FNF Acquires DocX

Fidelity National Financial Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., has announced the acquisition of DocX LLC, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based provider of outsourced lien release and assignment services to mortgage lenders.The terms of the deal were not disclosed. FNF said DocX also offers a lien release software platform that can be licensed for use in an in-house environment, maintains a national database of county recording office information, and provides recording fee and transfer tax calculators via its patent-pending Feewise calculator. "The acquisition of DocX enhances the scale of our lien release capabilities and provides access to a marquee customer base," said FNF executive vice president Ernest D. Smith. ".... The Feewise calculator is also a great tool that can be used by our title operations in automatically calculating closing fees." FNF can be found online at http://www.fnf.com.