IFC finances Russia's mortgage sector - 2004-01-13
The fledgling Russian mortgage sector has recieved a much-awaited boost having received two huge loans from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector financing branch of the World Bank Group, in a span of four days.

On June 19, it granted an $80 million, ten-year loan to Raiffeisenbank Austria of Russia and followed it up with another $66 million more on June 23 to Delta Credit, to run their residential mortgage loans in the country.
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Bank pledges billions in mortgage money - 2004-01-13
Bank of America Corp. committed amounts up to $6 billion in affordable mortgages to low to moderate-income neighborhoods on Monday, as its acquisition of area Fleet banks continues forward.

Also Monday, shareholders for FleetBoston Financial and Bank of America called special meetings for Wednesday, March 17 to approve the merger.
Read the full story at The Express Times