MBA Mortgage | mPower Moments: On the Value of Advocacy with Alston & Bird’s Nanci Weissgold

Alston & Bird advised Texas-based pawnbroker FirstCash Holdings and its UK subsidiary Chess Bidco on their £351 million acquisition of H & T Group, a leading publicly traded UK-based operator of pawn stores.

Nanci Weissgold, Anoush Garakani, and Melissa Malpass speak during this conference sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Nanci Weissgold joins a panel discussion of the Trump Administration’s changes to the focus and authorities of independent agencies such as CFPB and FHFA during the Housing Policy Council’s 2025 annual meeting.

Alex Peurach will be speaking on the May 13 panel “1033 Open Banking Rule: Compliance, Consumer Control, and Security Challenges" about enhanced consumer control over the privacy and security of their financial data.

This article outlines what banks should consider as regulators plan to rescind the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act final rule and to reinstate the prior CRA framework.

Alston & Bird represented Texas-based Industry Bancshares and its six subsidiary banks in their acquisition by Cadence Bank, a Mississippi-based financial services company. Under the agreement, Cadence Bank will pay between $20 million and $60 million in cash for Industry Bancshares’ outstanding common stock.

Mark Kanaly will speak on the panel “Banking Trends & Challenges” and on the breakout session “Driving Growth While Strengthening Bank Performance,” at this conference hosted by Bank Director.

Nanci Weissgold joins the regulatory review panel during the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA) Town Hall.

Steve Ornstein is quoted on a new Maryland law exempting passive mortgage-based securities trusts from the state’s licensing requirements.

Our Financial Services Group reviews the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act, which overrides the Office of Financial Regulation’s requirement that passive trusts holding Maryland loans in residential mortgage-backed securitizations must be licensed as mortgage lenders in the state.