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ABA

American Bankers Association

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

ALTA

American Land Title Association

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

American Land Title Association (ALTA)

A national association of title insurance companies, abstractors and attorneys specializing in real property laws. The association speaks for the title insurance and abstracting industry and establishes standard procedures and title policy forms.

Term Source: MBA Glossary

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

APO

Army Post Office

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

AWG

Architecture Work Group. The AWG manages MISMO engineering disciplines providing overall technical direction and support for all MISMO Products. AWG is responsible to ensure that MISMO Products follow all published MEGs and other established product development guidelines.

Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym

BET

The Business Executive Team (BET) is responsible for reviewing proposed change / project requests received from Work Sponsors and to prioritize the work efforts of the organization to maintain and update the MISMO Products.

Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym

BFC

The Budget and Finance Committees (BFC)� primary responsibility is to manage, review and recommend to the Board the annual budget.

Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym

CAIVRS

Credit Alert Interactive Voice Response System

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor, Process

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

CFPB

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

CLTA

California Land Title Association

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

CoC

Council of Chairs. The CoC serves as a forum for all MISMO WGs to communicate and exchange information on topics of general and shared interest across all WGs.

Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Term Source: MBA Glossary

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

COP

Community of Practice. A COP represents the business or technology interests of an industry segment and is made up of subject matter experts for that particular segment of the industry.

Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym

CSGC

The Residential Standards Governance Committee and the Commercial Standards Governance Committee work in concert with the MISMO Officers and the MISMO Manager and other MISMO committees and report to the MISMO Board of Directors.

Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym

CUSIP

Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

Department Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD)

A governmental entity responsible for the implementation and administration of housing and urban development programs. HUD was established by the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to supersede the Housing and Home Finance Agency.

Term Source: MBA Glossary

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

Department Of Veterans Affairs (VA)

A cabinet-level agency of the federal government. The Servicemen�s Readjustment Act of 1944 authorized the agency to administer a variety of benefit programs designed to facilitate the adjustment of returning veterans to civilian life. Among the benefit programs is the VA Home Loan Guaranty program, which encourages mortgage lenders to offer long-term, low down payment financing to eligible veterans by partially guaranteeing the lender against loss upon foreclosure.

Term Source: MBA Glossary

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

DWG

Development Work Group. A DWG produces a MISMO Product, or set of Products, as specified in its Charter.

Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym

Fannie Mae (FNM)

The nation�s largest mortgage investor, created in 1968 by an amendment to Title III of the National Housing Act (12 USC 1716 et seq.). This stockholder-owned corporation, a portion of whose board of directors is appointed by the President of the United States, supports the secondary market in mortgages on residential property with mortgage purchase and securitization programs. aka Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).

Term Source: MBA Glossary

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Term Source: LDD Acronym

Term Type: Actor

Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym

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