Fidelity Embraces Web Services

Fidelity Information Services, Jacksonville, Fla., has released an updated version of Mortgage PhD, which makes data and services from third parties and its Mortgage Servicing Package available via a Web service. Mortgage PhD provides access to MSP data as well as a range of service providers. The enhanced version now allows in-house applications and delivery channels to launch loan-level data and service requests directly, securely and in real time using a service-oriented architecture and Web services. Among the early adopters of Mortgage PhD's Web services is one of Wachovia Corp.'s mortgage loan servicing operations. Chris Charleswirth, senior vice president with Wachovia's Retail Lending Technology organization, said, "Mortgage PhD is the integration layer bridging mortgage and service-provider systems." Fidelity can be found on the Web at http://www.fnf.com.