the U.S. elections.

From finding new efficiencies to redefining the customer experience; fintechs are permanently changing financial services. But what does the actual acquisition process look like?

The coronavirus pandemic has turned every industry on its head. For lending, it exposed the need for modernized, fully digital platforms.