1st Franklin Launches Origination Network Tech

First Franklin Financial Corp., San Jose, Calif., has built and implemented the first major operating components of its integrated origination network, named ION.Designed to offer a scalable solution for growing technology needs, ION will allow First Franklin to centralize all mortgage data and standardize the way that its systems retrieve, manage, filter, and secure data across the company's integrated applications, the company said. ION is designed to give the user access to First Franklin's primary applications: the automated underwriting, loan origination, and customer relationship management systems. First Franklin can be found on the Web at http://www.ff.com.