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Arnaud Crouzet is vice president of security and consulting at FIME.

Heidi Bullock is chief marketing officer at Tealium.

While overall mortgage delinquency rates slowly descend, serious delinquencies — especially loans past 120 days due — jumped in July, according to CoreLogic.

But current owner Blackstone and FOA management will keep 70% of the company after its merger with a SPAC.

The San Francisco bank reported record loan originations thanks to explosive growth in single-family home loans, and profits beat analysts' expectations.

Forbearance rates dropped below 7% for the first time in six months, but the decrease is largely due to the ending of the initial six-month term of forbearance granted by the legislation, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Earnings increased by 81% year-over-year as its gain-on-sale margins grew nearly 2.5 times.

Neil M. Brown is executive director of the Controllers Council, and CMO at Modern Marketing Partners. He is a frequent author and contributor on marketing, startups, accounting and technology topics. Over his 30-year career, he has founded more than 25 companies and associations. Brown earned an MBA from Northern Illinois University, and a BS-Marketing from Southern Illinois University. Connect with him on LinkedIn, or email him at neil@constrollerscouncil.org.

Record-low interest rates, high origination volumes and social distancing created a perfect storm for mortgage fintechs like SnapDocs and LoanSnap to score a cash infusion.