  Bank staff worked to help initiate a new regional foreclosure scam prevention campaign that uses United Way’s 2-1-1 help line to reach distressed borrowers in eastern Missouri and western Kansas, including Wichita.   Community Affairs hosted a seminar to raise awareness on the prevalence and types of foreclosure scams in Oklahoma and resources that community organizations can use to address them.
  The Bank sponsored a forum that explored the successes and challenges of the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, and examined the potential results of the new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives, or HAFA, program that is intended to streamline short sales. A panel of real estate, appraisal, and REO (real estate owned) experts presented.