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Certa Partners with Comply Exchange, Digitizes Third Party Tax Journey

SARATOGA, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Certa, the leading no-code third party risk management platform today announced its integration with Comply Exchange, a global leader in tax compliance.

Certa is the only platform that digitizes, orchestrates, and automates the entire third-party journey across procurement, compliance, IT, legal, finance, and other groups. Thanks to Certa's flexible platform-which allows clients to build customizable workflows without any code-companies are able to onboard third parties up to 5 times faster. Moreover, they have global governance, full control, and accountability over the end-to-end process.

Comply Exchange provides automated and intuitive tax solutions and compliance software that allows clients across all industries, such as AP departments, financial institutions, digital asset companies, and private equity firms, to keep up with the strict and rapidly changing tax regulatory requirements that are otherwise impossible to navigate. With a focus on risk mitigation and providing a seamless customer experience, the Comply Exchange applications can be configured and customized to meet each client's specific needs, all with real-time validation and leveraging the latest IRS guidelines.

This partnership allows Certa's current and future clients to benefit from Comply Exchange's extensive knowledge and experience related to tax regulation. Through Comply Exchange, Certa automates IRS Form W9/W8 collection and validation, and provides enhanced tax reporting and visibility to ensure clients are fully complying with IRS regulations and requirements.

"This partnership enables enterprises to collect 100% accurate tax information through Comply Exchange while automating the entire journey of third parties through Certa," said Certa Founder and CEO Jag Lamba.

"Automating the collection and validation of documentation through the account opening process significantly improves the user experience, whilst mitigating the risks associated with non-compliance of our customers. Our partnership with Certa now enables us to offer the very best of both worlds in a seamless end to end experience, something the industry has unsuccessfully strived towards for years. Now it's here!" says David Marley, CEO and Founder of Comply Exchange.

About Certa:

Certa is the fastest growing supplier management platform. Founded in 2015, Certa makes third-party risk management fast, easy, and modern. Using 80+ no-code integrations with trusted data sources, Certa helps companies onboard third-parties 5x faster while mitigating risk and improving compliance controls. Certa's clients include several Fortune 100, and top consulting and digital native firms. Certa is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

For more information or to schedule a demo visit our website, Twitter, and LinkedIn. https://www.getcerta.com/

About ComplyExchange:

Comply Exchange provides automated and intuitive tax solutions and compliance software that helps financial institutions, private equity companies and accounts payable departments conform with the stringent and ever-changing tax regulatory requirements. To learn more about ComplyExchange and its services, visit their website at https://www.complyexchange.com or LinkedIn.

Certa, the leading no-code third party risk management platform today announced its integration with Comply Exchange, a global leader in tax compliance. Certa is the only platform that digitizes, orchestrates, and automates the entire third-party journey across procurement, compliance, IT, legal, finance, and other groups.

Related link: https://www.getcerta.com/

MCT Launches Dynamic Learning Center to Empower Lender Growth and Profitability

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), a recognized industry leader in mortgage risk management providing pipeline hedging, best execution loan sales and centralized lock desk services, announced the debut of its new Learning Center, a one-stop educational content database for each stage of growth of a mortgage lender in the secondary market. With a repository of webinars, technical whitepapers, blog posts, market commentary, and a dictionary of industry terms, the Learning Center grants unparalleled educational access to users looking to expand their knowledge of capital markets.

"We rolled out the Learning Center so that clients and industry professionals alike could gain insights, improve their business operations, and further their understanding of the mortgage industry," said Curtis Richins, President of MCT. "This debut is a significant step forward in our mission to fuel the mortgage industry with transformational capital markets technology and personalized client experience."

The new MCT Learning Center is built around a tailored experience for each individual user. Whether a particular lender is doing best efforts loan sales, supported hedging and mandatory delivery, semi-autonomous hedging and loan sales, autonomous hedging and loan sales, or is fully autonomous with advanced functionality, each growth stage has a robust repository of material designed to advance knowledge and achieve increased profitability. Visitors have the option to take a brief survey to determine their growth stage, or browse MCT's latest featured content for mortgage professionals.

"The complexities of the mortgage secondary market have frequently represented a stumbling block in the growth of lenders and mortgage professionals, sometimes to the benefit of the financial establishment who capitalize on that complexity," said Ian Miller, CMO of MCT. "MCT has achieved a leading role among hedge advisors through transparency and education, and the new Learning Center is the latest incarnation of that mission."

The debut of the Learning Center is the latest in a long line of innovations from MCT. Over the last year, MCT has rolled out BAM Marketplace, the first truly open loan exchange, enhanced best execution with its EBX technology that automates retain-release MSR decisions, and debuted the MCTlive! Pool Optimizer that enables secondary marketing managers to use actual cash window execution for optimization on each individual loan rather than using a dealer survey for spec pay-ups.

While this content recommendation engine is the latest example of MCT's commitment to accessibility in the secondary market, an array of deeper resources is already available exclusively for MCT clients. These include the annual MCT Exchange conference, the MCT University educational webinar series, and MarketFlash email newsletters sharing timely market volatility guidance.

Visit the MCT Learning Center and register for a webinar on January 6 demonstrating the new functionality and collecting topics of interest for future educational resources:

https://mct-trading.com/learn/

https://mct-trading.com/resources-growing-profitability-webinar/

About MCT:

Founded in 2001, Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT) has grown from a boutique mortgage pipeline hedging firm into the industry's leading provider of fully integrated capital markets services and technology. MCT offers an array of best-in-class services and software covering mortgage pipeline hedging, best execution loan sales, outsourced lock desk solutions, MSR portfolio valuations, business intelligence analytics, mark to market services, and an award-winning comprehensive capital markets software platform called MCTlive! MCT supports independent mortgage bankers, depositories, credit unions, warehouse lenders, and correspondent investors of all sizes.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, MCT also has offices in Philadelphia, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles and Dallas. MCT is well known for its team of capital markets experts and senior traders who continue to provide the boutique-style hands-on engagement clients love.

For more information, visit https://mct-trading.com/ or call (619) 543-5111.

Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), a recognized industry leader in mortgage risk management providing pipeline hedging, best execution loan sales and centralized lock desk services, announced the debut of its new Learning Center, a one-stop educational content database for each stage of growth of a mortgage lender in the secondary market.

Related link: https://mct-trading.com/

OpenClose Launches Mobile Assist™ Native Mobile App Platform

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. /ScoopCloud/ -- OpenClose®, the leading fintech provider of mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders, today announced the launch of its native mobile app platform, Mobile Assist™. Mobile Assist adds features and functionality to make originators more successful with a real-time omnichannel device platform that helps originators deliver superior service and guidance to their borrowers and referral partners in a secure, seamless and collaborative experience.

OpenClose's Mobile Assist allows originators to generate product and pricing scenarios, run AUS, lock loans, view conditions, receive real-time notifications, communicate easily and have greater visibility into all aspects of the loan manufacturing process. Originators can invite borrowers into a secure environment at any stage of the application process; upload or photo capture documentation; eSign documents; automatically verify employment, income and assets; view progression of their loan; action loan conditions; and collaborate with staff and affinity partners to efficiently complete the transaction.

For lenders, Mobile Assist extends the traditional office and will help attract top-tier sales talent and secure vital referral partners. The platform provides an environment where originators, borrowers, realtors and other affinity partners can fully function and collaborate on a native Android, iPhone or iPad device. With on-the-go connectivity to critical data and tools, you become the partner that offers originators cutting edge tools while establishing operational efficiencies and reducing the cost to manufacture loans

"OpenClose provides unburdened, secure connectivity to our digital lending ecosystem by eliminating the hardware tether associated with our competitors. With mobile devices being such an integral part of our culture today and the demand for in real-time experiences, OpenClose wanted to fundamentally shift the way people think about mortgage loan origination," said Allen Pollack, VP of Innovation at OpenClose. "Consumers demand the flexibility to engage on their time with the devices that are always by their side and have the opportunity to communicate not only with their lender, but also with all parties critical to their transaction. Originators can now embrace the culture and better service their borrowers and partners with unmatched work-from-anywhere personalized experiences."

OpenClose's Mobile Assist interacts seamlessly with its LenderAssist™ LOS, DecisionAssist™ PPE, and ConsumerAssist™ POS, providing a new level of synchronization between the lender's back-office staff, loan officers operating in the field, borrowers and affinity partners.

About OpenClose:

Founded in 1999, OpenClose is the preeminent fintech provider that developed the mortgage banking industry's first SaaS-based lending automation software platform. Today, the company has expanded to become an award-winning, comprehensive loan origination software suite that slashes the cost to manufacture loans by up to 40 percent, reduces processing and underwriting cycle times by up to 50 percent, and requires minimal support to install and manage. OpenClose is the only vendor in the industry able to offer a true end-to-end, omni-channel, 100 percent browser-based, workflow-driven platform that effectively consolidates the digital POS, LOS, PPE and BI functions via a single provider, with easy access from any browser or mobile device.

For more information, visit https://www.openclose.com/.

OpenClose®, the leading fintech provider of mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders, today announced the launch of its native mobile app platform, Mobile Assist™. Mobile Assist adds features and functionality to make originators more successful with a real-time omnichannel device platform.

Related link: https://www.openclose.com/

Mortgage Coach announces integration with ICE Mortgage Technology enabling lenders to deliver accurate loan comparisons

IRVINE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Mortgage Coach, a borrower conversion platform empowering mortgage lenders to educate borrowers with interactive presentations that model home loan performance over time, today announced an advanced integration with ICE Mortgage Technology™, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure. Mortgage Coach has leveraged Encompass® Developer Connect™ APIs (application programming interfaces) so lenders can deliver information-rich Total Cost Analysis (TCA) loan comparison data to borrowers automatically and easily.

The Mortgage Coach platform helps lenders engage borrowers in the home financing process with digital TCA presentations that deliver an interactive comparison of how mortgage strategies perform over time. The integration enables lenders to instantly generate accurate and compliant TCA presentations for every loan record managed in Encompass via a secure, single sign-on user experience.

Mortgage Coach is the inaugural "borrower conversion" solution available through the ICE Mortgage Technology Marketplace, which is used by thousands of mortgage lenders who use Encompass as their loan origination system (LOS) to increase borrower commitment.

Guaranteed Rate, one of America's top-five retail mortgage lenders, is the first to leverage the enhanced Mortgage Coach integration with ICE Mortgage Technology's Developer Connect APIs.

"Guaranteed Rate typically builds its own technology and partners with only a small set of elite innovators such as ICE Mortgage Technology and Mortgage Coach," said Paul Anastos, chief innovation officer at Guaranteed Rate. "We understand that innovative technology enables our team to provide consumers with an unparalleled home financing experience. For years, Mortgage Coach TCAs have helped our team deepen engagement with homebuyers with easy-to-follow home financing advice. Mortgage Coach's partnership with ICE Mortgage Technology will make it easier than ever for our loan originators to meet the long-term financial goals of our clients."

"Mortgage Coach is committed to earning borrower confidence through transparency and education. Lenders convert that confidence into repeat transactions, referrals, and lifetime brand loyalty at scale, capturing every fundable opportunity," said company President Joe Puthur. "Our partnership with ICE Mortgage Technology enables any lender leveraging Encompass to add access to the benefits of our TCA platform. This innovation provides a new simple method to help millions of additional borrowers make a more confident and informed mortgage decision."

About Mortgage Coach:

Mortgage Coach is an award-winning borrower conversion platform that gives consumers the confidence to transact with educational presentations that model loan performance over time. The company's side-by-side loan comparisons allow borrowers to make faster, more informed mortgage decisions while enabling lenders to consistently deliver an on-brand, consultative home financing experience that increases borrower conversion, repeat business and referrals. To date, more than 120 enterprise independent mortgage banks, depository banks and credit unions rely on Mortgage Coach to deliver personalized, modern service that grows revenue and customer loyalty. To learn more about Mortgage Coach, visit https://www.mortgagecoach.com or follow @MortgageCoach.

About Intercontinental Exchange:

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 company that designs, builds and operates digital networks to connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and data services across major asset classes that offer our customers access to mission-critical workflow tools that increase transparency and operational efficiencies. We operate exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, and clearing houses that help people invest, raise capital and manage risk across multiple asset classes. Our comprehensive fixed income data services and execution capabilities provide information, analytics and platforms that help our customers capitalize on opportunities and operate more efficiently. At ICE Mortgage Technology, we are transforming and digitizing the U.S. residential mortgage process, from consumer engagement through loan registration. Together, we transform, streamline and automate industries to connect our customers to opportunity.

Trademarks of ICE and/or its affiliates include Intercontinental Exchange, ICE, ICE block design, NYSE and New York Stock Exchange. Information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and/or its affiliates is located here. Key Information Documents for certain products covered by the EU Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation can be accessed on the relevant exchange website under the heading "Key Information Documents (KIDS)."

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 -- Statements in this press release regarding ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC on February 4, 2021.

About ICE Mortgage Technology:

ICE Mortgage Technology combines technology, data and expertise to help automate the mortgage process, from consumer engagement through loan registration, and every step and task in between. ICE Mortgage Technology is the leading cloud-based loan origination platform provider for the mortgage industry, with solutions that enable lenders to originate more loans, lower origination costs, and reduce the time to close, all while ensuring high levels of compliance, quality and efficiency. Visit https://www.icemortgagetechnology.com or call (877) 355-4362 to learn more.

Mortgage Coach, a borrower conversion platform empowering mortgage lenders to educate borrowers with interactive presentations that model home loan performance over time, today announced an advanced integration with ICE Mortgage Technology™, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure.

Related link: https://mortgagecoach.com/

Sales Boomerang adds ‘Previous Alerts’ to facilitate better-informed conversations between mortgage advisors and prospects

WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced the availability of a new feature that lets lenders view a history of Sales Boomerang alerts that have previously triggered for each contact in their monitored database. The 'Previous Alerts' feature empowers mortgage advisors with historical context that makes customer outreach hyper-relevant whenever a new Sales Boomerang alert is triggered.

Sales Boomerang monitors a lender's database and alerts loan originators when a borrower or prospect is ready for a loan. "Defensive" alerts trigger when a borrower takes an action, such as applying for a mortgage with another lender, paying off a loan early or listing their home for sale. "Offensive" alerts enable originators to present opportunities to borrowers once they meet certain criteria, such as attaining a target loan-to-value (LTV) ratio or credit score, or when market conditions make it possible for the borrower to get more favorable rates or terms than their current loan. By not only indicating current loan opportunities but also providing a complete history of past alerts, Sales Boomerang gives mortgage advisors a more nuanced understanding of each past or prospective mortgage customer's financial situation and makes it easier to convert opportunities into closed loans.

With Sales Boomerang's numerous customer relationship management (CRM) integrations, most mortgage advisors will also be able to access any notes taken regarding borrower outreach at the time of previous alerts, as each Sales Boomerang alert is an opportunity to reach out and prevent the borrower from continuing to shop for a mortgage.

"Mortgage advisors are going to love this capability, because it primes them to make an informed and helpful pitch every time they call on a customer," explained Sales Boomerang Vice President of Product Mike Spotten. "For example, if a mortgage advisor receives a Mortgage Inquiry alert indicating a prospect is currently shopping for a mortgage, they can check the contact's history of previous alerts to see that the same prospect listed their home for sale just three weeks ago. This tells a mortgage advisor exactly what kind of conversation to start with the prospect."

"The longer a lender works with Sales Boomerang, the richer and more valuable 'Previous Alerts' history becomes," added Spotten. "Managers may even find the feature does double duty as a coaching tool, because they can use it to identify opportunities for more consistent mortgage advisor follow-up with triggered contacts."

For more information about Sales Boomerang's 'Previous Alerts' feature, contact your client success representative or email sales@salesboomerang.com.

About Sales Boomerang:

Sales Boomerang transformed the relationship between mortgage lenders and borrowers with the introduction of the first automated borrower intelligence system in 2017. The company's intelligent alerts notify lenders as soon as a past customer or prospect is ready and credit-qualified for a loan. As the mortgage industry's #1 borrower retention tool, Sales Boomerang is trusted by more than 150 lenders - including brokers, independent mortgage companies, credit unions and banks - to help build lasting borrower relationships that maximize lifetime customer value. To date, Sales Boomerang alerts have enabled lenders to close more than $150 billion in additional loan volume that would have otherwise been overlooked and achieve customer retention rates that outperform industry norms by an average of 3-5X.

To learn more about Sales Boomerang and its No Borrower Left Behind™ ethos, visit https://www.salesboomerang.com.

Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced the availability of a new feature that lets lenders view a history of Sales Boomerang alerts that have previously triggered for each contact in their monitored database.

Related link: https://www.salesboomerang.com/

ACES Quality Management Partners with Financial Services RegTech Provider Winnow Solutions

DENVER, Colo. /ScoopCloud/ -- ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced it has partnered with Winnow Solutions to power certain compliance and regulatory operations within ACES through its RegTech platform Winnow®. An innovative and dynamic financial law database built by attorneys and powered by cutting-edge technology, Winnow takes the guesswork out of compliance by instantaneously identifying regulatory requirements applicable to specific institution types and products. The addition of Winnow's comprehensive database helps ensure ACES continues to provide its users with the most accurate and up-to-date information on state regulations.

"Maintaining compliance with all applicable rules and regulations is one of the most critical outcomes of lenders' quality control processes. However, managing the sheer volume of regulatory requirements from both the state and federal level can overwhelm even the most seasoned, well-staffed compliance team, which ultimately puts loan quality in jeopardy and exposes organizations to unnecessary risk," said ACES President and Chief Operating Officer Phillip McCall. "Because it was incubated inside of one of the industry's preeminent legal advisory firms, Winnow serves as a powerful resource for tracking compliance changes at all levels, and we are thrilled to leverage the extensive Winnow regulatory database to enhance the compliance support ACES delivers to our clients."

Winnow covers state laws and regulations specific to the full lifecycle of mortgage, auto, credit card, consumer and commercial-purpose lending and financing. The platform also includes generally applicable requirements that impact the lending and servicing of these products, including such topics as marketing and advertising, debt collection, telemarketing, notary requirements, electronic signatures and documents, powers of attorney and privacy/data security. With Winnow, subscribers can instantaneously and intuitively create a survey of laws based on any of these topics, export the results to their chosen file format, and save them to receive tailored updates of law changes.

"Operating or scaling a financial services company is highly difficult, even under the best of circumstances. Add on the constant change of regulatory requirements, and it becomes even more daunting. That's why a trusted partner like ACES is crucial for speeding up the audit and approval process," said Chris Hilliard, Chief Operating Officer and a Founder of Winnow Solutions, LLC. "We're delighted that ACES has chosen Winnow to power its compliance research, allowing it to deliver even more value to its customers. ACES has an excellent reputation as an industry leader in the QC space, and we deeply appreciate the trust it has placed in us."

About Winnow Solutions

Winnow Solutions, LLC is the developer of Winnow ®, a database-driven, RegTech platform that provides subscribers with accurate topic-driven surveys and automated compliance change management. Winnow catalogues over 45,000 individual state law requirements maintained by an experienced team of specialized attorneys and professionals. Winnow subscribers build highly tailored state law compliance surveys unique to their business type, licensing, financial products and jurisdictions, with federal law surveys coming soon. Winnow Solutions, LLC is a subsidiary of Buckley LLP, a law firm that focuses on financial services, government enforcement, and litigation, and that has been recognized as "The best at what they do in the country" by Chambers USA. For more information, visit https://www.winnow.law or call 1-888-488-6797.

About ACES Quality Management

ACES Quality Management, formerly known as ACES Risk Management (ARMCO), is the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry. The nation's most prominent lenders, servicers and financial institutions rely on ACES Quality Management & Control Software® to improve audit throughput and quality while controlling costs, including:

* 3 of the top 5 and more than 50% of the top 50 independent mortgage lenders;

* 7 of the top 10 loan servicers;

* 11 of the top 30 banks; and

* 1 of the top 3 credit unions in the USA.

Unlike other quality control platforms, only ACES delivers Flexible Audit Technology, which gives independent mortgage lenders and financial institutions the ability to easily manage and customize ACES to meet their business needs without having to rely on IT or other outside resources. Using a customer-centric approach, ACES clients get responsive support and access to our experts to maximize their investment.

For more information, visit http://www.acesquality.com/ or call 1-800-858-1598.

ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced it has partnered with Winnow Solutions to power certain compliance and regulatory operations within ACES through its RegTech platform Winnow®.

Related link: https://www.acesquality.com/

HousingWire recognizes Sales Boomerang’s Mike Spotten for innovations in mortgage technology

WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced that Mike Spotten, vice president of product, was named a 2021 HW Tech Trendsetter by HousingWire Magazine. Now in its third year, the HW Tech Trendsetters award program highlights the leading players in the housing economy who drive innovation with advanced digital products and services.

As Sales Boomerang's VP of Product, Mike Spotten is leading the tech disruption of mortgage lending by continuously innovating Sales Boomerang's groundbreaking borrower intelligence products to deliver new competitive advantages for mortgage lenders. During the refi boom, Sales Boomerang noticed lenders were losing profits due to early loan payoffs (EPO) and Spotten immediately began working on a solution. Within one month, Sales Boomerang was able to release a new alert type that notifies lenders when a borrower might have an EPO, providing lenders the opportunity to re-engage with past clients and meet their refi needs before they switch lenders.

"I am humbled to have my achievements recognized by HousingWire, a publication that carries so much weight in the mortgage industry," said Spotten. "I strive for innovation because I stand by the Sales Boomerang mission of using data-driven solutions to ensure every borrower has access to the right loan, right when they need it."

HousingWire's Tech Trendsetters award program honors the 50 most influential and innovative technology leaders serving the housing industry. Receiving hundreds of nominations annually, the HousingWire editorial selection committee selects finalists based on professional achievements over the past 12 months.

"This year's list of Tech Trendsetters have, yet again, proven to be the driving force behind the digital transformation in housing," HousingWire Editor and Chief Sarah Wheeler said. "This impressive list of honorees are finding solutions to some of the industry's toughest challenges from improving the borrower's journey to streamlining every step of the real estate transaction process."

The complete list of 2021 HW Tech Trendsetters will be published in the December/January issue of HousingWire Magazine. View the lineup of honorees online at https://www.housingwire.com.

About Sales Boomerang:

Sales Boomerang transformed the relationship between mortgage lenders and borrowers with the introduction of the first automated borrower intelligence system in 2017. The company's intelligent alerts notify lenders as soon as a past customer or prospect is ready and credit-qualified for a loan. As the mortgage industry's #1 borrower retention tool, Sales Boomerang is trusted by more than 150 lenders - including brokers, independent mortgage companies, credit unions and banks - to help build lasting borrower relationships that maximize lifetime customer value.

To date, Sales Boomerang alerts have enabled lenders to close more than $150 billion in additional loan volume that would have otherwise been overlooked and achieve customer retention rates that outperform industry norms by an average of 3-5X. To learn more about Sales Boomerang and its No Borrower Left Behind(tm) ethos, visit https://www.salesboomerang.com.

About HousingWire:

HousingWire is the most influential source of news and information for the U.S. mortgage and housing markets. Built on a foundation of independent and original journalism, HousingWire reaches over 60,000 newsletter subscribers daily and over 7.5 million unique visitors each year. Our audience of mortgage, real estate, financial services and fintech professionals rely on us to Move Markets Forward. Visit https://www.housingwire.com/ or https://www.solutions.housingwire.com/ to learn more.

Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced that Mike Spotten, vice president of product, was named a 2021 HW Tech Trendsetter by HousingWire Magazine. Now in its third year, the HW Tech Trendsetters award program highlights the leading players in the housing economy who drive innovation with advanced digital products and services.

Related link: https://www.salesboomerang.com/

Sales Boomerang named 49th fastest-growing company in North America on the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500

WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- Sales Boomerang today announced it ranked 49 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 27th year. Sales Boomerang grew 3,882% during this period.

Sales Boomerang Chief Executive Officer Alex Kutsishin credits Sales Boomerang's 3,882% revenue growth to an ever-expanding line of automated alerts that help lenders better understand and anticipate the needs of their clients and to a company culture that attracts forward-thinking talent.

"Sales Boomerang grows by providing lenders with data intelligence and digital tools that create revenue opportunities and ensure no borrower ever gets left behind," said Kutsishin. "We are proud to be recognized as an innovation and growth leader in the financial technology sector."

"Each year the Technology Fast 500 shines a light on leading innovators in technology, and this year is no exception," said Paul Silverglate, vice chair, Deloitte LLP and U.S. technology sector leader. "In the face of innumerable challenges resulting from the pandemic, the best and brightest were able to pivot, reinvent, transform and grow. We celebrate the winning organizations and especially the talented employees driving their success."

"The pandemic has underscored the urgent need for tech solutions in a variety of areas across health care, fintech, energy tech and entertainment, to name a few, so reliance on innovators like the winners of the Technology Fast 500 is more important than ever," said Christie Simons, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications within Deloitte's audit and assurance practice. "These companies are not only at the cutting edge, transforming the way we do business, but most importantly, they recognize the strategic importance of ongoing innovation, especially in the ever-changing world of technology."

Overall, 2021 Technology Fast 500 companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 212% to 87,037% from 2017 to 2020, with median growth of 521%.

About the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™

Now in its 27th year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies - both public and private - in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2017 to 2020.

In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least US$50,000, and current-year operating revenues of at least US$5 million. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of four years and be headquartered within North America.

About Sales Boomerang

Sales Boomerang transformed the relationship between mortgage lenders and borrowers with the introduction of the first automated borrower intelligence system in 2017. The company's intelligent alerts notify lenders as soon as a past customer or prospect is ready and credit-qualified for a loan. As the mortgage industry's #1 borrower retention tool, Sales Boomerang is trusted by more than 150 lenders - including brokers, independent mortgage companies, credit unions and banks - to help build lasting borrower relationships that maximize lifetime customer value. To date, Sales Boomerang alerts have enabled lenders to close more than $150 billion in additional loan volume that would have otherwise been overlooked and achieve customer retention rates that outperform industry norms by an average of 3-5X. To learn more about Sales Boomerang and its No Borrower Left Behind™ ethos, visit https://www.salesboomerang.com.

About Deloitte

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Sales Boomerang today announced it ranked 49 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 27th year. Sales Boomerang grew 3,882% during this period.

Related link: https://www.salesboomerang.com/

Mortgage Coach integration with First American Title empowers consumers with greater insight into title fees during the loan selection process

IRVINE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Mortgage Coach, a borrower conversion platform empowering mortgage lenders to educate borrowers with interactive presentations that model home loan performance over time, today announced its integration with First American Title Insurance Company, a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services and the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF). The integration enables lenders to incorporate title fees into custom Total Cost Analysis (TCA) presentations, providing consumers with greater insight into their closing costs.

Mortgage Coach enables lenders to provide a consultative home financing experience using digital TCA presentations that deliver accurate, actionable financial advice and compare the performance of mortgage loans over time. The platform's connectivity with lenders' tech stacks allows loan originators to automatically generate and send custom TCA presentations to borrowers via email, text or Mortgage Coach's native mobile app. The integration with First American Title makes it possible to import exact title fees - including lenders' title insurance, recording, Escrow service and borrower closing service fees - into TCA presentations.

First Tech Credit Union (First Tech) is the first to leverage Mortgage Coach's integration with First American Title. According to First Tech Vice President of Mortgage Lending Bill Bolton, "Mortgage Coach TCAs have been pivotal to providing our member family with modern, personalized home financing service that helps them achieve their financial dreams. Using Mortgage Coach's integration with First American Title to provide exact insight into title fees during the loan selection process demonstrates our commitment to member education and uncompromising service."

"When lenders couple consultative education with greater insight into loan fees, consumers feel empowered to make milestone financial decisions with confidence," said Mortgage Coach President Joseph Puthur. "By providing additional insight into closing costs, Mortgage Coach's integration with First American Title helps lenders provide an elevated level of service that will keep customers coming back for life."

"Mortgage Coach's use of our API is a prime example of how First American Title can create efficiencies for our lender customers, while also simplifying the home-buying process for buyers and sellers," said Jim Dulle, senior vice president and managing director with First American Title's Direct Division. "We're committed to developing and deploying innovative technologies that help improve the process of buying and selling real estate for all the parties involved."

Mortgage Coach customers who would like to activate the First American Title integration should contact their customer success representative.

About Mortgage Coach:

Mortgage Coach is an award-winning borrower conversion platform that gives consumers the confidence to transact with educational presentations that model loan performance over time. The company's side-by-side loan comparisons allow borrowers to make faster, more informed mortgage decisions while enabling lenders to consistently deliver an on-brand, consultative home financing experience that increases borrower conversion, repeat business and referrals. To date, more than 120 enterprise independent mortgage banks, depository banks and credit unions rely on Mortgage Coach to deliver personalized, modern service that grows revenue and customer loyalty. To learn more about Mortgage Coach, visit https://www.mortgagecoach.com or follow @MortgageCoach.

About First American Title:

First American Title, the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), traces its history to 1889. One of the largest title insurers in the nation, the company offers title services through its direct operations and an extensive network of agents throughout the United States and abroad. First American Title provides comprehensive title insurance coverage and professional services for real estate purchases, construction, refinances and equity loans. For more information, visit www.firstam.com/title.

About First American:

First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) is a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions that traces its heritage back to 1889. First American also provides title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; banking, trust and wealth management services; and other related products and services. With total revenue of $7.1 billion in 2020, the company offers its products and services directly and through its agents throughout the United States and abroad. In 2021, First American was named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For(r) list for the sixth consecutive year. More information about the company can be found at https://www.firstam.com/.

Mortgage Coach, a borrower conversion platform empowering mortgage lenders to educate borrowers with interactive presentations that model home loan performance over time, today announced its integration with First American Title Insurance Company, a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services and the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF).

Related link: https://mortgagecoach.com/

2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ Ranks FormFree 379th Fastest-Growing Company in North America

ATHENS, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- FormFree® today announced it ranked 379 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 27th year.

FormFree's ability to help mortgage lenders understand people's ability to pay (ATP®) using innovative, direct-source data retrieval methods drove the firm's 308% revenue growth between 2017 and 2020.

"FormFree continuously pushes the envelope by showing lenders how direct-source, consumer-permissioned data can be used in revolutionary ways, such as paving the way for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape," said FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler. "We look forward to pioneering solutions that improve consumers' ability to receive and lenders' ability to deliver financing services for years to come."

"Each year the Technology Fast 500 shines a light on leading innovators in technology and this year is no exception," said Paul Silverglate, vice chair, Deloitte LLP and U.S. technology sector leader. "In the face of innumerable challenges resulting from the pandemic, the best and brightest were able to pivot, reinvent and transform and grow. We celebrate the winning organizations and especially the talented employees driving their success."

"The pandemic has underscored the urgent need for tech solutions in a variety of areas across health care, fintech, energy tech, entertainment, to name a few, so reliance on innovators like the winners of the Technology Fast 500 is more important than ever," said Christie Simons, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications within Deloitte's audit & assurance practice. "These companies are not only at the cutting edge, transforming the way we do business, but most importantly, recognize the strategic importance of ongoing innovation, especially in the ever-changing world of technology."

Overall, 2021 Technology Fast 500™ companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 212% to 87,037% from 2017 to 2020, with median growth of 521%.

About FormFree:

FormFree® is a market-leading fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport® make for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by enabling lenders to understand people's true ability to pay (ATP®). To date, thousands of U.S. lenders and brokers have ordered millions of FormFree's patented verification reports representing trillions of dollars in loan verifications. FormFree delights borrowers and lenders with a paperless experience, dramatically reduces origination timelines and offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and investors using a secure ReissueKey®. For more information, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn.

About the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™:

Now in its 27th year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies - both public and private - in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2017 to 2020.

In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least US$50,000, and current-year operating revenues of at least US$5 million. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of four years and be headquartered within North America.

About Deloitte:

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee ("DTTL"), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL (also referred to as "Deloitte Global") does not provide services to clients. In the United States, Deloitte refers to one or more of the US member firms of DTTL, their related entities that operate using the "Deloitte" name in the United States and their respective affiliates. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting. Please see www.deloitte.com/about to learn more about our global network of member firms.

FormFree today announced it ranked 379 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 27th year.

Related link: https://www.formfree.com/

ReverseVision Adds Two New Hires to Support Expansion of Functional Areas and Corporate Infrastructure

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- ReverseVision®, the leading national provider of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and private reverse mortgage sales and origination technology, announced that it added Eric Samuelson as vice president of finance and Andres Ochoa as systems administrator. The two positions will play key roles in optimizing internal functions and prepping the company to scale.

"The need for reverse products is poised to surge over the next five years, and as such we're putting the necessary building blocks in place now in order to grow at a healthy rate and continue servicing our clients well," said Joe Langner, president and CEO at ReverseVision. "The addition of Eric and Andres will establish financial controls and an operational infrastructure that helps us efficiently acclimate new employees and effectively onboard clients as ReverseVision manages expansion efforts."

Eric Samuelson comes to ReverseVision with a background as a vice president and corporate controller working for multiple fast-moving and dynamic organizations spanning 25 years. He is known for his innovative, out of-the-box thinking that implements sound financial and accounting processes and procedures, which help run businesses efficiently, especially during growth modes.

Andres Ochoa joins ReverseVision's IT team in the capacity of systems administrator where he will manage development of the company's internal operational technology stack. Previously, he was an IT support specialist at San Diego Country Credit Union where he assisted the organization in navigating its technology needs through the height of the pandemic during social distancing and safety concerns. Before that, he worked on Endpoint Management systems, deploying and supporting a largescale enterprise network consisting of 18,000 corporate and point-of-sale endpoints for Jack in the Box and Qdoba. Andres is adept in all areas of internal systems and IT infrastructure management, which will be important in optimizing ReverseVision's expansion.

In addition to their extensive experience and skill sets, both Eric and Andres are natural leaders who add valuable insight and guidance to their functional teams. ReverseVision will continue adding staff, resources and infrastructure as it grows, which will be announced throughout 2022.

About ReverseVision:

Since 2007, ReverseVision (RV) has been the leading reverse mortgage technology provider, serving 50 of the top reverse mortgage lenders, 100 percent of reverse investors, and more than 10,000 daily users. RV's award-winning technology now offers new APIs (Reverse-as-a-Service) that opens the total addressable market, creating new technology synergies that allows forward and reverse mortgages to coexist in the lender's core systems, helping break down adoption barriers so that mortgage bankers can serve their borrowers for life.

ReverseVision's core platform, ReverseVision Exchange (RVX), is comprehensive and proven to automate the entire reverse lending process from origination through secondary marketing. The company's technology is being successfully leveraged as a springboard that helps lenders get into the reverse space easily and efficiently.

For more information, visit https://www.reversevision.com/.

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ReverseVision, the leading national provider of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and private reverse mortgage sales and origination technology, announced that it added Eric Samuelson as vice president of finance and Andres Ochoa as systems administrator. The two positions will play key roles in optimizing internal functions and prepping the company to scale.

Related link: https://www.reversevision.com/

Nomis Solutions Announces Strategic Collaboration with J.D. Power to Deliver Enhanced Automotive Finance Pricing Strategies to Financial Institutions

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Nomis Solutions (Nomis), a global, industry-leading pricing and profitability management solutions provider, announced it has formed a strategic collaboration with J.D. Power, a global leader in data analytics and consumer intelligence, to deliver enhanced automotive financing price optimization to financial institutions throughout the United States and Canada. Through this alliance, participating financial institutions can leverage the comprehensive automotive finance data from J.D. Power PIN Navigator in conjunction with the sophisticated Nomis Price Optimizer platform to further refine their automotive finance pricing strategies and improve their market position relative to competitors.

"Given the volatile sales environment, combined with an expectation of rising interest rates, the ability for banks, captives, credit unions, and independents to make accurate and competitive auto financing offers, while simultaneously maintaining profitability, has never been more critical than it is now," explained Frank Rohde, CEO of Nomis Solutions. "Nomis Price Optimizer helps them do just that. Now paired with J.D. Power's extensive auto finance dataset, this strategic collaboration positions our organizations to provide even further transparency into real-time, frontline pricing insights and actionable recommendations for today's highly competitive auto lending market."

J.D. Power PIN Navigator collects retail transaction and electronic point-of-sale data from franchised automotive dealerships nationwide. The product is designed to support the needs of the sales, marketing, pricing, risk, and insurance departments of automotive finance lenders. PIN Navigator provides lenders with 24/7 access to the timeliest data available in the market and includes more than 70 contract, dealer, and lender variables-all of which are updated daily. Working in tandem with Nomis Price Optimizer, users gain access to instantaneous, accurate insights into auto finance deals taking place across the U.S. and within their desired competitive markets. This data is harnessed to provide actionable recommendations with specific detail into dealership sales, from the vehicle to loan details. With information as recent as the last 72 hours, lenders can identify emerging trends and make pricing decisions in real time.

"Having Nomis engage with select J.D. Power clients early on, we have seen first-hand how powerful the Nomis modeling is and how our real-time data can work together to benefit clients," said Mike Buckingham, managing director of PIN Auto Finance at J.D. Power. "We expect this collaboration to reap numerous benefits for all auto lenders and the industry as a whole."

Leveraged by leading auto finance institutions nationwide, Nomis Price Optimizer creates a centralized hub for loan pricing intelligence, portfolio analytics, and rate optimization and planning tools, enabling leading financial institutions to make precise, strategic pricing decisions across their competitive markets. Using the platform's intuitive optimization and forecasting engine, retail banks, lenders, and credit unions can create best-in-class analytics tailored to the unique needs and nuances of both indirect and direct auto finance product lines. Nomis Price Optimizer is the only tool of its kind that is configured with price-sensitive demand, behavioral, and profitability modeling and fueled by loan transaction, balance, customer, and competitor data to drive double-digit profitability and volume improvements.

Contact Nomis Solutions for more information on Nomis Price Optimizer or to learn more about this strategic collaboration with J.D. Power.

About Nomis Solutions

Nomis Solutions is a global, industry-leading pricing and profitability management solutions provider that delivers competitive intelligence to bankers and mortgage lenders to facilitate more advanced pricing strategies. The company's analytics platform and end-to-end pricing tools enable retail banks and mortgage lenders to achieve customer- and borrower-centric pricing backed by real-time, actionable data. The platform also supports banks and mortgage lenders in their understanding and anticipation of the evolving demands of customers and borrowers, competitors, and ever-changing market conditions. For more information, please visit www.nomissolutions.com.

About J.D. Power

J.D. Power is a global leader in data and analytics, advisory services and consumer insights. A pioneer in the use of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic modeling capabilities to understand consumer behavior, J.D. Power has been delivering incisive industry intelligence on customer interactions with brands and products for more than 50 years. The world's leading businesses across major industries rely on J.D. Power to guide their customer-facing strategies.

J.D. Power has offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. To learn more about the company's business offerings, visit JDPower.com/business.

Nomis Solutions (Nomis), a global, industry-leading pricing and profitability management solutions provider, announced it has formed a strategic collaboration with J.D. Power, a global leader in data analytics and consumer intelligence, to deliver enhanced automotive financing price optimization to financial institutions throughout the United States and Canada.

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ReverseVision Appoints Industry Veteran Bill Mitchell Chief Revenue Officer

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- ReverseVision®, the leading national provider of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and private reverse mortgage sales and origination technology, announced that it has hired Bill Mitchell as chief revenue officer (CRO).

In this newly created position, Mr. Mitchell will oversee ReverseVision's sales, business development and marketing efforts as the company expands its footprint in the mortgage industry. ReverseVision has been the leading reverse mortgage technology provider since its founding in 2007, now servicing 50 of the top reverse mortgage lenders in its stable of clients, 100 percent of reverse investors, and more than 10,000 daily users.

"Bill is an experienced technology focused sales and marketing professional who holds a deep understanding of the mortgage industry and what it takes to grow fintechs," said Joe Langner, president and CEO at ReverseVision. "There is an enormous amount of opportunity on the horizon for lenders to leverage our technology to augment their revenue streams as the mortgage market tightens. The entire team at ReverseVision looks forward to Bill's leadership as we expand."

Mr. Mitchell is a revenue generating and company building mortgage technology executive who has held senior and executive management positions at established software firms, emerging fintech companies and also start-ups. He has a robust background in loan origination systems (LOS), digital mortgage technologies and industry-leading software platforms. Mr. Mitchell was instrumental in building the client bases for each company he was involved with, making significant contributions to expand their businesses.

"I am excited about the opportunity to help take ReverseVision to the next level," stated Mitchell. "The mortgage market is already shifting and ReverseVision is in an ideal position to help lenders sustain their business models by adding reverse products or growing existing lines. What's more, the ongoing development of ReverseVision's new APIs significantly expands the total addressable market for its solution, creating new technology synergies that allow forward and reverse mortgages to coexist within the lender's core LOS and POS, which helps alleviate adoption barriers."

About ReverseVision

Founded in 2007, ReverseVision, Inc. is the leading national Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and private reverse mortgage sales and origination technology platform, supporting more reverse mortgage transactions than all other systems combined. The company's comprehensive product suite aligns to lenders' unique business and operational models, connecting all lending participants across the entire reverse mortgage lifecycle. A five-time HousingWire TECH100(tm) company, ReverseVision is a privately held company based in San Diego, California.

For more information, visit https://www.reversevision.com/.

ReverseVision, the leading national provider of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and private reverse mortgage sales and origination technology, announced that it has hired Bill Mitchell as chief revenue officer (CRO).

Related link: https://www.reversevision.com/

SimpleNexus helps lenders better serve Spanish-speaking borrowers with launch of Nexus Bilingual

LEHI, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- SimpleNexus (https://simplenexus.com/), developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced the release of Nexus Bilingual(tm), a new feature that makes the loan process more accessible to prospective homebuyers who prefer to communicate in Spanish by gathering initial loan information in Spanish.

According to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) 2019 report on Hispanic Lending, more than 470,000 Hispanic people became homeowners in 2019. Nexus Bilingual helps lenders better serve America's expanding Hispanic homebuyer market with tools that generate borrower confidence and help overcome language barriers. While not a full loan application, Nexus Bilingual makes kickstarting the loan process more accessible to prospective homebuyers by providing them with a Spanish-language purchase or refinance loan inquiry form option.

"At SimpleNexus, we believe the homeownership dream should be more accessible to everyone," said SimpleNexus Founder Matt Hansen. "Nexus Bilingual has been a high-priority project of our newly formed skunkworks team and is based on direct market input. It's been personally satisfying to lead the development of a feature that now enables our lender partners to overcome language barriers, increase user confidence and connect with Spanish-speaking borrowers as they embark on the homeownership journey."

A convenient desktop and mobile-responsive experience, Nexus Bilingual enables prospective borrowers to initiate purchase and refinance mortgage loan inquiries in Spanish. When prospective borrowers submit a Spanish-language loan inquiry, Nexus Bilingual informs them that a member of their lender's Spanish-speaking staff will reach out to help them complete the process in English and educate them on next steps.

For more information about the Nexus Bilingual functionality, contact sales@simplenexus.com.

About SimpleNexus, LLC:

Founded in 2011, SimpleNexus is an award-winning developer of mobile-first technology for the modern mortgage lender. Lenders depend on our namesake homeownership platform to unite the people, systems and stages of the mortgage process into a seamless, end-to-end solution that spans engagement, origination, closing and business intelligence. By helping lenders manage their teams and stay connected with borrowers and real estate partners, we deliver a measurable return on investment in the form of reduced turn times, increased loan application submissions and more referral business. A four-time Inc. 5000 company, SimpleNexus has been recognized as one of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators.

For more information, visit https://www.simplenexus.com/ or follow @SimpleNexus.

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SimpleNexus, developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced the release of Nexus Bilingual(tm), a new feature that makes the loan process more accessible to prospective homebuyers who prefer to communicate in Spanish by gathering initial loan information in Spanish.

Related link: https://simplenexus.com/

Fintech provider Promontory MortgagePath’s digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions receive renewed ABA endorsement

DANBURY, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC announced the renewal of its product endorsement by the American Bankers Association (ABA). Promontory MortgagePath combines extensive mortgage operations and compliance expertise with industry-leading mortgage technology to provide efficient, cost-effective mortgage processing and fulfillment services to lenders of all sizes. ABA's endorsement, dating back to 2018, recognizes Promontory MortgagePath's tech-enabled fulfillment solutions for their ability to help its members reduce mortgage origination costs while allowing them to retain a full mortgage product suite.

The endorsement and subsequent renewal are a result of ABA's thorough and ongoing due diligence process, which identifies proven, reliable solutions while saving banks time and money. When deciding whether to endorse a product, ABA engages with bank leaders to identify gaps in their current offerings and opportunities to expand services, works with industry-specific consultants and enlists ABA staff experts to guide the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and validate the research with bankers. ABA is also committed to reviewing each Endorsed Service Provider to ensure it is still providing a valuable service to ABA members and their customers.

"With Promontory MortgagePath's solution, banks can leverage their strong brand and local market knowledge while deploying a digital platform and comprehensive fulfillment services," said ABA Chief Member Engagement Officer James Edrington. "It's a 'pay-as-you-go' model, which boosts profitability and efficiency, and ABA members enjoy an exclusive 10% discount. In a recent monthly billing cycle, one ABA member alone saved $3,820."

"We've enjoyed tremendous growth in 2021, and our strategic relationship with ABA is a key contributor," said Paul C. Katz, managing director of bank relations at Promontory MortgagePath. "This momentum stems from helping our clients win in an intensely competitive mortgage marketplace with innovative tech, expansive product options and the agility to adapt to changing economic conditions. The loan is always originated and closed in the client's name, which maximizes profitability while maintaining a high-touch customer experience."

To meet ABA's standards for endorsement, a company must offer reliability, sustainability, validity, sound risk management, outstanding data and information security and rigorous quality and customer service standards. The initial due diligence process lasts six to nine months and includes analysis by industry experts and validation by bankers. In addition to the ongoing due diligence and annual reviews, ABA also publishes a due diligence report on each ABA Endorsed Provider, which includes insights gained during the due diligence process. These reports are available free of charge to ABA members.

Key features and benefits of Promontory MortgagePath's digital mortgage and fulfillment solution include:

* The proprietary point-of-sale (POS) Borrower Wallet(r), which automates document collection, provides a secure digital portal to collect and store important loan documents and delivers a transparent process to the borrower with real-time status updates;
* Fulfillment models designed to support community banks' varying origination needs;
* Milestone pricing that explicitly aligns costs with services rendered throughout the loan process;
* An in-house compliance team to ensure clients' origination activities are being executed to the highest and best mortgage compliance standards possible; and
* Access to an extensive investor network and support for existing investor relationships, resulting in increased profitability.

About Promontory MortgagePath LLC | NMLS ID 1532373

Promontory MortgagePath is a fast-growing team of passionate problem solvers on a mission to fundamentally change the way lenders approach their mortgage business. The company combines an intuitive, collaborative digital mortgage platform with modern, comprehensive fulfillment services, giving lenders the progressive technology and scalability required to profitably compete in today's rapidly changing residential mortgage market. Promontory MortgagePath's founder, former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig, is widely recognized as a visionary thinker on the critical issues confronting financial services, and his companies are renowned for helping community lenders resolve their most pressing challenges. To learn more, visit https://www.mortgagepath.com.

About American Bankers Association

The American Bankers Association is the voice of the nation's $22.8 trillion banking industry, which is composed of small, regional and large banks that together employ more than 2 million people, safeguard nearly $19 trillion in deposits and extend $11 trillion in loans.

Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC announced the renewal of its product endorsement by the American Bankers Association (ABA). Promontory MortgagePath combines extensive mortgage operations and compliance expertise with industry-leading mortgage technology to provide efficient, cost-effective mortgage processing and fulfillment services to lenders of all sizes.

Related link: https://www.mortgagepath.com/

TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP to Host TMC Mortgage Tech Day

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), the nation's largest independent cooperative network serving the mortgage industry, announced today that the TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP (the "Fund") will host TMC Mortgage Tech Day on March 19, 2022, in conjunction with TMC's Winter Conference at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.

The TMC Mortgage Tech Day is a unique opportunity for Fintech and Mortgage Tech companies to present to a live audience of TMC's Emerging Tech Fund limited partners, which is comprised of TMC mortgage lender executives, and a panel of judges from leading mortgage tech venture capital (VC) firms.

Presenters will receive visibility by top lenders in the country, consideration for investment by the fund and national media coverage, and the top three are also eligible for a cash prize. Target investment themes include Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Vision/Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Web & Mobile Applications, Cybersecurity & Blockchain Applications, and Digital Transaction Platforms.

Interested companies must submit an application here by January 14, 2022. All applicants will be screened by the TMC Emerging Technology Fund for a chance to present during TMC Mortgage Tech Day.

TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP is an early-stage venture capital fund sponsored by The Mortgage Collaborative targeting investments in companies that improve the following: efficiency of manufacturing and servicing mortgages, customer experience, quality and profitability of mortgage origination. TMC's lender members comprise 15-20% of all mortgage originations in the United States.

The Limited Partners of the TMC Emerging Technology Fund consist of some of the most technology-forward lender members of TMC who evaluate and invest in companies looking to advance the mortgage industry. The Fund continues to look for investment opportunities that will result in higher profitability and business process improvement for TMC lender members. For more information, please reach out to tmctechfund@mtgcoop.com.

About The Mortgage Collaborative

Based in San Diego, Calif., The Mortgage Collaborative was founded in 2013 by four notable industry leaders and is the nation's largest independent mortgage cooperative network. TMC is singularly focused on creating an environment of collaboration and innovation for small to mid-size mortgage lenders across the country to reduce cost, increase profitability, and better serve the dynamic and changing consumer base in America. For more information, visit http://www.mortgagecollaborative.com/

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The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), the nation's largest independent cooperative network serving the mortgage industry, announced today that the TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP (the "Fund") will host TMC Mortgage Tech Day on March 19, 2022, in conjunction with TMC's Winter Conference at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.

Related link: https://www.mortgagecollaborative.com

ACES Quality Management announces ACES ENGAGE, a two-day conference defining the future of quality management and control for the financial services industry

DENVER, Colo. /ScoopCloud/ -- ACES Quality Management™ (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced the launch of ACES ENGAGE, a conference designed to bring together the nation's top financial services quality management professionals to discuss industry trends and best practices.

ACES ENGAGE will provide attendees the unique opportunity to learn from industry experts and thought leaders, network and leave with the knowledge necessary to increase efficiencies, improve productivity and further quality at their organizations. Sessions will include a mixture of general session presentations, panel discussions and breakout session tracks for mortgage lending, loan servicing and consumer lending.

"Historically, we've hosted our ACES Power User Summit to help our clients extract additional value from the ACES platform, but a unique byproduct of that event was the interaction between clients in sharing best practices and discussing industry trends. For 2022, we wanted to include a broader swath of financial services risk and quality management professionals and facilitate a more fulsome discussion of the issues these institutions face," said CEO Trevor Gauthier. "With ACES ENGAGE, our goal is to create an environment in which each attendee leaves inspired and full of ideas to improve their businesses, whether or not they are an ACES user."

ACES ENGAGE 2022 will take place at the historic Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs on May 23-25, 2022. Featured speakers include Aron Ralston, author of the New York Times bestseller, 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place' and the subject of the Oscar-nominated film '127 Hours,' and Steve Spies, president of SWS Risk Advisory LLC. As a former risk and quality control executive at Fannie Mae, Spies was the primary author of Fannie Mae's manifesto on loan manufacturing quality.

Registration for ACES ENGAGE is open now, with early bird pricing available until December 31, 2021. Register to attend and learn more at https://www.acesquality.com/aces-engage-2022

About ACES Quality Management

ACES Quality Management, formerly known as ACES Risk Management (ARMCO), is the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry. The nation's most prominent lenders, servicers and financial institutions rely on ACES Quality Management & Control Software™ to improve audit throughput and quality while controlling costs, including:

* 3 of the top 5 and more than 50% of the top 50 independent mortgage lenders;

* 7 of the top 10 loan servicers;

* 11 of the top 30 banks; and

* 1 of the top 3 credit unions in the USA.

Unlike other quality control platforms, only ACES delivers Flexible Audit Technology, which gives independent mortgage lenders and financial institutions the ability to easily manage and customize ACES to meet their business needs without having to rely on IT or other outside resources. Using a customer-centric approach, ACES clients get responsive support and access to our experts to maximize their investment. For more information, visit https://www.acesquality.com/ or call 1-800-858-1598.

ACES Quality Management™ (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced the launch of ACES ENGAGE, a conference designed to bring together the nation's top financial services quality management professionals to discuss industry trends and best practices.

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Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang accelerate lead conversion with personalized Total Cost Analysis loan presentations for every managed borrower

IRVINE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Mortgage Coach, the borrower conversion platform empowering mortgage lenders to deliver clear mortgage advice and lending education with the interactive Total Cost Analysis (TCA) loan comparison, today announced an integration with Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system. The integration helps convert leads identified with Sales Boomerang's opportunity alerts by enabling lenders to automatically generate accurate TCA presentations that are highly relevant to consumers' housing finance needs.

Sales Boomerang monitors customer databases on behalf of lenders to identify exactly when a prospect or past customer is ready for a new loan. By combining market intelligence - for example, factors such as interest rate changes, improved credit scores and home listings - with mortgage lenders' credit underwriting preferences, Sales Boomerang notifies lenders of high-relevancy loan opportunities. Now, through the integration with Mortgage Coach, every Sales Boomerang opportunity alert from any managed contact record automatically includes a tailored Mortgage Coach TCA that can be used in any form of client or marketing outreach.

With a single touch, loan originators can further personalize the generated loan comparison with video narration from any device, enabling professionals to instantly illustrate all benefits relevant to the borrower. This targeted, proactive loan product positioning leads to a measurable increase in speed of lead decision, selection of more profitable loan scenarios and improved committed loan conversion rates.

Centennial Bank helped shape the Mortgage Coach integration with Sales Boomerang as a trusted depository looking to increase mortgage market share across existing clients. According to Centennial Bank Mortgage Division President Keith Little, "Each month Sales Boomerang proactively identifies hundreds of people within our database who we can now help with a mortgage. By pairing that borrower intelligence with Mortgage Coach's TCA presentations, we now have an automated way of crafting highly personalized lending proposals that illustrate the financial benefits of homeownership, furthering our commitment to provide all our banking customers with long-term mortgage advice and easier access to superior lending services."

"Clearly articulating the specific benefit of a relevant, personalized lending program to newly triggered leads inspires trust and confidence that makes them more likely to transact," said Mortgage Coach President Joe Puthur. "This special innovation with Sales Boomerang gives lenders a fully automated method of providing transparent lending options at the most influential time - well before typical point-of-sale interactions occur. The integration empowers lenders to transform alert-prompted outreach into a consultative conversation by addressing a borrower's needs with the illustrated benefits of lending programs tailored to their specific financial circumstances."

"Our borrower intelligence delivers on ROI promises by excelling at identifying when a borrower is ready to transact," said Sales Boomerang CEO Alex Kutsishin. "Together, Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach enable lenders to deliver unparalleled proactive advice to people based on data, creating immediate sales influence for countless new loan options before the borrower is even shopping."

About Mortgage Coach:

Mortgage Coach is the only platform that allows mortgage lenders to create digital and accurate home loan comparisons for consumers. With the Total Cost Analysis presentation, lenders can create a multi-option comparison, offering the borrower a more personalized digital experience. This level of transparency has revolutionized the rate quoting and pricing process allowing borrowers to make faster, more informed mortgage decisions and ultimately, increase production and pipeline conversion for lenders of any size. For more information on how to start using borrower education as a competitive advantage, please visit http://www.mortgagecoach.com/.

About Sales Boomerang:

Sales Boomerang transformed the relationship between mortgage lenders and borrowers with the introduction of the first automated borrower intelligence system in 2017. The company's intelligent alerts notify lenders as soon as a past customer or prospect is ready and credit-qualified for a loan. As the mortgage industry's #1 borrower retention tool, Sales Boomerang is trusted by more than 150 lenders - including brokers, independent mortgage companies, credit unions and banks - to help build lasting borrower relationships that maximize lifetime customer value.

To date, Sales Boomerang alerts have enabled lenders to close more than $150 billion in additional loan volume that would have otherwise been overlooked and achieve customer retention rates that outperform industry norms by an average of 3-5X. To learn more about Sales Boomerang and its No Borrower Left Behind(tm) ethos, visit https://www.salesboomerang.com.

About Centennial Bank:

Centennial Bank, a Home Bancshares (NASDAQ: HOMB) company, is a full-service financial institution with branches in Florida, Arkansas, Alabama and New York and $15 Billion in total assets. For more information, please visit https://www.my100bank.com/. Centennial Bank, Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender, NMLS #466091, All loans are subject to credit and property approval.

Mortgage Coach, the borrower conversion platform empowering mortgage lenders to deliver clear mortgage advice and lending education with the interactive Total Cost Analysis (TCA) loan comparison, today announced an integration with Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system.

Related link: https://mortgagecoach.com/

FormFree integration with OpenClose enhances lending experience with quick and easy borrower-permissioned data verification

ATHENS, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- FormFree® Founder and CEO Brent Chandler today announced the availability of its AccountChek® financial data verification service within OpenClose®, the leading fintech provider of mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders. The integration embeds AccountChek into OpenClose's ConsumerAssist(tm) Enterprise POS and LenderAssist(tm) LOS, giving borrowers the freedom to electronically permission verification data with ease when applying for a mortgage loan.

AccountChek streamlines the lending process by empowering borrowers to electronically permission financial account and payroll data, thereby enabling lenders to verify asset, income, employment and rental history in a combined, underwriter-friendly report. By integrating AccountChek with OpenClose's lending solutions, lenders can delight borrowers with a modern, paperless lending experience while expediting time-to-close, reducing loan production costs and mitigating the risk of fraud.

FormFree's AccountChek verification of asset (VOA) reports are eligible for representations and warranty relief when assets are validated through Fannie Mae's® Desktop Underwriter® (DU®) validation service and Freddie Mac's Asset and Income Modeler (AIM). Additionally, FormFree's VOA reports can be used to leverage DU's "positive rent payment history" feature - which is designed to extend sustainable homeownership opportunities to renters with little or no credit history - without disrupting lender workflows.

"OpenClose's rapid market expansion made partnering with them a must," said FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler. "Our goal is to make the process and user experience benefits of direct-source borrower-permissioned data verification available to every lender and broker originating mortgage loans."

"We are proud to offer our lender customers a more unified borrower experience and improved operational efficiency through AccountChek's integration with our full suite of origination solutions," said OpenClose CEO and CTO Jason Regalbuto. "Our partnership with FormFree eliminates a bottleneck in the origination process for many lenders, freeing them to enjoy the immediate ROI of faster turn times, greater repurchase certainty and happier customers."

About FormFree:

FormFree® is a market-leading fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport® make for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by enabling lenders to understand people's true ability to pay (ATP®). Its vision is to leverage source data and data-driven intelligence to usher in a new era of transparent, fair and liquid credit markets. To date, thousands of U.S. lenders and brokers have ordered millions of FormFree's patented verification reports representing trillions of dollars in loan verifications.

FormFree delights borrowers and lenders with a paperless experience, dramatically reduces origination timelines and offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and investors using a secure ReIssueKey®. For more information, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn.

About OpenClose:

Founded in 1999, OpenClose is the preeminent fintech provider that developed the mortgage banking industry's first SaaS-based lending automation software platform. Today, the company has expanded to become an award-winning, comprehensive loan origination software suite that slashes the cost to manufacture loans by up to 40 percent, reduces processing and underwriting cycle times by up to 50 percent, and requires minimal support to install and manage.

OpenClose is the only vendor in the industry able to offer a true end-to-end, omni-channel, 100 percent browser-based, workflow-driven platform that effectively consolidates the digital POS, LOS, PPE and BI functions via a single provider, with easy access from any browser or mobile device. For more information, visit https://www.openclose.com.

FormFree® Founder and CEO Brent Chandler today announced the availability of its AccountChek® financial data verification service within OpenClose®, the leading fintech provider of mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders. The integration embeds AccountChek into OpenClose's ConsumerAssist(tm) Enterprise POS and LenderAssist(tm) LOS, giving borrowers the freedom to electronically permission verification data with ease when applying for a mortgage loan.

Related link: https://www.formfree.com/

Mortgage Coach and HomeBinder partner to engage homeowners in actively managing home financing across the homeownership lifecycle

IRVINE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Mortgage Coach, the mortgage industry's leading platform enabling lenders to create digital and accurate home loan options for consumers, today announced an integration with HomeBinder, a centralized home management platform that keeps homeowners connected with mortgage lenders, Realtors and other authorized professionals. Powered by Mortgage Coach's Total Cost Analysis (TCA) presentations, the integration enables homeowners to compare refinance and home equity scenarios directly from the HomeBinder home management portal.

Mortgage lenders partnering with HomeBinder provide homeowners with a complimentary digital home management platform, or HomeBinder, upon closing of the loan. HomeBinder communicates with homeowners on behalf of the lender, centralizing all aspects of home management such as maintenance reminders, document storage, appliance recalls and home value. The integration with Mortgage Coach enables homeowners to compare how their current mortgage would perform against a standard refinance and a cash-out refinance at 15- and 30-year terms with the trusted insight and accuracy of Mortgage Coach TCAs. Through the integration, homeowners are also empowered with an interactive financial modeling experience. For instance, homeowners can adjust variables to see how applying additional money toward their monthly principal would shorten the length of their mortgage and save money on interest.

To help loan originators keep borrowers engaged in the home financing process over time, rule-based automation prompts HomeBinder to periodically invite homeowners to review their financing with a refreshed Mortgage Coach TCA illustrating how much money they could save by taking advantage of current interest rates. Additionally, loan originators can proactively engage homeowners by uploading custom TCA comparisons into the client's HomeBinder, allowing them to demonstrate the benefit of a future transaction or reinvestment.

"Educating borrowers inspires a level of trust that translates into increased conversion and borrower referrals, and automation ensures every fundable opportunity has a differentiating mortgage advice presentation," said Mortgage Coach President Joe Puthur. "This depth of integration allows lenders and depositories to create millions of HomeBinders that now include the proven transparency and influence of our TCA experience."

"Celebrity Home Loans is committed to matching each customer with the perfect mortgage for their needs, providing education and delivering value every step of the way," said Celebrity Home Loans Chief Strategy Officer Danny Horanyi. "The integration between Mortgage Coach and HomeBinder helps us honor our promise to empower customers long after closing."

"Our true north is providing homeowners a singular hub for managing all aspects of their home - and one important facet is financing," said HomeBinder Chief Strategy Officer Pete Paglia. "Integrating with Mortgage Coach helps keep homeowners engaged with lenders long after closing by introducing the concept of maintaining and improving not just the home itself, but also the home loan."

Mortgage Coach powered lenders and individual members can learn more about activating the HomeBinder integration by visiting https://www.mortgagecoach.com/homebinder or contacting their customer success representative.

About Mortgage Coach:

Mortgage Coach is the only platform that allows mortgage lenders to create digital and accurate home loan comparisons for consumers. With the Total Cost Analysis presentation, lenders can create a multi-option comparison, offering the borrower a more personalized digital experience. This level of transparency has revolutionized the rate quoting and pricing process allowing borrowers to make faster, more informed mortgage decisions and ultimately, increase production and pipeline conversion for lenders of any size. For more information on how to start using borrower education as a competitive advantage, please visit https://www.mortgagecoach.com.

About HomeBinder:

HomeBinder is a home management platform that makes maintaining a home's value easy while improving relationships between homeowners and the businesses that serve them. Unlike traditional leave-behinds like business cards and refrigerator magnets, HomeBinder maintains an ongoing digital connection with homeowners as they manage their data, documents and relationships over time. Founded in 2015, HomeBinder is a venture-backed Techstars Boston '19 company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://pages.homebinder.com/.

Mortgage Coach, the mortgage industry's leading platform enabling lenders to create digital and accurate home loan options for consumers, today announced an integration with HomeBinder, a centralized home management platform that keeps homeowners connected with mortgage lenders, Realtors and other authorized professionals.

Related link: http://mortgagecoach.com/

Dawn Taylor, former President of Centricity, has joined After, Inc. as Chief Revenue Officer

NORWALK, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- After, Inc., the global leader in Warranty Services since 2005, just announced that Dawn Taylor will be joining the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Dawn brings more than 27 years of warranty and service contract experience, serving as President of Centricity for the last 9 years. Her background and experience will be instrumental in leading the expansion of After, Inc.'s Warranty Services business, and its newly launched QuickSuite Platform.

"I have had the pleasure of working with the After, Inc. team for many years and have been an admirer of their innovative products," said Dawn. "I am looking forward to joining a great team and continuing to grow and expand our offerings in the market."

In 2016, Dawn was named a Finalist for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's "Businesswoman of the Year" Award. She's also won a Bronze Stevie Award for "Female Executive of the Year in Consumer Services" and in 2019 was recognized as one of Dealerscope's most Powerful Women in Consumer Technology.

"I couldn't be more thrilled that Dawn agreed to join After, Inc. at this stage of our development," said Nate Baldwin, CEO of After, Inc. "Not only does Dawn know the warranty and service contract market inside and out, but her business acumen will help us drive new subscribers for our new QuickSuite(r) portfolio of products."

About After, Inc.

After, Inc. (afterinc.com) is a pioneer in the Warranty Services industry. Since 2005, After, Inc. has been partnering with some of the world's top brands to help transform their warranty businesses, driving customer satisfaction post-purchase, higher product reliability, deeper brand equity and additional revenue and profit opportunities. After just recently launched its SaaS platform, QuickSuite, with a portfolio of products to help manufacturers, retailers, and ecommerce sellers build deeper relationships with their customers and drive customer satisfaction, loyalty, and lifetime revenue after the point of sale.

Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn. and with offices in New York City, After, Inc. is part of Galway Holdings Group, a financial services distribution company. It includes EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and a diversified brokerage distribution and underwriting platform, with a focus towards data analytics, technology transformation, and innovative risk sharing solutions.

Learn more at: https://www.afterinc.com/

After, Inc., the global leader in Warranty Services since 2005, just announced that Dawn Taylor will be joining the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Dawn brings more than 27 years of warranty and service contract experience, serving as President of Centricity for the last 9 years. Her background and experience will be instrumental in leading the expansion of After, Inc.'s Warranty Services business, and its newly launched QuickSuite Platform.

Related link: http://afterinc.com/

HomeBinder debuts new features that strengthen the relationship between homeowners, home professionals, mortgage lenders, insurance providers and other authorized partners

BOSTON, Mass. /ScoopCloud/ -- HomeBinder, a centralized home management platform that keeps homeowners connected with mortgage lenders, home inspectors, insurance providers, home pros, real estate agents, and other authorized professionals, today announced the release of new features and user interface (UI) improvements designed to enhance the home management experience. By fostering greater consumer engagement in digital home management, HomeBinder keeps homeowners connected with the businesses that support their ownership journey, creating opportunities for repeat and referral business and helping build clients for life.

Notably, HomeBinder had introduced a proprietary home valuation tool that aggregates multiple data points - including renovations, appliance upgrades and the completion status of maintenance tasks - to estimate the home's current value and appreciation. The tool also tracks information including purchase price, current loan balance, loan term, interest rate, annual taxes and hazard insurance. The feature is designed to help homeowners better track their home's value and provide future buyers with deeper transparency into the history of the home.

The platform update also introduces an evergreen "To Do" list on the homeowner's homepage. The list highlights important tasks driven both by homeowner-specific binder data as well as the stage of ownership, following models used by many other successful SaaS platforms.

The new UI also features enhanced navigation and workflows that improve organization of tools such as document storage, maintenance history, home improvement projects, appliance models, property details and photos.

"This latest update to the HomeBinder interface strengthens homeowner engagement with the platform, keeping users connected with their mortgage lenders and other authorized home professionals," said HomeBinder Chief Product Officer Guy Tassinari. "By offering unique new capabilities and targeted improvements to organizational workflows, HomeBinder continues to be a valuable, user-friendly resource homeowners will return to again and again, creating long-term referral and repeat business opportunities."

To see how HomeBinder can help keep businesses connected with homeowners and support the journey of homeownership, schedule a demo at sales@homebinder.com.

About HomeBinder:

HomeBinder is a home management platform that makes maintaining a home's value easy while improving relationships between homeowners and the businesses that serve them. Unlike traditional leave-behinds like business cards and refrigerator magnets, HomeBinder maintains an ongoing digital connection with homeowners as they manage their data, documents and relationships over time. Founded in 2015, HomeBinder is a venture-backed Techstars Boston '19 company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://pages.homebinder.com/.

HomeBinder, a centralized home management platform that keeps homeowners connected with mortgage lenders, home inspectors, insurance providers, home pros, real estate agents, and other authorized professionals, today announced the release of new features and user interface (UI) improvements designed to enhance the home management experience.

Related link: https://pages.homebinder.com/

Global DMS’ EVO® enhances efficiency and mobility with Amazon’s Alexa Voice Command Interface

LANSDALE, Pa. /ScoopCloud/ -- Global DMS, the leading provider of cloud-based real estate appraisal management software, recently announced that its next-generation EVO platform is now voice-enabled, providing lenders access to key functionality and up to the minute information of their entire pipeline with Amazon's Alexa voice control - making EVO the first and only appraisal management software to provide this capability in the mortgage industry.

The Alexa Skill, called MyEVO™, allows EVO clients to securely access all appraisal information in their accounts through all Alexa capable devices, like Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Tap and the mobile Alexa apps for iPhone and Android by simply saying, "Alexa, Open MyEVO."

Users can then ask Alexa, Amazon's artificial intelligence that powers Alexa-enabled hardware and its associated products, to launch the MyEVO skill that enhances the virtual assistant's ability to conduct appraisal management tasks, such as ordering an appraisal, providing appraisal status updates, and delivering EVO's latest product enhancements and company news.

"At Global DMS, we are continually pushing the limits of technology to bring exceptional value to our clients and make the dream of Digital Mortgage a reality," said Global DMS® CEO, Vladimir Bien-Aime. "As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, we are committed to investing in voice technology and other AI powered voice assistants that enable us to provide an experience that is conversational and attuned with our customers' lifestyles. This first of its kind solution will enhance our customer's workflow and communications and allow them to work smarter when and where they wish, with just the sound of their voice."

EVO, the industry's most advanced cloud-based appraisal management platform, was designed to be both exceptionally intuitive and powerful enough to support a completely automated appraisal management workflow. The EVO platform centralizes and simplifies the process for lenders that utilize multiple AMCs, manage their own panel, or a combination of both. EVO allows authorized administrative users to instantly make changes to the platform's workflow, communications, vendors, and assignment logic to ensure success in an everchanging competitive mortgage market.

Learn more about EVO at: https://www.globaldms.com/evo-residential

About Global DMS:

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, Global DMS is a leading provider of cloud-based commercial and residential real estate appraisal management software. The company's solution set is cost effectively delivered on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) transactional basis that ensures compliance adherence, reduces costs, increases efficiencies, and expedites the entire real estate appraisal process. Global DMS' solutions include its EVO-Res™ platform for residential lending, EVO-C™ platform for commercial lending, SnapVal™ appraisal pricing solution, AVMs, and the MISMO Appraisal Review System (MARS®).

For more information, visit https://www.globaldms.com/ or call (877) 866-2747.

About Amazon:

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth's Best Employer, and Earth's Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/ and follow @AmazonNews.

Global DMS, the leading provider of cloud-based real estate appraisal management software, recently announced that its next-generation EVO platform is now voice-enabled, providing lenders access to key functionality and up to the minute information of their entire pipeline with Amazon's Alexa voice control - making EVO the first and only appraisal management software to provide this capability in the mortgage industry.

Related link: https://www.globaldms.com/

FormFree selects Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power consumer financial identity solutions

ATHENS, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- FormFree® today announced it has selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to power FormFree's consumer Financial DNA® solutions for the lender market. FormFree, a pioneer in direct-source digital financial verification, leverages cloud computing technologies to deliver scalable and secure solutions to over 3,500 lenders and partners throughout the United States.

FormFree will leverage leading AWS technologies such as Amazon Managed Blockchain to create a scalable Hyperledger Fabric network to deliver its Passport® Token and vision of commoditizing borrowers' and credit providers' interests using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the FormFree Exchange (FFX), a marketplace solution that puts consumers in control of their lending interactions. Blockchain maintains the proof of truth as consumers use FFX to safely and securely share their verified Passport Token with prospective credit providers.

The partnership also strengthens FormFree's ability to deliver financial data to U.S. housing finance agencies by leveraging AWS's expertise in the federal government and housing finance sectors.

"The FormFree Exchange, powered by AWS, revolutionizes consumers' participation in the lending process," said FormFree Chief Technology Officer Brian Francis. "No longer is getting a loan centered on the lender. Instead, each consumer's unique Passport NFT puts them in control of who can see their financial information, and lenders can instantly get matched with leads that are not only qualified based on the consumer's level of interest but also verified based on the degree of fit between the consumer's financial profile and the lender's offerings."

About FormFree®

FormFree® is a market-leading fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport® make for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by enabling lenders to understand people's true ability to pay (ATP®). Our vision is to leverage source data and data-driven intelligence to usher in a new era of transparent, fair and liquid credit markets. To date, thousands of U.S. lenders and brokers have ordered millions of FormFree's patented verification reports representing trillions of dollars in loan verifications. FormFree delights borrowers and lenders with a paperless experience, dramatically reduces origination timelines and offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and investors using a secure ReissueKey®.

For more information, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn.

FormFree® today announced it has selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to power FormFree's consumer Financial DNA® solutions for the lender market. FormFree will leverage leading AWS technologies such as Amazon Managed Blockchain to create a scalable Hyperledger Fabric network.

Related link: https://www.formfree.com/

SimpleNexus is acquiring LBA Ware

LEHI, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- SimpleNexus (https://simplenexus.com/), developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced its acquisition of Macon, Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware™ (https://www.lbaware.com). The strategic transaction, SimpleNexus' first, brings together 325 employees in 29 states to serve 425 distinct lender customers and dozens of mortgage technology integration partners.

"Bringing LBA Ware into the SimpleNexus homeownership platform gives mortgage lenders an unprecedented array of competitive advantages across borrower engagement, loan origination and closing as well as operations and business intelligence," said SimpleNexus CEO Cathleen Schreiner Gates. "This is an exciting moment for SimpleNexus. We welcome our new colleagues, who share our passion for helping lenders excel in their markets."

"As a company that values our partnerships with SimpleNexus and LBA Ware, we recognize this as an exciting moment for both firms and an opportunity for two market-leading teams to come together to push the boundaries of innovation on behalf of mortgage bankers," said Randy Allen, CIO of nationwide lender Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation.

LBA Ware CEO Lori Brewer will join SimpleNexus as EVP and general manager. Brewer founded LBA Ware in 2008 and shepherded the bootstrapped company through thirteen years of product innovation and organic revenue growth. Initially a developer of custom software solutions for banks and mortgage lenders, LBA Ware soon made a name for itself as the creator of CompenSafe™, the mortgage industry's original and most prevalent incentive compensation management (ICM) software. In 2019, LBA Ware diversified its product offerings with the introduction of LimeGear™, a turnkey mortgage business intelligence (BI) platform.

"Together, LBA Ware and SimpleNexus will be able to offer mortgage lenders even more than the sum of our parts and redefine not only the digital mortgage experience, but also the mortgage BI category," Brewer said. "As consistent forces for innovation in the mortgage space, our firms have remarkably compatible cultures and complementary products. We look forward to a bright future as a unified team."

SimpleNexus and LBA Ware have more in common than their compatible cultures. Both companies have become perennial members of the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies, and each has earned a loyal customer following exemplified by an average Net Promoter Score(r) that far surpasses benchmarks for the financial services and B2B software sectors. SimpleNexus and LBA Ware are both longtime members of Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC) and the American Credit Union Mortgage Association (ACUMA), among other industry associations.

The deal is expected to close by October 19, 2021.

Lenders attending the Mortgage Bankers Association's 2021 Annual Convention and Expo are invited to join SimpleNexus for a welcome reception co-hosted by Notarize and Regorra at the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center on Sunday, October 17, from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. PT. Schreiner Gates and Brewer will be on hand to meet with those who wish to learn about the acquisition.

Brewer is also a featured speaker at the conference. On Tuesday, October 19, she will join Success Mortgage Partners CEO Owen Lee and iEmergent CEO Laird Nossuli for a session designed to teach lenders how to manage costs and make smart staffing decisions with operational data and key performance indicators (KPIs). "Balancing Your Talent Pool" takes place from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Room 1 on the Convention Center's Upper Level.

About SimpleNexus:

Founded in 2011, SimpleNexus is an award-winning developer of mobile-first technology for the modern mortgage lender. Lenders depend on our namesake homeownership platform to unite the people, systems and stages of the mortgage process into a seamless, end-to-end solution that spans engagement, origination, closing and business intelligence. By helping lenders manage their teams and stay connected with borrowers and real estate partners, we deliver a measurable return on investment in the form of reduced turn times, increased loan application submissions and more referral business. A four-time Inc. 5000 company, SimpleNexus has been recognized as one of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators.

For more information, visit https://www.simplenexus.com or follow @SimpleNexus.

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SimpleNexus, developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced its acquisition of Macon, Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware™. The strategic transaction, SimpleNexus' first, brings together 325 employees in 29 states to serve 425 distinct lender customers and dozens of mortgage technology integration partners.

Related link: https://simplenexus.com/

FormFree applauds new Fannie Mae positive rent payment history enhancement to Desktop Underwriter as major advancement in homeownership access

ATHENS, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- ormFree® Founder and CEO Brent Chandler today released a statement commending Fannie Mae's efforts to remove barriers to homeownership by adding a positive rent payment history feature to Desktop Underwriter® (DU®).

The feature, which went into effect September 18, is designed to expand sustainable homeownership - particularly for renters with limited credit history. The feature is anticipated to benefit prospective homebuyers and mortgage lenders alike by increasing the number of applicants who receive an Approve/Eligible recommendation in DU.

"According to Fannie Mae research, factoring in first-time homebuyers' history of consistent rent payments is one significant difference between the lender qualifying and not qualifying applicants for a mortgage," said Steve Pawlowski, senior vice president of Fannie Mae Single-Family Products and Solutions. "Digital technology enables us to pull the data necessary to unlock more homeownership opportunities for qualified renters. Enhancements to Desktop Underwriter such as this one are a step toward making meaningful change."

Using verification of asset (VOA) reports supplied by authorized report suppliers like FormFree, DU automatically identifies recurring rent payments and takes them into consideration when assessing credit eligibility for certain, qualified first-time homebuyers. Only positive rent payment history is considered; DU does not evaluate late or missing rent payments or count them against a borrower.

Lenders using FormFree's AccountChek® VOA reports in conjunction with Desktop Underwriter have already begun taking advantage of positive rent payment history without disrupting current workflows.

"Back in 2015, FormFree identified rent payments as highly relevant to determining a consumer's ability to pay," said Chandler. "In the years since, we've independently developed and honed algorithms that can isolate rent payments in direct-source checking account data with great veracity. We applaud Fannie Mae for embracing this kind of technology as a tool for helping break the cycle of systemic racism that widens homeownership, wealth and quality-of-life gaps."

As a longtime authorized report supplier for the DU validation service, FormFree has an extended history of providing asset data for lenders to verify borrower eligibility. FormFree has also enhanced AccountChek with proprietary features that may not be available in competing VOA solutions. For instance, lenders do not have to order a 12-month AccountChek VOA report to supply 12 months of rent payment history to DU; instead, this feature is available with AccountChek reports of any length, including 30-, 60-, 90- and 180-day reports.

In addition, AccountChek has safeguards in place to ensure the collection of 12-month rent payment history does not unnecessarily expose lenders to non-rent transactions, such as large gift deposits, that occurred more than 90 days but less than 12 months in the past.

For more information about positive rent payment history, visit https://www.fanniemae.com/positive-rent-payments.

Current AccountChek customers who have questions about taking advantage of this feature should contact their FormFree account representative.

About FormFree®

FormFree® is a market-leading fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport® make for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by enabling lenders to understand people's true ability to pay (ATP®). Our vision is to leverage source data and data-driven intelligence to usher in a new era of transparent, fair and liquid credit markets. To date, thousands of U.S. lenders and brokers have ordered millions of FormFree's patented verification reports representing trillions of dollars in loan verifications. FormFree delights borrowers and lenders with a paperless experience, dramatically reduces origination timelines and offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and investors using a secure ReIssueKey®.

For more information, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/formfree/.

FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler today released a statement commending Fannie Mae's efforts to remove barriers to homeownership by adding a positive rent payment history feature to Desktop Underwriter® (DU®).

Related link: https://www.formfree.com/

SimpleNexus debuts in-app payments with Nexus Pay at MBA Annual21

LEHI, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- SimpleNexus (https://simplenexus.com/), developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced the debut of Nexus Pay at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Annual Convention and Expo (MBA Annual21) happening October 17-20 at the San Diego Convention Center.

Powered by global payment technology provider Global Payments (NYSE: GPN), Nexus Pay enables mortgage loan applicants to seamlessly pay for any mortgage-related charges. Payments such as appraisal fees, credit checks, first month's payment and more can be fulfilled in the same mobile hub borrowers use to receive loan status updates, eSign documents, collaborate with loan officers and Realtors and complete other loan-related tasks.

Nexus Pay makes it easy for loan applicants to submit payments via credit card or ACH within the SimpleNexus app without human assistance, accelerating delivery of payments and creating process efficiencies for mortgage lenders. In-app push notifications alert applicants when they need to complete a payment task, and lenders can use the SimpleNexus admin portal to track payment history; view payment status on the borrower's loan details page; and edit, void or refund payments if necessary.

"With Nexus Pay, we've removed the friction that often occurs when payments are required in the mortgage workflow, making it easier and quicker for borrowers to pay - and lenders to receive - those payments," said SimpleNexus Chief Product Officer Shane Westra. "By folding another step of the homeownership journey into the SimpleNexus app, lenders can provide their customers an industry-leading, on-brand home financing experience from start to finish."

See Nexus Pay in Action

Mortgage lenders attending MBA Annual21 are invited to join SimpleNexus for a welcome reception co-hosted by Notarize and Regorra at the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center on Sunday, October 17, from 7:30 to 10:00 pm PT.

SimpleNexus will present a live demonstration of Nexus Pay on Tuesday, October 19, during the 12:30-1:15 p.m. PT lunch break. The demo will take place at the Innovation Stage, Ground Level, Exhibit Hall A.

Conference attendees can also stop by SimpleNexus' booth #601 in THE HUB during exhibition hours on Sunday, October 17, from 6 to 7:30 pm PT, on Monday, October 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT or on Tuesday, October 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT.

About SimpleNexus, LLC:

SimpleNexus is a homeownership platform transforming the mortgage experience and connecting borrowers, loan officers, real estate agents and settlement service providers throughout the homebuying process. The platform's native mobile toolset enables lenders to originate, process and close home loans from anywhere with increased efficiency and convenience. Loan officers can manage their loan pipelines, order credit, run pricing, send pre-approvals, sign disclosures and execute eClosings - all on the go. SimpleNexus provides borrowers with a single sign-on experience from home search to the application, document upload, eClose and beyond for a more streamlined homeownership journey.

Learn more at: https://www.simplenexus.com/

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SimpleNexus, developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced the debut of Nexus Pay at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Annual Convention and Expo (MBA Annual21) happening October 17-20 at the San Diego Convention Center.

Related link: https://simplenexus.com/

Lender Price Receives Strategic Investment Led by Argentum to Support Rapid Growth

PASADENA, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Lender Price, a leading provider of cloud-based mortgage pricing and digital lending solutions, announced today that it has received a strategic investment led by Argentum with participation from First Analysis and existing investor Costner Lake Investments. The investment will further accelerate Lender Price's rapid growth by supporting product development, sales & marketing, and customer service capabilities.

Many mortgage originators and lenders use decades-old technology to run their core operations, resulting in costly process inefficiencies and missed revenue opportunities. Lender Price's innovative technology allows lenders to easily manage and streamline key parts of the mortgage process, including origination, pricing, underwriting, and secondary marketing. Along with added functionality, Lender Price's products are built on a modern tech stack that makes them faster, more configurable, and easier to integrate than competing solutions.

Lender Price's product suite of SaaS solutions is anchored by an advanced enterprise product, pricing, and eligibility (PPE) engine that allows lenders to make pricing-related adjustments across all of their channels in real-time. The pricing engine powers the company's other automated mortgage solutions to create a tightly integrated digital lending platform that also includes: a marketplace connecting brokers to up-to-date pricing of hundreds of wholesale lenders, a digital point of sale that simplifies the origination process, and a first-of-its-kind underwriting and pricing engine for non-agency mortgages (FLEX).

Currently, Lender Price supports 150+ lenders, thousands of brokers, and 50,000+ loan products. While it serves customers of all sizes, it works with some of the country's largest lenders including Mr. Cooper, Flagstar Bank, American Financial Resources (AFR), PennyMac, Rocket Mortgage, Freedom Mortgage, several non-agency lenders, and two of the top ten commercial bank mortgage lenders.

"This investment will enhance our ability to offer industry-leading technology and services that meet the growing needs of originators and lenders," said Dawar Alimi, Co-Founder and CEO of Lender Price. "Given Argentum's track record of successfully scaling B2B SaaS companies, fintech experience and extensive industry network, we could not be more excited to partner with them to pursue the large opportunity ahead of us."

Lender Price experienced rapid growth in 2021 and recently reported that it processes over $20 BN in locked loan volume through its platform every month.

"Lender Price's software is critical in helping lenders rapidly execute profitable lending strategies with ease. With a highly advanced technology platform and experience supporting a diverse customer base that includes some of the industry's largest and most sophisticated mortgage lenders, the company is helping the mortgage industry modernize its workflows and process burgeoning loan volumes," said Daniel Raynor, Managing Partner at Argentum.

"From lead to loan lock and beyond, Lender Price's products provide value at each step of the mortgage process. We look forward to supporting Dawar and his team as they continue to scale the company and establish themselves as a leader in origination, pricing, and underwriting technology," added Sohum Doshi, Vice President at Argentum, who will join Lender Price's Board of Directors in connection with the investment.

About Lender Price

Lender Price is a California-based developer of mortgage technology, including an advanced product, pricing, & eligibility (PPE) engine, digital lending point-of-sale (POS), and non-agency automated underwriting engine. Lender Price provides all types of mortgage lending institutions - wholesale and correspondent lenders, banks, credit unions, and mortgage brokers - with advanced technology designed to eliminate friction, increase transparency, and effectively engage with borrowers. More information about Lender Price can be found at: https://lenderprice.com

About Argentum

Argentum is a New York-based growth equity firm that helps scale bootstrapped B2B software, technology-enabled and business services companies. The firm invests in companies that are seeking capital to accelerate growth, fund acquisitions and / or generate shareholder liquidity. Over its 30-year history, Argentum has invested in over 90 companies and supported more than 200 add-on acquisitions. To learn more, visit: https://argentumgroup.com/

Lender Price, a leading provider of cloud-based mortgage pricing and digital lending solutions, announced today that it has received a strategic investment led by Argentum with participation from First Analysis and existing investor Costner Lake Investments. The investment will further accelerate Lender Price's rapid growth by supporting product development, sales & marketing, and customer service capabilities.

Related link: https://lenderprice.com/

MCT Deepens MSR Expertise with Hire of Azad Rafat

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT®), a leading mortgage hedge advisory and secondary marketing software firm, announced today that Azad Rafat has joined the company as the new Senior Director of MSR Services. Mr. Rafat will leverage his hands-on experience designing, building and managing mortgage servicing products to help MCT clients achieve their mortgage servicing goals. The hiring of Mr. Rafat ensures MCT continues to meet the increased demand of their MSR products and services.

"Azad is a powerful addition to the fantastic team we've built in MSR. His knowledge base and experience plug right in to our industry leading valuation platform," said Tom Farmer, Managing Director of Sales and Business Development. "He shares the MCT DNA with a passion for innovation and customer service."

This expertise comes at a perfect time for MCT clients. As MSR pricing continues to improve and the need for bulk MSR sales increases, Mr. Rafat's industry expertise can help ensure clients receive the best price for their bulk MSR sales. He will also be able to help clients make important MSR decisions regarding their MSR portfolios.

Mr. Rafat brings to MCT over 30 years of experience in the mortgage industry. He has over 20 years extensive experience in all aspects of mortgage servicing rights valuations, analytics, and risk management of small to some of the largest servicing portfolios. He also spent about 10 years in mortgage servicing acquisitions and sales operations, managing mortgage servicing platforms, and mortgage servicing operations and finance.

"I am honored and excited to work side by side with such talented and innovative group of people," said Azad Rafat. "I look forward to contribute to MCT's continuous growth and success."

About MCT:

Founded in 2001, Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT) has grown from a boutique mortgage pipeline hedging firm into the industry's leading provider of fully integrated capital markets services and technology. MCT offers an array of best-in-class services and software covering mortgage pipeline hedging, best execution loan sales, outsourced lock desk solutions, MSR portfolio valuations, business intelligence analytics, mark to market services, and an award-winning comprehensive capital markets software platform called MCTlive! MCT supports independent mortgage bankers, depositories, credit unions, warehouse lenders, and correspondent investors of all sizes.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, MCT also has offices in Philadelphia, Herldsburg, and San Antonio. MCT is well known for its team of capital markets experts and senior traders who continue to provide the boutique-style hands-on engagement clients love.

For more information, visit https://mct-trading.com/ or call (619) 543-5111.

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Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT), a leading mortgage hedge advisory and secondary marketing software firm, announced today that Azad Rafat has joined the company as the new Senior Director of MSR Services.

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Innovative approach to digital home loan experience propels SimpleNexus to market-leading adoption by loan originators and consumers

LEHI, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- SimpleNexus (https://simplenexus.com/), developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced new milestones in the company's bid to "build the future of mortgages."

SimpleNexus has onboarded more than 66 new enterprise customers in 2021. The number of active loan originators (LOs) using SimpleNexus at the beginning of Q4 surpassed 41,000, a 48% increase from the start of the year. Using SimpleNexus, those LOs have connected with more than 5.8 million borrowers and 141,000 real estate partners. So far in 2021, SimpleNexus has touched more than $419 billion in loan volume.

Since debuting Nexus Closing™ earlier this year, SimpleNexus has swiftly enhanced the single-platform eClosing solution with remote online notarization (RON), eNote and eVault capabilities underpinned by new strategic integrations with Notarize and DocMagic. Nexus Closing went on to earn the coveted designation of certified eClosing solution provider from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in September.

"Following a record-setting 2020 and a fresh infusion of support from our investors, SimpleNexus entered 2021 at a ferocious pace - and we have never let off the gas," said CEO Cathleen Schreiner Gates. "The pace of innovation at SimpleNexus is outstripping our competition, positioning us as category leaders that lenders, real estate partners and consumers are excited to be a part of."

Schreiner Gates made a name for herself in the mortgage industry as executive vice president of Ellie Mae (NYSE: ELLI), later acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). She then served as SimpleNexus' president before accepting the firm's top job in May of this year. She has gone on to retool the SimpleNexus C-suite with the appointments of Kevin McKenzie as chief operating officer, John Aslanian as chief revenue officer and Andria Lightfoot as chief customer officer.

In August, SimpleNexus earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies for a fourth consecutive year. The company was also named to CB Insights' Fintech 250 list of top private fintechs worldwide and HousingWire's Tech 100 list of the most innovative companies in mortgage technology. SimpleNexus made its debut on Fast Company's list of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators this year, ranking #47 out of 100.

About SimpleNexus, LLC:

SimpleNexus is a homeownership platform transforming the mortgage experience and connecting borrowers, loan officers, real estate agents and settlement service providers throughout the homebuying process. The platform's native mobile toolset enables lenders to originate, process and close home loans from anywhere with increased efficiency and convenience. Loan officers can manage their loan pipelines, order credit, run pricing, send pre-approvals, sign disclosures and execute eClosings - all on the go. SimpleNexus provides borrowers with a single sign-on experience from home search to the application, document upload, eClose and beyond for a more streamlined homeownership journey.

SimpleNexus, developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced new milestones in the company's bid to "build the future of mortgages."

Related link: https://simplenexus.com/

DocMagic Unveils eSign 3.0, Enhancing Remote Notary and eClosing Capabilities

TORRANCE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- DocMagic, Inc., the premier provider of fully compliant loan document preparation, automated regulatory compliance, and comprehensive eMortgage services, announced the official launch of its eSign 3.0 platform. The enhancements to the mortgage industry's preeminent eSigning platform introduce new tools and features designed to enable lenders to easily facilitate remote online notarization (RON) for paperless eClosings.

Among eSign 3.0's new features is a secure eClose portal that enables notary and settlement service providers to easily access and update closing document packages. When documents are added by the closing agent or notary, DocMagic's AutoPrep(tm) functionality instantly prepares the uploaded documents for electronic execution.

In addition to new RON and eClosing capabilities, signer functionality has been dramatically improved with eSign 3.0. With a growing percentage of borrowers using their mobile devices to participate in the mortgage process, eSign 3.0 offers a much more intuitive - and therefore easier - experience for borrowers.

"We developed eSign 3.0 by making the borrower experience our primary focus," said Dominic Iannitti, president and CEO of DocMagic. "The workflow takes both the user's physical and emotional experiences into account. We paid close attention to the way users physically handle their phones as well as their emotional responses to technology. The result is a far more statisfying borrower experience."

Other benefits of the updated platform include built-in knowledge-based authentication and identity validation; a redesigned workflow to give borrowers additional time to read and review documents in a single, centralized view; an accelerated signing phase where intuitive tools track progress at every stage; and full oversight until all documents are executed. The platform's integrated progress-tracking tools can be used on a computer or mobile device to keep borrowers aware of their progress every step of the way.

"It all starts with a robust API," said Iannitti. "eSign 3.0 is powered by a comprehensive suite of web services designed specifically for seamless integrations. The end result is that eSign 3.0 makes borrowers feel more connected and informed, so they're confident about working with their lender and walk away having enjoyed a more positive and memorable engagement."

The eSign 3.0 platform leverages the company's suite of eMortgage solutions, including components of its end-to-end Total eClose(tm) platform, dynamic document and MISMO Category 1 SMART Doc(r) eNote generation, automatic eNote registration with MERS(r), and secure storage within its certified eVault.

eSign 3.0 also incorporates DocMagic's AutoPrep(tm) technology to instantly identify signatures, initials and notary regions on documents added to the closing package by settlement and title agents, and automatically applies the essential e-tag information required to facilitate electronic execution. This eliminates the labor intensive and error-prone process of manually preparing documents for electronic execution.

The company will be showing demonstrations of its solution suite at the MBA Annual Convention and Expo in San Diego from Oct. 17 - 19, booth 314.

About DocMagic:

DocMagic, Inc. is the leading provider of fully compliant document generation, automated compliance, eSignature and comprehensive eMortgage solutions for the mortgage industry. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Torrance, Calif., DocMagic, Inc. develops award-winning software, mobile apps, and web-based systems for the production and delivery of compliant loan document packages. The company's solutions connect industry participants, promote collaboration, and ensure data integrity to execute precision-based digital lending transactions. The company's compliance experts and in-house legal staff consistently monitor legal and regulatory changes at both the federal and state levels to ensure accuracy.

For more information on DocMagic, visit https://www.docmagic.com/.

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DocMagic, Inc., the premier provider of fully compliant loan document preparation, automated regulatory compliance, and comprehensive eMortgage services, announced the official launch of its eSign 3.0 platform. The enhancements to the mortgage industry's preeminent eSigning platform introduce new tools and features designed to enable lenders to easily facilitate remote online notarization (RON) for paperless eClosings.

Related link: https://www.docmagic.com/

Agile Launches MBS Pool Bidding

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. /ScoopCloud/ -- Agile, a groundbreaking fintech bringing mortgage lenders and broker dealers on to a single electronic platform, today announced the launch of MBS pool bidding, enabling lenders and dealers to gain much-needed efficiencies and data through technology.

"Before this release, most clients conducted the spec pool bidding process via email and spreadsheets. Lenders send out pool details to their approved dealers and bids are sent back via email. This process is effective but not efficient," comments Phil Rasori, COO at Agile. "We're going to change that. Through Agile, lenders and dealers can exchange bids and conduct best execution analysis with access to robust loan-level data. And better data leads to sharper pricing."

As securitization rates increase, an increasing number of lenders may be exploring specified pools for the first time. Agile is launching MBS pool bidding to help bring lenders and dealers together more seamlessly, offering both user-friendly technology and high-touch customer service.

Agile's new MBS pool bidding offering includes:

* Efficiency and convenience by ingesting and streamlining email workflows into the Agile platform

* Best execution analysis on pool bids compiled automatically

* Granular loan-level data with all the specific characteristics lenders need to get sharper pricing

* Wide network of dealers returning bids at the push of a button

Curtis Richins, President & CEO of Agile, notes, "We've been partnering closely with a number of clients on our new MBS pool bidding offering after listening to many of the current challenges they face in the current BWIC process. We're excited to introduce MBS pool bidding to the marketplace because we believe the automation of this area of the industry was overdue. This is all part of our mission to revolutionize and digitize the mortgage capital markets."

Agile will be debuting the MBS pool bidding functionality on an industry webinar planned for October 14, 2021: https://trade-agile.com/webinar-introducing-agile-creating-a-better-mbs-market-for-all/

About Agile

The industry's first MBS fintech, Agile brings together lenders and dealers of all sizes onto a single platform. Agile facilitates the exchange of TBA MBS by securing and automating communication between mortgage lenders and broker-dealers. Agile digitizes the historically phone-based process to an electronic platform which may improve profitability and efficiency, while reducing administrative errors. Through its competitive TBA RFQ digital platform, mortgage lenders gain access to national and regional broker-dealers previously inaccessible on digital platforms, while broker-dealers gain access to an ever-growing network of lenders.

Based in Philadelphia, Agile Trading Technologies supports a national network of clients with a team of capital markets professionals who have deep trading experience at financial organizations of every size.

For more information, visit: https://trade-agile.com/

Agile, a groundbreaking fintech bringing mortgage lenders and broker dealers on to a single electronic platform, today announced the launch of MBS pool bidding, enabling lenders and dealers to gain much-needed efficiencies and data through technology.

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LBA Ware welcomes mortgage compliance expert Lyndal McLaughlin to CompenSafe implementation team

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that mortgage industry expert Lyndal McLaughlin has joined its team as a software implementation consultant. In this role, McLaughlin will train and assist lenders as they implement LBA Ware's incentive compensation management (ICM) platform CompenSafe™ to its full capabilities, giving them unrivaled control over their variable compensation plans and processes.

McLaughlin has over 30 years experience in the mortgage industry, first launching her career as a receptionist at a mortgage lender. McLaughlin went on to gain experience in loan origination, processing, underwriting, closing and operations, making her an exceptionally well-rounded player in her field. Most recently McLaughlin served as a compliance product implementation manager for lending compliance risk software company QuestSoft.

"Lyndal possesses an impressive breadth of practical knowledge of the mortgage industry and enthusiasm for supporting clients as they roll out new software," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "Her expertise makes Lyndal a valuable addition to the LBA Ware team. I know she will be an asset to our clients as they seek to maximize the benefits they receive from CompenSafe."

As a software implementation consultant McLaughlin will train LBA Ware clients to use CompenSafe to create more efficient compensation plan management processes, monitor those plans, centralize plan data and effectively communicate the calculation of commissions and bonuses to incentive-eligible employees, giving them full transparency into their pay.

"Given the extremely wide variety of compensation plans that mortgage companies oversee, managing payroll can be a real hassle," said McLaughlin. "That's why I'm thrilled to be working with LBA Ware, a company that offers clients a flexible, automated solution for managing incentive compensation."

About LBA Ware™:

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, more than 100 lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2021 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com/.

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LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that mortgage industry expert Lyndal McLaughlin has joined its team as a software implementation consultant.

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SimpleNexus rounds out its Nexus Closing eMortgage solution with DocMagic’s eVault and eNote technologies, enabling fully digital loan closings

LEHI, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- SimpleNexus (https://simplenexus.com/), developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced the integration of its Nexus Closing™ eMortgage solution with DocMagic's eVault and eNote technologies. The integration enables automated generation of an eNote with a tamper-evident seal and delivers the eNote to a secure eVault for delivery to the MERS® eRegistry.

Electronic promissory notes (eNotes) are more secure and accurate than their paper counterparts and give borrowers more time to review and understand closing documents. They also save lenders time and money because they come with an automated audit trail and can be delivered quickly and efficiently to the secondary market.

DocMagic's eVault is a secure repository that provides lenders with the ability to access, manage and store eNotes and other electronic mortgage records on a short- or long-term basis. By offering proactive, real-time control of electronic loan files, eVault technology reduces cycle times and improves process efficiencies throughout the mortgage lifecycle.

"Capital markets funding is the lifeblood of retail mortgage lending. Digitizing loan documents and lending processes will lower costs to the retail customer and increase returns for mortgage lenders and investors," said Craig Focardi, senior analyst, banking at Celent, a research firm that advises financial companies on technology. Celent estimates the market for eNote transactions will grow by nearly 20% in 2021.

"To stay competitive in this market and future markets, lenders need to adopt eClosing solutions that allow them to generate, sign, store and deliver eNotes as part of a complete eMortgage transaction," said Dominic Iannitti, president and CEO of DocMagic. "We're pleased to offer these capabilities to more lenders through our integration with SimpleNexus."

Nexus Closing™ provides borrowers a memorably modern closing experience as part of an end-to-end, single-sign-on homebuying experience that increases repeat and referral business. In addition to integrating DocMagic's eVault technology, Nexus Closing comes with integrated remote online notarization (RON) and eSigning. It has been certified to meet both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's technical requirements for eClosing, eNote and eVault functionality and is compatible with the GSEs' respective eNote delivery systems.

"A fully digital closing, complete with eNote and eVault, is the last hurdle lenders must clear before offering borrowers and investors the myriad benefits of an eMortgage. We're pleased to now offer these capabilities via our integration with DocMagic," said SimpleNexus Chief Product Officer Shane Westra. "In a market cluttered with half-baked solutions, we've made it our mission to assemble the most comprehensive and singularly exceptional homebuying experience in the business."

About SimpleNexus, LLC:

SimpleNexus is a homeownership platform transforming the mortgage experience and connecting borrowers, loan officers, real estate agents and settlement service providers throughout the homebuying process. The platforms' native mobile toolset enables lenders to originate, process and close home loans from anywhere with increased efficiency and convenience. Loan officers can manage their loan pipelines, order credit, run pricing, send pre-approvals, sign disclosures and execute eClosings - all on the go. SimpleNexus provides borrowers with a single sign-on experience from home search to the application, document upload, eClose and beyond for a more streamlined homeownership journey.

About DocMagic:

DocMagic, Inc. is the leading provider of fully compliant document generation, automated compliance, eSignature and comprehensive eMortgage solutions for the mortgage industry. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Torrance, Calif., DocMagic, Inc. develops award-winning software, mobile apps, and web-based systems for the production and delivery of compliant loan document packages. The company's solutions connect industry participants, promote collaboration, and ensure data integrity to execute precision-based digital lending transactions. DocMagic's compliance experts and in-house legal staff consistently monitor legal and regulatory changes at both the federal and state levels to ensure accuracy. For more information on DocMagic, visit https://www.docmagic.com/.

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SimpleNexus, developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced the integration of its Nexus Closing™ eMortgage solution with DocMagic's eVault and eNote technologies. The integration enables automated generation of an eNote with a tamper-evident seal and delivers the eNote to a secure eVault for delivery to the MERS® eRegistry.

Related link: https://simplenexus.com/

Promontory MortgagePath Promotes Bryan DeShasier to Chief Administrative Officer, Adds Helen Placente as Managing Director of National Credit Operations

DANBURY, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC announced two key staffing changes expanding the strength of its executive team. Bryan DeShasier has been promoted to Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), and Helen Placente has been hired as Managing Director of National Credit Operations.

"Bryan's promotion and the addition of Helen signify our need to expand our top talent to fuel our growth," said Promontory MortgagePath Founder and CEO Gene Ludwig. "Bryan has been an exceptional team member, and Helen's deep expertise and success in mortgage banking are just the right combination to help our clients continue to grow and expand market share. On behalf of our entire team, I want to congratulate Bryan on this well-deserved promotion and welcome Helen to Promontory MortgagePath."

Prior to his promotion, DeShasier was Managing Director of Product and Process. In addition to his work on the company's point-of-sale (POS) technology, Borrower Wallet(r), he was instrumental to the development and launch of Transform, Promontory MortgagePath's latest service delivery model combining licensed loan coordinators, POS technology and fulfillment services to offer a complete mortgage operations platform from application to close. DeShasier played a key role in launching Promontory MortgagePath's initiative to support community development financial institutions' (CDFIs) and minority depository institutions' (MDIs) efforts to expand access to credit and homeownership in underserved communities. Since then, he has helped onboard the program's first two participants.

Placente has more than 25 years of experience in the mortgage banking industry. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Servicing Management at Freedom Mortgage Corporation, where she was called upon to launch the company's servicing outreach program to assist borrowers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as those experiencing non-pandemic-related financial hardships. Placente also served as Vice President of Wholesale at Mr. Cooper, where she monitored underwriting processes and was the business lead for pre- and post-funding in the quality control department. She has also held executive-level positions in mortgage servicing and originations, non-retail lending, quality assurance and risk management for Caliber Home Loans, TIAA Bank (formerly EverBank) and Aurora Bank.

"Having worked closely with both Bryan and Helen in the past, I am thrilled to have them on our executive team," said Debora Aydelotte, Chief Operating Officer at Promontory MortgagePath. "Their talent, drive and resourcefulness are tremendous assets to Promontory MortgagePath as we deliver the digital mortgage tools and operational support community lenders need to profitably compete in the current mortgage market."

To learn more or find opportunities at Promontory MortgagePath, visit https://www.mortgagepath.com/careers.

About Promontory MortgagePath LLC | NMLS ID 1532373

Promontory MortgagePath is a fast-growing team of passionate problem solvers on a mission to fundamentally change the way lenders approach their mortgage business. The company combines an intuitive, collaborative digital mortgage platform with modern, comprehensive fulfillment services, giving lenders the progressive technology and scalability required to profitably compete in today's rapidly changing residential mortgage market. Promontory MortgagePath's founder, former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig, is widely recognized as a visionary thinker on the critical issues confronting financial services, and his companies are renowned for helping community lenders resolve their most pressing challenges. To learn more, visit https://www.mortgagepath.com.

Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC announced two key staffing changes expanding the strength of its executive team. Bryan DeShasier has been promoted to Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), and Helen Placente has been hired as Managing Director of National Credit Operations.

Related link: https://www.mortgagepath.com/